Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Wakefield

Fantastic place to visit with family, kids and friends

Great place for a walk, with lots of interesting outdoor sculptures, as well as an indoor gallery. The first floor cafe serves good value food - including vegetarian and vegan options - all freshly made.

Such wonderful sculptures and worth a visit

Amazing work by Bharti Kher . The sculpture park so moody and atmospheric and in the rain and especially good with so few people ! The electric mobilitychair worked well Great cake in the cafe too and staff helpful and enthusiastic

Long drive for me to get there but very definitely worth it. Plenty of sculptures by famous artists in a beautiful park, too big for me to walk around in one go! Cafés and picnic areas available. Staff is very helpful. Some paved paths, some earth/gravelly but I feel that pushing a wheelchair around would be okay for most. We were fortunate enough to be there on a beautiful, sunny, winter's day, with a fresh layer of snow on the ground. Definitely a place for a repeat visit.

Fabulous exhibition by BHARTI KHER.

A very special place! Great for walking and well worth going across the bridge and up along the hill top where you will find the giant seated man starting contemplatively over the valley below. The rotating exhibitions are always interesting and right now the Sarah Kirby linocuts are very good. Not to forget the numerous sculptures and lunches at the really nice Weston restaurant with its airy feel and great views. All in all a very special place.

too much so called modern so called art.

Lovely park and excellent food and service in the Western Let down by unisex toilets

We had an absolutely brilliant day out here. Lots to of sculptures see, beautiful grounds, cafes dotted just where you need them and accessibility is great. Member of party hired one of the mobility scooters which made navigating the park much easier for them and they got to see so much more than they would have without the scooter. There were sheep and lambs roaming the park which was lovely to see. Dogs are welcome on short leads too. I am already planning to return in the summer! Thanks for a wonderful day out.

Fancy a nice, relaxing and pleasant walk in a peaceful environment, and the opportunity to see some great artwork? All you need to do is go online, select your date, give personal information like your name, address, phone number and email address, then create an account, give a password, turn down repeated requests for donations, gift aid etc, then download a ticket onto some software like Microsoft 360 (which requires another pile of personal information), then print the ticket. Alternatively, just go for a walk in the nearest bit of local countryside. Utter madness.

Amazing place! Definitely recommend!

Not somewhere I visit often because of the price- £7 for young adults and £9.50 for standard. But WOW it is great fun. I used to go a lot when I was younger and they’ve just kept expanding which is great to see. Lovely walk you can make your own distance. My father recently had a fall and as soon as he wanted to head back it was easy to make a loop back. LOTS OF BENCHES! Always a great plus. Once again the price is a bit much my parents would not have gone as often back in the day but if it goes to the artist I’m okay with that😇.

Good pleased times reset all body

Refreshing walks and interesting sculptures. Always something to see. Tea shop makes a nice end to a walk.

Lovely place for a walk whilst viewing the sculptures. You’ll need a full day to make the most of it. Plenty of stops for picnic and seating. The only concern would be if you take children is that you have to constantly remind them not to touch the sculptures.

Super place we were walking around for three hours. I would highly recommend a visit.

Last time we went here you paid around £10 to park your car and then it was free entry, it’s now that per person!! Hardly saw any exhibitions open, expensive cafe, it just became a very expensive dog walk, doubt we’d return which is disappointing

The park and sculptures are nice but the entry fee is frankly ridiculous. I visited a few years back when it was £10 for a car and was shocked it’s now £9.50 per person. This time some parts felt empty, some areas fenced off, and the bridge over the lake closed. Overall this place no longer represents value for money so we won’t be going back!

We spent 2 days here. Taking our time and enjoying the trees and views as well as the sculpture. There's a lot to see here. Lots of the paths would be inaccessible for wheelchairs. There are lots of benches to sit on and as it spreads across both sides of a valley there are hills to navigate. The toilets are at either entrance and the cafe only. There are only 2 EV chargers as yet, both at the Weston entrance. The signage is really well done as it is set away from the sculptures themselves so nothing distracts from the art itself. There are fantastic sculptures at every turn. I really recommend going.

I am sorry to say this but what a waste of £9.50.i was rubbish just a big open park full of stupid art most of the areas where closed of to the public save your money and go for a free walk round roundhay park or Temple newsam much better and thay have more to offer than this rip off.

Spent a nice few hours here wandering through the park. The sculptures are amazing, it's great to see them poking through as you make your way around We had a nice tea break in the cafe as well.

Stunning place. I love it every time I come.

Too expensive paying almost £10pp to walk around a park, was good when you just paid parking.

Very good and would highly recommend, only gets marked down for not having a clear enough map, one of the bridges was closed, so could have done with being warned, plus while I enjoyed the food, not everyone in my group thought the same

It's a really great place to go and spend a few hours or you can spend all day there. There are great grounds and cafes around. The ticket price was £11.00 per adult, and this includes free parking. Great sculptures, and there are a lot of them.

Large parkland and visitor centre with sculptural displays. Large car park, gift shop (featuring local craft artists) and restaurant. Large lake and woodland areas. Sheep grazing freely, thus dogs on leads at all times (dogs allowed in most areas).

Really nice day out. Plenty of parking, loads to see and do and the cafe is also worth a visit.

Beautiful place. If you are an artist or art lover this is great however if you are not you can still enjoy the vibe. Lovely walks, clean path, great food plenty of places to relax. Amazing. Kids loved it. Good free parking included with ticket price. Grab some water and immerse yourself in nature

Nice Staff, not busy and easily accessible

Fabulous place to go for a beautiful walk in the countryside with Sculpture. Great gallery and cafe/restaurant.

I really enjoy coming here for a nice walk and a fun day out! I really like the indoor exhibitions, really interesting and thought provoking artwork! Food at the cafe was pretty mid but did a job.

We were lucky enough to visit on a perfect autumn day. Blue skies, sunshine and gorgeous leaves. We enjoyed the walk and would recommend a visit as a couple with no children but plenty of kids there enjoying it too

I went with college twice now and it was amazing I've enjoyed it alot and there's loads to explore and learn as youbwalk around

YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE & ART PARK PLACE TO VISIT & ENJOY LIFE .

This you might wanna decide for your self it's really beautiful can't beauty it's self describes it.

One of my favourite days out, always.

Sushi a good place. You can wonder round outside or take in the indoor exhibition in many venues in the park. Good shop. Good cafe and restaurant. Went to the Weston restaurant on this occasion. Enjoyed that.

A truly wonderful assembly of epic sculptures in a scenic setting. Great for burning off some energy from the kids.

Had a break on our journey. Very dog and child friendly. Welcoming restaurant

Loads to do and something for everyone with both indoor galleries and lots of outdoor areas to explore. More expensive than it used to be as you now pay per person rather than per car. Still worth it as you can stay the whole day as there is plenty to do.

Brilliant, will definitely be back. Free mobility scooter hire for my mum was priceless, thanks!

Did not like the art but I have never been before

It was a very amazing visit. It's worth the ticket. The indoors and outdoors art and sculptures is so amazing. A full day out walking and exploring the 500acre space.

We met with some friends for lunch and then walked around the extensive grounds and visited Seizure, the council flat that was filled with a copper sulphate solution, and then left to grow crystals on all surfaces. Lovely place for a day out. The staff in the Weston where we had lunch and the tearoom where we went for a drink before going home didn't seem very inspired: The water we asked for at lunch only arrived after asking 3 times. My dessert was left on the counter although the other 3 people in our group did get their desserts. In the end one of us walked over and got it for me. In the tea room the 'barista' only used one part of the machine, and only ever did one thing at a time, so making coffee, frothing milk etc took forever and the queue was getting longer while the other staff only seemed to do a bit of tidying. Given the prices that are charged this is not what I would expect.

Great place to visit, however I think they should more clearly advertise accessible areas for dogs as we did miss large areas

A stunning park with superb galleries displaying exciting sculptures.

I always love visiting the YSP. A new, enjoyable experience every time.

I visit York Sculpture Park for a dog rescue event that takes place there in September every year. We have never walked around the whole park. Just small areas of the park. There's a cafe and toilet facilities. It's paid parking and entry. Nice place to walk the dogs.

Great accessibility for wheelchair users, plenty routes to take and things to see. Plenty space for kids to explore.

We visited this place today, parking was crazy due to people who had taken up two space by not parking in the lines. Once parked spoke to a gentleman who gave us a map told us where the lift was to a lovely little expensive cafe, he also advised the route to take to look at the sculptures outside, we started the trip as per told then a first aider didn't recommend our mobility scooter in the area but was lovely took us inside where they had one we could use however it was very limited to where we could go.. it very much spoilt our visit. For the entry price we paid feel very disappointed. The place it's self is beautiful but so others know in advance. It is not wheelchair user friendly in parts of the outside or inside area except the cafe maybe the shop not on a busy day. I would also think mum's & dad's with pushchairs would struggle such a shame. Sadly we didn't stay long as couldn't go to all areas.. Maybe they will see this and try the national trust approach to make it accessible for everyone.

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

Only got 1 star cos there's no 0 rating. Advertised gluten free vegetarian sausage sarnie. On receiving the bread was fossilised. Not just stale it was harder than toast and uneatable.took it back to change and was told all the gluten free is the same! Ate some of the sausages cos I was starving, they were total cheap cr@p as well. Park fabulous, cafe I'll never use it again

I enjoy visiting the sculpture park, always some new sculptures and some familiar ones. Great facilities for a bite to eat or a cuppa inside and picnic tables outside if the weather is good. The park itself is enormous and enables you to enjoy the views and traverse over bridges and wander from the path to view sculptures and other interesting things. Good parking, well worth a visit.

Nice place to go for a walk. Not much for younger children. But if they are happening running around the fields then that is great

Lovely place with both indoor and outdoor art spread over a very large and beautiful park. Great coffee shop/restaurant and a shop that is far too tempting to spend your hard earned cash in. It's our regular stop off when we are driving London/Glasgow/London.

Was a beautiful place with stunning views and art that moved me.

Attended The Yorkshire Sculpture Park for a wedding. What an awesome venue. The park is wonderful with lots to see. The sculptures are varied, intricate & fun. The conference rooms were fabulous and well decorated for the wedding event. The food was amazing, the staff were friendly & attentive. It was such a great venue for our friends' wedding. Well done to Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Easy to park up. Used a pass so got in for free. The grounds are big, plenty of trails and paths, sheep wandering around, lake with ducks, really nice walk around. Main building not so much, a big place but nothing much, the artwork on show both of us looked at each other and thought what? (I like art myself, colours but even I thought it wasn't very good) They had a wedding reception room, all decorated but with cafe next door banging away with spoons and plates. Staff were friendly and nice, clean place but could've done alot more with space they have got all in all, it's a waste of decent space, hardly anything for the kids. We will come back again for the walks as it's scenic but the artwork we weren't impressed.

It is always lovely to visit the park! I've been doing it with my students every year since 2018.

Amazing space with great exhibits

A beautiful location with sculptures by many notable artists.

It was difficult to navigate our way around with two children age 2 and 3. We went to the cafe and thought we would take a look at the inside display as in the photos. If children aren't welcome, maybe a sign on the door would help? But there were crayons and paper, ect, suggesting they were. This man glared at us from his chair as we walked around and pointed and grunted at the children if they went near to the statues on display. I was quite disgusted by this behaviour and won't be paying £9.50 entry again for my grandchildren to be frightened of a rude man acting as if he was in the army.

Magnificent park with sculptures, some beautiful. Good place to walk and enjoy the place

A lovely few hours spent walking around, visiting the shop and having lunch in the YSP restaurant. Arrived early so we were able to park at the YSP and Art path 1 to find my fathers name which has been there for 20 years.

Great day out, loads of different art work to see inside and out. Lovely walk around the lake, the bird hide is a must too. Plenty of picnic spots and the cafe has some delicious choices for a snack or a more substantial meal.

A beautiful walk! so much to see.

I love coming back to this magnificent Park

It was ok. We went for a walk. I don't understand why we had to pay. I wouldn't come again, plenty of places to go for a walk with a nice view.

First time visiting and we had a great day. Will definitely be back again as we weren't able to get round everything. One thing we did notice was the sign for the disabled parking area wasn't obvious enough so we totally missed it and had to park further away, which wasnt ideal for me.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a registered charity whose income enables it to operate all year round and its sculptures and landscape are maintained to the highest standard. This is Europe's largest open-air art gallery, occupying 200 hectares of the 18th-century Bretton Hall estate in West Yorkshire, on green meadows, as before, sheep and goats graze here, and next to them are displayed huge and strange masterpieces of modern artists. The park was named the Yorkshire Post's Tourist Attraction of the Year and Culture Award in 2023, and won Visit England's 2021-2022 Gold Award for Outstanding Tourist Attraction. In 2014, the British Art Foundation awarded the park with the title "Museum of the Year". An old manor house and a chapel have been preserved on the territory of the museum, which have been converted into exhibition halls. The park is equipped with picnic areas, a cafe and a restaurant on an open terrace. The store sells works of art by modern artists, albums with photos of the Yorkshire park. An excursion to Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a fun walk along garden paths between mysterious and sometimes frightening monuments collected from all corners of the Earth. Exhibitions of famous modern masters regularly take place here.

It was okay. Dident think it was worth the money for entry thought it was quite expensive.

Expensive to park but nice grounds with the focus mainly on modern art but don't let that stop you going.

Lovely place. Excellent symbiosis of place and art. Nice cafe and shop.

Loved painting playing and walking, think the kids did as well

Massive open park for long walk and relaxing.

Great experience riding around on my bike and seeing some lovely scenery. Could sit up by the seated figure and just admire the landscape from up there for hours!

Beautiful huge sculpture pieces. A lovely walk, good photos and a tasty lunch…a wonderful day out.

Before COVID this was a free to enter local park and it was an awesome place to bring your family to enjoy wide open spaces , nature and freedom from traffic and cities...It used to to £5-8 for parking PER CAR .Now it's £9.50 per person if you have a car or not .. Now they have even blocked off the bridal way but not explained why .. It's not difficult to squeeze past the temporary barriers they have installed and climbing over the metal fence is easy peasy !

I visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park as part of a field trip for my studies abroad and absolutely loved exploring the fields with my classmates. Thank you to Imogen who showed us around the park and shared some very interesting facts about the sculptures and their history. The “Little Wild Wood” was also a very charming area with some lovely nature.

Had a fantastic experience. Walked for hours, exploring the park. There's more than just art on offer. The grounds are home to some impressive, non-native trees, and highland cows graze in the woods on the other side of the lake, and sheep roam the fields.

It is a lovely park. But i feel it is an expensive entry fee..

I have not visited for a long time but my friend and I made the journey and wanted to see the Damien Hurst sculptures currently on display in the grounds. We parked in the Western car park which is free and was easily accessible. There is a very nice restaurant here with a gallery ( you can't go in with a dog) and gift shop. We obtained a map and paid the entry fee of £9.50. Then we began using the map.. its just very confusing 😕... SOME of the sculptures are shown with pictures others not. Because of the size of the area its difficult to tell how far apart they are or if you're walking in the correct direction. It would be simpler if they made a small map with a circular route showing the position of each sculpture, especially the touring exhibitions. Having said that we enjoyed ourselves and saw as many sculptures as we could detect. This park does cover a vast area in beautiful countryside and there are several cafes to quench your thirst and appetite. Dogs have to be on lead because of grazing sheep and cattle.

A great day out with something for everyone. 500 acres of beautiful parkland and lakes, with sculptures dotted around. Indoor galleries too with visiting artists exhibiting their work. There is also a coffee shop and a restaurant. Parking is free and the entrance fee (£9.50 per adult at the time of writing in August 2024) represents good value for money.

Wonderful scenery and artwork. I visited using a mobility scooter. I was assured on arrival that the grounds were accessible for me, but alas no it wasn't. The paths were very rough, large stones and very uneven. Not a good experience.

Good place to visit and see some great sculptures.

what a lovely place plenty to see and lots of nice walking with sculptures to see along the way and a café for something to drink and eat after a long walk. my son loved the den building the views are amazing. There is plenty of parking, we spent the whole day there.

Nice Park to walk and see sculptures

Brilliant place shame it's so expensive these days

Lovely walks around the estate. Had a drink at Weston's as it is dog friendly. Bit pricey. Interesting galleries which don't permit dogs. Good day out despite restrictions due to dog policies.

Great place for a lovely walk, picnic or a coffee and cake at its lovely cafes. Amazing sculptures. Its a shame about the cost, too expensive for some families

This is so worth doing, so beautiful. And a great place F OK r lunch too especially on the balcony with its views

Lovely place to walk the dog, the sculptures are incredible and the range of them is what makes this place so good. There are lovely walks and you could probably spend at least a day just looking around. The paths are clearly marked and each sculpture has got a little panel telling you the name of the sculpture and the artist. Overall a clear 5 stars.

Good day out don't forget your camera. Cafe not cheap but lovely fresh food. Soup was homemade and delicious.

The park is extraordinarily beautiful in all seasons. I love it. It’s difficult to pick a few photos out of the thousands I took over the past 17 years. You must go to see the exhibitions, the landscape, and the nature.

Spent a very enjoyable day visiting the park found it well worth the visit . However it could be made so much better. The park is very large and lacks good signage. It is so large and in parts hilly it should have some form of transport to take physically challenged visitors around. Not a great fan of some of the sculptures, a pile of old radiators and another of breeze blocks is not art to me. Maybe it is to others !! Some unusual gorgeous trees, would be nice to have some signage on them with their name and origins. Beautiful lakeside to take some amazing photos. They have a excellent cafeteria serving excellent food and ice cream. Pity the staff that served us was not more friendly, she was more interested in checking her cel phone. Well worth a visit and i hope to return in the future.

A very nice walk around the lake and estate. Some beautiful pieces for you to find and explore.

Really happy they made it restrictively expensive to visit, I was sick of seeing people from low income households getting access to art and culture for free. Now we, the middle class, can gatekeep the things that give us an advantage in life.

Great afternoon spent walking around the incredible grounds. Perfect spot to stop off and explore

Shocking price for what it has to offer.