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🌱 Urban park

Wrenthorpe Park & Alverthorpe Meadows

108 ha

Getting here

53.69245, -1.52083

Best for

3 activities

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

13

5 named nearby · 8 public paths

Named routePublic access
🚴

Cycling

68

68 named nearby

Named route
🐴

Horse riding

2

2 public paths

Public access

Named routes and paths nearby

Kirklees Way · Walking116 km
Walton 2 · Walking0
Wakefield Way · Walking0
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds) · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
St. Johns · public footpath
Red Hall Lane · bridleway

About this urban park

Wrenthorpe Park & Alverthorpe Meadows is a urban park covering 108 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Balne Beck, Wrenthorpe and Alverthorpe meadows

Balne Beck, Wrenthorpe and Alverthorpe meadows

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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

🅿️

Parking

1 nearby · Free · 404m

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km