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🌱 Urban park

Dale Park

1 ha

Getting here

53.69085, -1.30891

Best for

6 activities

Playgrounds

Free93%

playground, toilets, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Cycling

Varies65%

Named cycling route nearby: West Yorkshire Cycle Route

Hiking

Free65%

Named hiking route nearby: Wakefield Way

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4

1 named nearby · 3 public paths

Named routePublic access
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Cycling

12

12 named nearby

Named route

Named routes and paths nearby

Wakefield Way · Walking0
Castleford Wakefield Greenway · Cycling0
Route 69 · Cycling0
Castleford Greenway · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling

About this urban park

Dale Park is a urban park covering 1 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Slutwell, Pontefract, viewed from Southgate.

Slutwell, Pontefract, viewed from Southgate.

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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

Tu's Kitchen · 95m

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Parking

Pontefract Conservative Club · Paid · 53m

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Picnic spot

2 · 245m away

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Playground

3 · 203m away

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Toilets

4 · 257m 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