Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Wakefield

I really enjoyed the sculpture park primarily for it being set around a nice reservoir. We walked around the whole reservoir and particularly enjoyed the 74 steps into Oxley Woods which provided dapple shade from the sun and was a great walk through the wooded area. My Fitbit at the end said I had done 10,000 steps so that gives you an idea of the circular route although you can go even further if you wish (if you are a serious walker you can probably spend 4 plus hours just walking around at a leisurely pace). Would also recommend if you have children - we took 7 and 3 year old and both enjoyed the walk and looking at the sculptures as we walked. Lots of parking as well and well sign posted. I didn't visit the visitor centre but it looked like it had food and toilets etc.

Great place but there is a lack of toilet facilities. Not everyone (especially older people, pregnant & people with disabilities) can go for a long walk and wait until they arrive back at the entrance area.

If you're in the area, it's well worth a visit, especially if the sun shines as it did for us.

Wonderful location for a walk and taking in the views and art

Better than I expected, the art was pretty good and the site was nice and big. Good for walking and I expect it would be a nice site for a picnic

Super wonderful place, beautiful landscape, so so much to see

2 star only because of the £9.5 pp entry fee. Is a nice park to walk around

Lovely open fields with sculptures dotted on the landscape, all mingled in a sheep or 2, amazing when it's good weather to visit, it has a cafe to have a bite to eat or a gift shop to have a stroll around,

Walk amongst the beautiful park and sculptures with friends and dog.

Beautiful quiet and peaceful place.

Lovely park to walk around and the lake is beautiful

Spent a lovely day even though it was cloudy! Walked 4 miles and saw a huge variety of work. Great food options, and a lovely gift shop.

Wonderful experience very nice gardens.

A lot to see and great for walks

What a lovely place! We had a great walk and even the children (6 and 3) years enjoyed the sculptures. Highly recommended. Just one observation, think looking about those with disabilities, it is a bit steep and hilly so won’t be able to take mum in her wheelchair which is unfortunate.

What a lovely place to visit, beautiful landscape, and some lovely sculptures. Will definitely be returning, we visited for 3 hours and saw but a fraction of what is on offer. Bit disappointed by the cafe that stopped serving ice cream by the scoop at 4.30 even though they were open till 5.

We had a great day out here. Parking was clearly outlined, and well staffed. The facilities are good - you can reserve a motorised mobility scooter if necessary. The cafe is on the pricier side but there is a good variety and they cater for allergies well.

Always great modern/contemporary art exhibitions. Great for dogs as well!

Wonderful, magical, mystical. Opening times vary depending on the school holidays. Ticket prices now include parking.

Huge parkland with many interesting modern sculptures

Such a great day out for the whole family. Many things to see and explore, well signposted, with good handouts to help you round. The exhibits are varied, fascinating and educational. Plenty of places for picnics and lots of trees to climb.

Amazing day out for kids! Pic nicks are amazing! Even when it’s buzy

Superb galleries and outdoor sculpture park/trail. Café is also great. Absolutely worth a visit. If you have time to visit the Hepworth in Wakefield do.

Brilliant. Even on a cold windy day. Will be back in the summer time with the whole family.

Great as usual. Although it's been a while since we came and don't like paying per person.

Fantastic day out with our family. Amazing walks around the park and the sculptures are out of this world.

Great place to visit and walk around the grounds

We visited last week. We had breakfast, which was delicious and sat by the balcony in glorious sunshine. We had a couple of hours, then viewed the galleries and walked the grounds. We visited our favourite man on the hill. If you xan manage the walk, the view is spectacular. A lively way wo spend a morning.

Steep entry price and expensive food and drink of fairly average quality. The park itself is massive, and has lots of sculptures, but most of them have no back story or explanation and are not at all curated. It’s a lovely place to walk around, but I don’t feel like we got much for our £9.50 each. Would be more if we’d done gift aid, which always puts a bad taste in my mouth. After spending nearly £50 for 2 of us to enter and have lunch, every surface seems to have a ‘donate today’ sign on. I’m not quite sure what you’d be donating to, as it feels like a commercial endeavour

The park it self is lovely, absolutely wonderful day out. We had a lovely time! I only have two complaints, there is no bottled water in your shop. It is just canned water, which is useless for walking. Not convenient at all. My other complaint is the car park. It is crammed, far too many spaces put together. It was very stressful trying to get into the space. Other than that, it is a lovely experience.

Interesting sculpture in a wonderful setting. A great day out!

Not accessible the paths atop the park need some serious investment

Beautiful sunny day at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Visited years ago and now there is a visitor centre which is nice. Coffee shop is very small but good quality sandwiches, teas, coffee, cold drinks and ice cream/ lollies. There is a restaurant at the west entrance but didn't eat there. Toilets are clean. Staff all very friendly and helpful. Sculptures are very interesting. Good day, would recommend

Have visited the park many times. I particularly enjoying visiting at contrasting times of year such as summer and winter as the different light somehow make the sculptures appear different.

Love this place. Great place to walk the dog. Large open space, kids loved it. We didn't get all the way around as we had kids on the verge of starvation. So much to see. I will Definitely be visiting again

We love capturing magical wedding moments at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park! :)

I absolutely love this place. It's a great visit for anyone who loves long countryside walks, sheep, and sculptures. Make sure to plan your visit for when the weather is sunny; otherwise, it can get slippery. I quite like the gift shop. The only downside is that the cafe is a little pricey but the food is good though.

Wonderful...as always. The jewel in Wakefield's crown!

Great picnic spot, to come with the dog

Great interesting park . 5mile wander around still more to see on another visit

Absolutely amazing such great value for money it is definitely a magical place

just excellent So nice to immerse in some wonderful art and sculpture a great place to walk, enjoy the huge landscape of the old Bretton Hall estate grounds and see some of the best sculpture in the world It is the only place in Europe to see Barbara Hepworth's The Family of Man in its entirety, alongside a significant collection of sculpture, including bronzes by Henry Moore, important pieces by Roger Hiorns, Damien Hirst, Studio Morison, and Hemali Bhuta, and site-related works by Katrina Palmer, Andy Goldsworthy

Really excellent area with interesting statues scattered around the grounds, fog friendly and a good cafe with seating indoors and outside.

Lovely visit on a sunny day, so much to see. Dog friendly.

It’s a lovely landscaped stately home grounds and the food is excellent. The art is subject to taste.

Great place to for a walk /run, and visit the various sculptures around the park

Amazing place… reasonable price to enter too.

A lovely walk followed by a splendid cake and coffee.

Lovely park but we paid £19 to get in and this is a sculpture? You can't let your dog off lead, it's expensive and the sculptures are not art.

Fantastic place, we go with the kids, great amazing sculptures to see, superb grounds to explore and walk in, you can spend hours in there, great family day out for us all, highly recommend if your arty or if your not. Good facilities, toklets / cafe etc, quite expensive in the cafe so maybe take a pack up. Go, just go!

Went with family. It's a good day out. In fact you'll probably need more than a day...

A great place to visit and wonderful park to walk around.

The artwork may not be for everyone but the grounds are wonderful, with a lovely lake to walk around as well as the various sculptures. My only real issue was the sheer amount of dog "leavings" thay inconsiderate owners had left behind on the footpaths...

Good day out for everyone. Lots of nature to step in though. Don't wear white trainers if it's been raining.

It was a beautiful day. The sculptures are varied. I took my sister and her husband. They have lived nearby and never visited. They were both very impressed with it. I trained there as a teacher from 1979 to 1983. I go on regular reunions every 2-3 years. Every time I go it evokes wonderful memories. It's an excellent venue for all people of all ages. It's well worth a visit.

Glorious spring day walking out in to the landscape of this very special place… I especially went to see the powerful David Nash and Andy Goldsworthy works… and to enjoy the Elizabeth Frink in the lower gallery, and a good cup of coffee. It’s always a treat for me to come here… and this time, during a light rain shower, I went to the lounge and library to look through some of the books there… Art and Nature together… loved it!

Entry £9.50/adult under 18 free. Decent walk, great views. Cafe is nice, not cheapest but lemon drizzle cake worth the calories.

Nice place to go for walk on a sunny day. Some fabulous sculptures.

Lovely place. Great for a long walk. Amazing scenic views and the sculptures are all so different.

A fantastic park and art exhibition!! We really enjoyed our stay🥰🥰

I had the absolute pleasure of going to university here (before it became the sculpture park) this place fills my soul. My heart belongs here always and forever

The cafeteria food is pretty dreadful. I had some sort of fish meal, but the fish was virtually inedible. It had clearly been sitting out on a shelf for hours and was tough and tasteless. I had to spit it out. However, when I came to pay for it, I unwittingly and innocently stood at the WRONG end of the counter, because the tall blonde lady who was taking the payment for my meal said something along the lines of "No, you have to stand over there for service!". There are NO written signs and no indications whatsoever of where the customers MUST queue. Her attitude was that I was 'pushing-in', despite the fact that no other customers were about. How are we supposed to know where to stand?? And each subsequent customer who showed up after me with their meals was also abruptly, and very curtly, told where they have to wait because they too weren't following the 'RULES'. Here's a radical idea, why don't you just put up a couple of clearly written signs to alert customers about where they MUST line up? To that blonde lady - some of us have travelled a long way to visit this place and we don't appreciate being talked down to as if we are idiots by you.

Sign post directions / maps are out of date. I had to climb over a fence to get back on the advertised route.

Great cafe & art & sculpture exhibitions.

Great place for a day out, easily a day. Over 100 sculptures, exhibitions, a lake and all dog friendly ( apart from one part that has livestock) even the cafe has dog friendly tables. All the sculptures are on such a grand scale and it really suits the outdoor space. We loved it

Favourite place. Come here all the time and decided to become a friend with annual pass just recently. Wonderful trees. Sculptures that are like old friends like the Sophie Ryder hare. Long walks. Attractive cafes and interesting gift shops. Just wish that somebody would do something innovative and sympathetic with Bretton Hall and the old college buildings.

Incredible sculptures. Well worth a visit with lots of things to see. Good selection of Barbra Hepworth Elizabeth Frink and Henry Moore

Wonderful day out, lots to see. Child and dog friendly, nice cafe and gift shop too.

Just wanted to get away somewhere with a great landscape and peaceful place and we pkanned to get here. Its a huge place with garden and indoor sculptures. There's ample of parking space with all other required facilities. There's usually no wait, but you can reserve an online ticket as well. Highly recommend to get away with the urban crowd and have peace.

Pretty good, parking getting expensive. Number of dogs growing exponentially.

Lovely place. Value for money. Amazing staff.

Good for family trip. Plenty to see and explore. Quite a bit of walking and down steep hill.

Worth every penny. Check for tickets online as you may get a discount or 3 for price of two like in my case.

Fanatic afternoon out. Plenty to see and lots of open space. Some paths were closed and others were super muddy around the lake, which prams would have struggled with.

Beautiful Parkland and historic mansion house, 18th century. Lake, Heronry and modern sculpture. Went to college here back in the 80s. Begrudge paying for entry to my old college and therefore don't visit often. Dogs allowed on a lead.

Lovely place for a wander. Slightly expensive at £11 entrance fee but we had a 241 offer so great value for money. Lovely building with some fab exhibitions on. Nice cafes and plenty of areas to sit too.

Fabulous event & a great day out

A bit grey, but excellent bit of trick exercise for 2 kids who wanted to stay inside a game all day. They had culture and exercise well done ysp

A wonderful, big open space filled with fantastic sculptures that are updated regularly.

The map was poor. Signage around the park would have been helpful too. Why do you have statement on the poster outside and on the map saying 'No dogs inside the building'...but dog friendly tables in the cafe? My wife tripped over the base of a litter bin outside the visitor centre walkway and broke a bone in her hand. No sign of livestock in the park. Dogs should allowed off the lead and under control. One dog owner did let their dog run. The dog loved it and no harm was done. The cafe was warm and comfortable with a beautiful view friendly staff.

Nice place to visit and walk around. It’s not free ,you have to pay £9.50 but you get parking space.

Marvellous sculpture park worth visiting in every season of the year. Take enough time to explore the whole park, nature and sculptures and have something to eat and drink at one of the cafe’s! Enjoy!

Wow. We were so lucky with the weather on our January visit here! Also this place is HUGE! We saw just a small percentage of it but what a cool place to wander, all sorts of buildings and sculptures to admire, trees and lakes and paths all over. Lovely shop and cafe too. Will definitely have to come back multiple times to see everything!

Lovely place for a walk, see the sculptures, and have a bite to eat with a great view from the balcony.

Took shameless advantage of Covid to introduce a monumental price increase under the guise of social distancing and public health - and unlike others, never went back. A middle class attraction where low income families have been priced out. Makes a mockery of their laughable 'art for all' mission statement. Grubbly little elitist disaster capitalists.

Visited this weekend with friends. Great place, enjoyed exploring the sculptures, paths & wonderful views. Nice cafe and shop with gorgeous range of products. Will visit again and recommend for anyone wanting to combine art and the outdoors.

This is a great place. Went with my daughter who wanted to visit the galleries but I wanted to wander around the sculpture park. Went when there was still snow so didnt get to see everything. I need to go again.

Huge expanse of parkland with superb variety of statues

Beautiful art and a beautiful place for a walk

Wonderful day out! There are plenty of little indoor galleries dotted about when it's cold outside. Good facilities (toilets) nice little restaurant and shop. Very well kept gardens. Easy to park too. Highly recommended 👌

So much to see here. Varied artistic output. When the weather is a bit better it's worth walking a bit further out and it can be fun to just bump into oddities as you saunter round. A pretty chill place. Been here before kids and I think I prefer it with.

A great day out. Stunning art set in stunning countryside.

The surroundings here are lovely and it’s a great day out for all ages. The only thing to note is that the café options are very expensive and limited, so I would recommend bringing your own snacks. The entry price has also gone up which is a shame, but worth it if you qualify for a discount eg. student, senior citizen.

Amazing place however, not for the sculptures. There a little pointless compared to its beauty

There are 3 brilliant exhibition spaces inside and multiple walks outside from gentle stroll around the lakes to vertiginous steps along the ridge. Every view is beautiful. Very dog friendly and for the less mobile you can use their all terrain buggies! The cafe is excellent and the main shopping space looks very festive. You really need all day to see it all but as a regular visitor I’ve learnt to pace myself! Lots of parking and so easy to get to from the M1 too.

Absolutely fantastic day out . Plenty of room, well organised. Wonderful setting.

This destination is a fantastic choice for a day trip, but be sure to check the weather forecast as it can be quite exposed to the elements. Afterwards, I enjoyed a delicious meal at the cafe upstairs, which offered a variety of tasty options.

£9.50 total rip off, might as well have saved my money and gone somewhere else for free for a walk around some grounds , not worth the money at all, and no clear guidance on where to walk, won’t be returning

Really brilliant sculpture park with loads to see and discover. Give yourself the whole day to explore. It can get muddy, so wear boots or wellies during the winter or after bad weather. There are cafes and places for coffees etc. Lovely gift shop with pieces from local artists and producers. Great for kids.

Fantastic place to visit with family, kids and friends