Yorkshire Sculpture Park is the leading international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture. It is an independent charitable trust and registered m...
Nostell is one of the greatest treasure houses of the north of England, surrounded by 300 acres of parkland and landscape gardens. Created as an ambitious...
This local nature reserve has been enjoyed for its woodland walks for a number of years. Originally planted for its commercial value, this woodland consis...
See the flower garden burst into colour in spring, take a ride on the miniature railway in summer, stroll amongst age-old Horse Chestnut trees in autumn a...
Take a stroll along the lakeside path, take a ride on the Pugneys Light Railway (available on selected weekends – www.pugneyslightrailway.co.uk) or make t...
The Hepworth Wakefield Garden, designed by internationally acclaimed landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith, is a beautifully landscaped space free for all ...
If you're looking for an exciting adventure in the outdoors, head over to Haw Park Wood. Journey through the beautifully dense woodland, explore part of t...
Less than one mile from the city centre, the Southern Washlands Nature Corridor comprises open water, swamp, marshy grassland, neutral grassland scrub and...
Located 4 miles south-east of Wakefield, Anglers Country Park is a perfect place to explore for nature lovers, walkers, dog walkers, cyclists, picnickers ...
A stunning woodland with a meandering beck trickling through - step into Stoneycliffe Wood, a semi-natural ancient woodland site, to enjoy bluebells and r...
Hemsworth Water Park is one for the whole family to enjoy.
Little visitors will love building sandcastles on the beach and jumping, sliding and swi...
In 2018 the year that marked the centenary of the end of the First World War, a new memorial sculpture was unveiled in Featherstone, West Yorkshire to co...
Newmillerdam Country Park is a park for all seasons: ducklings on the lake in spring, the heady scent of flowers in summer, crisp leaves underfoot in autu...
Spanning 65-hectares and providing enticing meadow and woodland to walk, run and cycle, Fryston Country Trails offer a wonderful showcase of green space i...
Frickley Country Park is a former colliery and now is now an attractive open space. It has over 7 miles of footpaths and cycle-ways, giving you great oppo...
Pontefract Park has a large and enclosed playground full of exciting activities for the children, a lake for boating and fishing and wide open spaces to r...
Located in the residential suburbs of north-west Wakefield, Alverthorpe Meadows and Wrenthorpe Park consists of grassland, woodland and ponds - a 'green o...
Located 3 miles north of Wakefield, Lofthouse Colliery Nature Park consists of woodland, heathland, playing fields and a pond.
Lofthouse Colliery w...
If you’re a big fan of nature and like to get out into the great outdoors, you'll love RSPB Fairburn Ings.
Nestled between Wakefield, York and Leed...
Step into a world of colourful nature as you stroll around Upton Country Park.
Located to the south of Pontefract, the park sits on a belt of magne...
Formerly a drift mine, landscaped in 1991 and transformed into a country park consisting of wide open spaces, woodland, amenity grassland and ponds, manag...
Brockadale is in the valley of the River Went as it flows through a craggy, steep-sided gorge formed after the last ice-age when glacial melt-water burst ...
Get closer to nature at Stanley Marsh Nature Reserve.
Woodland, marshland and ponds make up this quiet nature reserve, making it ideal for wildlife...
Head south out of Wakefield and you’ll soon come across the ancient Seckar Wood Nature Reserve.
For over 300 years Seckar Wood was part of the Went...