Sunday walk: 8 September - Yorkshire Sculpture Park

By popular request we will be making a return visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park at Wakefield on Sunday September 8.  We did a version of this walk on 10 January 2016.

Where: Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, nr Wakefield

Start: 10am, Sunday, September 8 at Top Lane, Bretton Common

Directions: Exit the M1 at junction 39 and take the A636 to Denby Dale. After about a mile and a half you will reach a roundabout where the A636 meets the A637 (Huddersfield Road). Go straight on towards Denby Dale and after a few yards take the first right into Top Lane where you will find lay-bys on either side of the road. Parking here avoids paying the £12 all-day parking fee in the Sculpture Park.

Route: We'll walk from the lay-by on a track which takes us to the Sculpture Park (free entry) and do route through the park which will include the Church, Lower Lake, various sculptures, up to Longside and across a Oxley Bank with spectacular views of the park and Emley Moor TV mast and back to the park before returning to Top Lane. Anyone who wishes to stay at the 500-acre park longer after the walk is most welcome to do so. Several maps are available for anyone wishing to have a wander round after the group walk. 

Distance: 7 to 8 miles

Terrain: Mainly tracks, paths, a couple of steady climbs (not steep) and a few stiles.

Toilets and cafe: Sculpture Park Visitor Centre and The Weston (at the Weston entrance). There are also toilets at the Longside Gallery.

Refreshments: Sculpture Park Visitor Centre and The Weston (at the Weston entrance). The nearest pub, the Black Bull, Midgeley, is currently closed.

Leaders: Martin and Jenny 07979 674701

For more details about the park visit www.ysp.co.uk