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Whitwood Golf Club

📷 Kevin Waterhouse · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.72012, -1.39260

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • ⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingParking

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Golf

Golf course

Paid

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Floating Pennywort +37 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Floating Pennywort +37 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Garlic Mustard, Procumbent Yellow-sorrel

Varies

Cycling

Named cycling route nearby: Route 69

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wakefield WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route
Hillside HikeWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Reedbed RambleWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Lowther LoopWalking route
Named route
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Cycling

75 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Castleford Wakefield GreenwayCycling route
Named routeRef 69Local cycle route
Route 69Cycling route
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 697Cycling route
Named routeRef 697National Cycle Network
Castleford GreenwayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine Trails - The Lines Way linkCycling route
Named routeRef 67-697Local cycle route
Route 67Cycling route
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Footpath on the edge of Whitwood Golf Club

📷 Kevin Waterhouse · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Footpath on the edge of Whitwood Golf Club

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🌱Haw Hill ParkUrban park2.4 km→🌱Quarry ParkUrban park2.6 km→🌱Pontefract ParkUrban park4.5 km→🌱Betty's GardenUrban park1.7 km→🌱Saville ParkUrban park1.7 km→🌱Haw Hill ParkUrban park2.4 km→

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