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Worsbrough Country Park

✦ Ancient woodland212 ha

Getting here

53.52548, -1.47584

Best for

8 activities

Playgrounds

Free93%

playground, toilets, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Wildlife

Free75%

Ancient woodland

Cycling

Varies72%

Named cycling route nearby: Trans Pennine Trail

Heritage

Free68%

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

79

6 named nearby · 73 public paths

Named routePublic access
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Cycling

68

68 named nearby

Named route
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Horse riding

8

8 public paths

Public access

Named routes and paths nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Silkstone Common to Wombwell) · Walking0
Barnsley Boundary Walk · Walking0
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds) · Walking0
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby) · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
Old Hall Road · public footpath
Doe Lane · public footpath
Doe Lane · public footpath

About this urban park

Worsbrough Country Park is an ancient urban park covering 212 hectares. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Sunset at Worsbrough Country Park

Sunset at Worsbrough Country Park

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
  • 🐦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

Millers Tea Room · 117m

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Parking

Worsbrough Mill · Paid · 313m

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Picnic spot

3 · 108m away

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Playground

123m away

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Toilets

147m away

✦ Ancient✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

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