Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Wakefield - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Amazing place. Outstanding sculptures in equally outstanding environment.

Went here during the weekday in the £3 after 3 offer, great value. Only minor quibble is that hot food appears to stop after 3 which is slightly annoying if you wanted something more substantial than a snack or sandwiches. Plenty to see and do, although the disadvantage of the after 3 offer is that it is unlikely you will do the park in one visit, maybe it should have a land train like Shibden Hall. Overall, well worth a visit but take some e sturdy shoes or boots.

Great place to visit in Yorkshire, the sculptures are very interesting for those with a love of art. Definitely need a full day there to cover the grounds and see all the diffirent sculptures.

One of my fav places to go any time of the year. Lovely space for young and old 2024 Dame E Frink work on display again Love it! Dont have to be a art lover to enjoy this (space) place

Lovely walk, some stunning scenery and sculptures.

Full of fabulous exhibits set in beautiful parkland

Organised a few events here and the staff are always very helpful and friendly.

This venue is vast and spread over several miles of wonderful Yorkshire countryside. The sculptures range from beautiful to bizarre but this will depend on your own view of art. We spent 4 and a half hours there and walked almost 6 miles but still didn't see it all. Some areas were quite steep and not necessarily flat under foot so study foot ware and fairly fit people are required. Perhaps a few more benches required to rest while walking across vast fields. All together a lovely day out and value for money in our opinion. The venue also has cafe , ice creams and toilet facilities close to the car park.

A revelation! Met up with family and spent the day wandering the extensive grounds and lake. Astonishing to see so many famous sculptures in one place. The kids had a blast too. The sandwich-stealing sheep warnings do need to be heeded though! Those baa-d lasses will have your lunch if you let them.

I enjoyed coming here for many years until they hiked up the entrance price to £9.50 per adult. I feel this is unnecessarily high, and potentially excludes a large number of people who would otherwise visit.

Amazing experience, great place for an adventure and enjoy the art

£9 each for parking and access to the park. Lovely sunny day so enjoyed a good walk around and enjoyed the art.

Always a great place to visit. Great art, lovely walks. Needs more vegan food options.

Ok for a walk but full of poop everywhere from the animals.

Entry fee is a bit eye-watering so make a day of it. The lunchtime food offer was really good and quite sensibly priced, so a consolation for the entry cost. Some good walks and interesting things scattered around the estate like the walled round wood. Check what's actually open before you trudge off in search of a nice coffee or ice cream. The main centre building is very nice with a great view from the balcony area.

Perfect place for all the family

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is always a joy to visit. The grounds provide a lovely walk, and the galleries hold great exhibitions. However, one of the galleries seems to be closed, and has been for some time. Some sculptures were the same as when I visited six months ago, but others had changed and it was enjoyable to see these new additions. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the area.

Stunning gardens - peaceful and large! Incredibly accessible for those with needs like myself. Good cafes and toilet facilities! I’m not always a fan of the art but I really like the exhibitions they do here but most of all - it’s how accessible this whole space is, with reduced entrance fees for those not working and/or on benefits! Thank you YSP!!!

Great park, bit to big if you are only interested in the art part. It's quit a trip to see all. However we didn't regret doing the park for only £9,50 pp

Simply fantastic. A must-visit venue if you love sculpture.

Unless you're into this kind of thing, I wouldn't bother. Random shaped rocks posing as sculpture, and to cap it all, a pile of radiators posing as a sculpture.

Such an amazing place to visit, we go everytime we come to Yorkshire and we love revisiting the long standing pieces but also seeing something new every time. We visited the Hidden Wood feature today and the children absolutely loved it, there was so much for them to do and it really made the most of all of the natural resources. All of the staff are so friendly, knowledgeable and helpful.

The place is massive! Lots of beautiful and interesting sculptures and other art inside and out. Lots of activities for kids. Toilets and cafes spread out along the different areas. Wonderful view from the cafe balcony at the main center. Lots of sheep and some beautiful Highland cows wandering around. Lots of different areas and spaces to have a picnic and walks. Seemed very dog friendly too.

The outdoor setting is the perfect spot to see these wonderful works of art

We've been coming to the sculpture park for 30 years and always enjoyed the experience. I came on Saturday, somewhat apprehensive, my first time as a wheelchair user. I needn't of worried. From the outset I was made to feel a valued customer. Your staff were very kind, your scooters fit for purpose and the availability of wheelchairs at the galleries (and toilet) most welcome. A great day out.

Brilliant concept. Wonderful to see such a diversity of sculptures across this beautiful parkland, especially the land art of Andy Goldsworthy. Discounted afternoon weekday entry was a bonus (weren't aware of this before we arrived!)

Lovely and spacious park with fascinating sculpture art and a great visitor center.

Told off for running in a field with sheep, told off for playing near a sculpture that had no signs up or barriers and then someone had left a post it note on my car saying terrible parking after I parked where the car park attendant had asked me to park 🤦🏼‍♀️ Our picnic was lovely and the land is well kept but I didn't find the reception to be very warm and welcoming.

Very good breakfast/lunch. Affordable and pleasant environment. Beautiful park with nice hiking trails and fine art.

We appreciated the cheap tickets after 3 o'clock. We didn't get to see everything but enjoyed wandering about and seeing various pieces of art.

Lovely grounds and amazing sculptures but no benches anywhere except near cafe and no picnic tables anywhere except near cafe.

A nice walk but something needs to be done to segregate the main picnic area from the livestock. We had a picnic adjacent to the cafe and had several occasions where we had to physically manhandle aggressive sheep that would not leave our picnic alone. We had several infants with us and it didn’t feel very safe. Not ideal for a family day out

Clean, well looked after. Pathed walkways, scenic, tranquil, interesting, well organised. Enjoyed.

Great open space. Great to take grandkids and let them run free. Loads to see and do. Can't wait to go back.

I remember when the sculpture park was free then there were parking charges now they want £9.50 per person for a ticket,

I don’t think you understand the point here

I suppose its worth the money for the walk and sculptures but I wouldn't recommend buying anything from the shop/cafe well over priced your best of taking your own food.

The best walk in Wakefield area. Stunning sculptures and landscape. Easily accessible by public transport. Cafe on site and they serve wonderful ice cream 🍨. I have been there many times but I will come back with friends and family for more. There is a picnic area with seats. place you must visit if you are in the area! Makes huge impression!

Lovely place for a walk, see the sculptures, and have a bite to eat

A great place to come and enjoy the great outdoors when you get the nice weather. Lots of sculptures as expected, some weirder that others. As a photographer I appreciate the the time and effort in creating such work. You could spend all day here walking round the sculptures and the lakes. Lots of wildlife around the site sheep, Highland cows, wasps, damsel flies etc... The only complaint would be there are not enough seats or benches around for people to sit and take in the attractions and scenery. That's why it's only a 4star

Went this morning and wow so disappointed

Nice ,but food and drinks experience

Amazing park with so many different sculptures to see. Here you can spend a whole day looking at everything. There is also a cafe and glass bar. The entrance fee also includes the cost of parking.

Felt guilty I hadn't paid to get in I completely missed it 🙈 but after paying £15.65 for 2 small ice creams a 2 cans of pop I don't feel guilty 😅 it's a nice walk loads of wildlife but would say bring your own food/drinks will also add me and my 8 year old daughter went into the museum part we both had a can off pop (unopened) and a male staff member was so rude to us he over reacted I've never been spoken to so poorly I'm very disappointed with this found it upsetting everyone looked over he was that loud he could have been much more respectful and asked nicely

Always a lovely walk round, the dog especially enjoyed the sheep and the ice cream 🍦

Such a beautiful park - enjoy the greenery snd nature while viewing various art sculptures and meeting the cutest sheep, goats, highland cows and more. 3 pound per person entry after 3pm (check online before going).

A beautiful sculpture Park, a place I often go to think and reflect and at times of stress. A real asset so close to my hometown of Barnsley.

Great place to walk round, see the sculptures and art galleries, great restaurant too.

Even when the rain is torrential, this place is beautiful!

Went in the hope that I would be converted to modern art but alas I wasn’t. This wasn’t the fault of the park though. Good cafe and beautiful walk around the lake. The beech trees were massive and worth the ticket price just to be among them. Overall I think the signage around the walks could have been a bit better with distances between certain areas marked. Pleasant day out even if they didn’t convert me!

Lovely place for a walk with some fascinating sculptures dotted around. If you go after 3pm you get in a lot cheaper, but you only have until closing (6pm during the summer) to look around, and 3 hours isn't really long enough. Nice café/restaurant with good vegetarian options.

Bring your own food as the cafe is probably the most expensive cafe I've ever been to. I'm a coach driver and I drive all over the UK and there's no discounts for coach drivers who being up to 70 guests per trip... Place going down hill.

It was OK . Lovely and sunny on the day, some 'sculptures' were like trash dumped. I cant see that as art.

My daughter went on a school trip and had a great day, she didn’t get there as long as she’d have liked so we will definitely be visiting as a family during the summer holidays

I took an elderly client. The cost to enter was £7 for her and as her carer I didn’t pay., we ordered 2 coffees and a Jacket potato with pulled pork and a flap jack. Cost £19.70. A lovely lady helped us with our tray as my client was in a wheelchair. coffee was only just warm. (I drank mine immediately ) by the time my client had finished her meal her coffee was cold.,I took it to the counter to be warmed up and the lovely young man made her a fresh one . We thought the customer service was absolutely brilliant.,however we both thought the cost of entry and the price of the food was high. Making it a very expensive hour and a half. I also know that without the help from the lovely lady which obviously was welcome we would have struggled with the tray. Collecting coffees paying etc while managing a vulnerable elderly lady and a wheelchair

The Nature's Serene Park for your "walk, leisure and entertainment".

Absolutely fantastic day, walked for 6 hours and still needed longer, cafes great and priced reasonable. So much to see will definitely go back

Beautiful park with many fascinating sculptures. The cafes serve very good food. Will definitely return.

pretty, large, fun for a walk! places to eat. not much to really do with young children though as it is essentially a field full of art so maybe take your older kids.

Very disappointed there were no Yorkshire puddings as i wanted to satisfy my inner caseoh

Lovely sculptures but the uneven terrain made it hard to manoeuvre and everything was covered in sheep poo.

I found myself at a loose end one Saturday while up in this neck of the woods, so gave this a look. Very impressive collection of sculptures set in a perfect landscape, i was lucky enough to have absolutely beautiful weather also, that definitely helped. Would recommend to anyone, though not sure how very young children would handle it, but still a beautiful place for a picnic.

Such a gorgeous estate, lovely to walk amongst nature and art at its finest !

We visited the Sculpture Park today on our way to York. It was convenient to visit as only one mile off the M1. There’s lots to see and we pre purchased tickets which included afternoon tea. This was great value at £21.95 each as it included admission to the park (usually £11). Our table was set for us and the food arrived quickly. There was an excellent selection of hot and cold savoury items plus cakes and scones. All delicious and the salted caramel brownie was to die for. The package also included unlimited hot drinks - my husband had a pot of tea, an Americano and an espresso! Will definitely return.

Some of the sculptures were dirty and I smelt some of the green leaf from inside the security centre so that put me off a bit. Also some of the toilets had some questionable writing on it and had tissue all over but the rest of the art was good.

The most beautiful hidden gem in Yorkshire. So much to see, beautifully kept gardens and grounds, majestic gift shop and more than one cafe on site. My 3 year old loved discovering art across the park. We also loved the creative space in the underground Gallery.

Had a free pass to go to the sculpture park. Cycled from Wakefield,no problem finding it and using the cycle parking. It's a very large park to walk around and can take several hours,so wear sensible footwear (not sandals). There's plenty of animal poo about on and off tracks. Away from the information /café areas there is little sitting available around the park and what there is usually has sheep poo on them. Dogs must be kept on lead although I saw a couple off lead away and out of sight from the main buildings. Café prices reasonable and there's a free water refill near the cycle stands. All in all a good day out if prepared and planned properly. P.S. use the maps provided

Not my favorite. It was raining that day. Huge green grass areas. Great for families and dogs.

Stunning landscape featuring works by world-leading sculptors. Definitely will return.

Visited on a Sunday and adult entry is only £3 if you visit after 3pm (open until 6pm). Had a beautiful walk around the grounds and the lake.

We love it here, there's plenty to see both inside and out, all set in a beautiful valley with a lake. There's a cafe in the main building for sandwiches and snacks but we had lunch in the restaurant - the Weston - which has its own car park lower down the hill. Lunch here is a bit special and the fish (sea trout) I had was beautifully cooked. We shared a brownie for dessert and that was a bit special too!

I visited with my daughter’s school class. I loved the tour by Alena ( name might be wrong…). We managed to cover probably a sixth of the park and the best part was watching the children being inspired by the art and creating their own sculptures!! Not sure if this can be offered in a normal visit though!

Well apart the awful weather the trip up was worth it was a great venue to see world of art

Price up by 50% from last year.

A trip to Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a regular feature of our Yorkshire holidays. Unfortunately, this year we were a bit disappointed. To start with, there seemed to be significantly fewer sculptures. A number have been removed and empty signs left. The permanent features that remain are great (Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth never fail to impress) but we missed the huge range which we saw on previous visits. This was exacerbated by the fact that the Bothy and Underground exhibitions were in the process of changeover and so both were closed. Accessibility around the park was also disappointing. I'm a quadruple amputee and wheelchair user and found it hard going. Several paths had had potholes and ruts filled in with chippings. These were really unpleasant to ride over. In other places large amounts of gravel had been washed into heaps, which caused me to leave the path on a couple of occasions. Plastic path grid had been added across some open areas of the path but this had been laid very unevenly making for a very bumpy ride. In other areas of the open park paths were deeply rutted. We wanted to go round the upper lake. Part of the standard route cannot be entered with dogs and the alternative path was completely inaccessible to wheelchairs due to narrow paths and tree roots so we had to retrace our steps. The chapel looked lovely and I would have liked to go in to view the exhibition - but the entrance had a step and no ramp. The park does have off-road Tramper type mobility scooters for loan - indeed, they seem to have added several new ones. Unfortunately all of them are handlebar twist - which is useless for me and many others. This is even more disappointing as I commented to staff two years ago that it would be great to have even one Tramper which is joystick controlled (they are available!) I was promised that this would be passed on but clearly no notice was taken. The staff were great, especially in the main cafe where they were so very helpful. The grounds are pleasant but not as impressive as other local attractions. Overall, it feels tired and it seems accessibility is either not high on their agenda or they don't know what they are doing. I did email YSP about these issues but have had no response beyond an acknowledgment that my email had been passed on to the relevant department.

Great place for a picnic. Highly recommended

Bring. Mud appropriate footwear. I assumed there would be proper paths to walk on everywhere. I was wrong. It was a wet day and I wore runners. Big mistake. Got stuck on the muddiest path slipping and sliding around. It was definitely an adventure haha. The sculptures themselves are so cool. Some I didn’t like but art is subjective. Some were just incredible! I’d do it again but on a dry day with proper footwear.

Really wonderful experience at the park today. Friendly staff, excellent food in the cafe, then the amazing art in the most beautiful surroundings. Highly recommended. Pack your insect repellent and sun cream if you’re going on a warmer day! Having recently broken my ankle, I was extremely grateful to be able to borrow a mobility scooter for my visit (suggested £5 donation, requires pre-booking). Thank you for making this facility available and therefore our trip to YSP a possibility.

The territory of the park is large, it is better to arrive in the morning so that you have time to walk through the entire park and see all the sculptures. Sheep, cows, and birds walk nearby :) an interesting combination of nature and art

Lovely scenery,lots of walking and sculptures dotted around the place for extra interest

A list of attractions which were closed, 8th June, despite YSP charging full £9.50 admission: The entire upper lake circuit Underground gallery Bothy gallery Garden gallery Longside gallery Camelia house Menagerie stepping stones (entirley functional, walked past the signs as have hunders of other patrons by the looks of things.) It became a running joke arriving at a new stop on the map to find it shut, making a very bad impression on a friend who'd come a long, long way to visit. If half the park is shut, don't charge full price, tell us which bits are shut on entry, and try scheduling your exhibitions such that it doesn't happen anyway!

Great day out lots to see could easily spend a full day here

Always a great place to visit, even if only for a couple of hours. Good choice of food in the cafe at sensible prices.

Quite disappointed yesterday (may 30th 2024). So few new sculptures to see as they seem to be renewing the exhibits. Had I known I would not have spent nearly £10 to get in I can't recommend it at the moment.

It's lovely at the YSP. Reasonable admission and miles of walks and sculptures. The dog got a bit over excited by the sheep and lambs!

Fine collection of monumental sculpture in a large, beautiful rural setting by famous artists. Worth a half day visit between main exhibitions due to the strength of their permeant collection. If I was curator I would be tempted to situate some items in view of the cafe and picnic area where people might linger longer absorbing their subtleties.

Viewing the sculptures in natural surroundings was great. Especially the Henry Moores.

Easy to spend a full day. Amazing display of sculptures in lovely open spaces.

Fantastic, we were a bit short of time when we visited but very much enjoyed our short time there, will definitely be returning when we have more time and a picnic

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This is a beautiful place. If I lived closer I think I would visit here just to walk in the grounds. The landscape is lovely. There are so many art works on display we couldn't manage to see everything in the time we had. I was also delighted to see how many woman sculptors were on display. Definitely a place I will revisit.

Brilliant place, take at least a whole weekend to get around and see everything (with plenty of tea stop offs)

This park is so much bigger than you'd expect. I have been twice now and still feel like there's a lot I haven't seen. It is also spacious enough that even when it is busy, it isn't overly crowded (though the visitors centre can get overwhelming at peak times). There is a lot to see and provides a good balance between seeing/experiencing art, and providing an exciting and interesting place to walk. It can be physically difficult to navigate, due to hills and such, but is generally fairly accessible (though I imagine some areas may be difficult with a wheelchair, for example). My biggest complaint is that there aren't many places to sit and rest, which with my health conditions does make it an exhausting place to visit, but other than that, I would highly recommend. Additionally they have now changed to a ticketed entry, rather than just charging for parking. I still feel it is reasonable value but something repeat visitors might want to be aware of as it did catch us off guard today.

I spent the day here on an educational focused visit with a year 1 class. Wow what a fabulous day we had enjoying our hosts. Every child was in their element.

Large parkland with plenty of interesting sculptures spread over a wide area. Wear your walking shoes! The 'Seated Figure' is a fair old trek up a hill if you want to see it. Shop, cafes etc are very good. Located just off the M1 so easy to find. Really nice day out.

Great place to visit. Lovely art and green space to enjoy

What a brilliant place to visit! We, my son, and I arrived at the park on opening time on a Sunday and drove straight through, no queue. We had a wonder around for around an hour and a half admiring the amazing and sometimes wacky sculptures. Then went and had a coffee and scone, which was very reasonably priced to discuss all the sculptures that we had seen. Great couple of hours, but could easily spend more time exploring further afield.

Very pleasant place to spend a couple of hours with a cuppa and a cake. Lots to fascinate my 6 year old, with good hills to roll down, as all the kids there demonstrated!

This is a huge area to cover, so wear walking boots or trainers. Don't go in flip flops or heels. There are scores of sculptures to get to, all with a little plaque with information about the artist, what it portrays, etc. There's are some pathways, lots of walking is on grass.

Sculpture park that is trying to incorporate large scale pieces on the big walking area. The track needs to keep up the maintenance but nevertheless it is relaxed and a beautiful area. Some quirky art which I personally enjoyed. This is a real asset to the area, even as an overseas tourist I would recommend this as an attraction worth a visit. Keep evolving.