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🌱 Urban park

Swillington park

10 ha

Getting here

53.76504, -1.42016

Best for

5 activities

Playgrounds

Free87%

playground, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Hiking

Free58%

Named hiking route nearby: Leeds Country Way

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

13

8 named nearby · 5 public paths

Named routePublic access
🚴

Cycling

99

99 named nearby

Named route
🐴

Horse riding

3

3 public paths

Public access

Named routes and paths nearby

Wakefield Way · Walking0
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds) · Walking0
Hillside Hike · Walking0
Reedbed Ramble · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
Coach Road · bridleway

About this urban park

Swillington park is a urban park covering 10 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Swillington Miners' Welfare Club & Institute - Wakefield Road

Swillington Miners' Welfare Club & Institute - Wakefield Road

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

Café

Caz's Cafe · 151m

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Parking

4 nearby · 93m

🛝

Playground

131m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km