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Worsbrough Country Park

📷 Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

FamilyBirdsPicnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.52521, -1.47616

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
  • ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
  • ☕Millers Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
CaféParking· PaidPicnic spotPlaygroundToilets

Best for

13 activities

Family friendly

playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit +81 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Picnic day out

picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Playgrounds

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Wildlife

Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit +81 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter, Migrant Hawker +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 75 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Silkstone Common to Wombwell)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Dearne WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Oakwood Closepublic footpath · 27 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 27 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: service
Doe Lanepublic footpath · 268 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 268 mSurface compactedPath type: path
Doe Lanepublic footpath · 140 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 140 mSurface compactedPath type: path
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Cycling

69 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 627Cycling route
Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network
Blackburn Valley TrailCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route

Sheffield Local Cycle Network

Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Route 62Cycling route
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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Horse riding

8 public paths nearby

Public paths
Calf Croft Green Roadbridleway · 736 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 736 mSurface dirtPath type: path
Kendal Green Roadbridleway · 184 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 184 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

Photos

The mill race pond Worsbrough Country Park

📷 Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The mill race pond Worsbrough Country Park

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Useful places within 5 km

🌱Worsbrough Country ParkUrban park0 m→🦉WORSBOROUGH COUNTRY PARKNature reserve0 m→🏞️WORSBROUGH MILLCountry park100 m→🌱Locke ParkUrban park2.1 km→✦LOCKE PARKHistoric site2.1 km→🌱Locke ParkUrban park2.1 km→