West Bretton walks

Starting from Bretton Country Park Visitor Centre, this walk will lead you to Horbury Bridge through woodland, Overton and Middlestown.

Nice walk from Horbury Bridge along River Calder to Kirkhamgate using mainly Wakefield Way and Kirkless Way.

Easy walk around the Newmillerdam and Chapelthorpe.

Easy walk around the Newmillerdam and Bushcliff Wood.

A circular walk in Pugneys Country Park and around Sandal Castle.

A circular walk in Pugneys Country Park to the Sandal Castle and back passing on the other side of the lake.

The Cawthorne Boundary Walk is a 14 mile circular walk usually starting at the Village Hall. I have broken the roughly into 4 parts smaller of approximately 3-4 miles radiating from the village, enabling the walker to walk the village boundary in part over 4 walks or the complete boundary in 1. I pick up a public footpath close to the center of the village, opposite Beatson House restaurant and next to the Methodist Chapel.

A circular walk from St George’s Centre passing by Mormon Church.

A steady uphill walk across farmland and through woodland providing views in High Hoyland back down towards Cannon Hall and Cawthorne. An easy downhill return across farmland.

A circular walk with superb panoramic views from the top of the hill.

An easy, circular walk, mainly on pavements and good footpaths.

An easy circular walk, mainly on roadside pavements and green footpaths alongside field edges.

An easy walk mainly on roadside pavements and green footpaths alongside field edges.

Lovely walk from Notton to West Bretton Country Park passing on some Wakefield Way section.

This an easy, relatively flat circular walk south of Wakefield. It makes use of a disused railway line and the Newmillerdam Country Park - beautiful woodlands and rolling countryside.

Nice walk from Walton along railways and through Walton Colliery Nature Park.

Lovely walk from Walton to Haw Park using Trans-Pennine Trail.

Nice and easy walk passing by The Walton War Memorial and using mostly the Wakefield Way.

A circular walk from the Maypole and around Gawthorpe.

A circular and easy walk mainly along River Calder.

This Barnsley walk starts in Silkstone and includes an old waggonway, the Cannon Hall country park and sections of the Barnsley Boundary Walk and the Penistone Boundary Walk.

A nice walk from Kirkhamgate to Stanley using Wakefield Way.

A circular walk passing by Red Hall and Wrenthorpe Park.

A moderately difficult walk, mainly on good field side footpaths together with some roadside walking.

This walk start at the large common at Heath, then take you along footpath and bridleways to the smaller commons at Warmfields, Goosehill and Kirkthorp where you can discover the hidden gems such as pond at Goosehill or the village stocks, last used in the 1860's, at Kirkthorp.

A moderately difficult circular walk round The Half Moon Ox-Bow Lake.

An easy circular walk, mainly all-weather footpaths together with some field walking.

A circular walk around Pinderfields Hospital passing by hill and golf course.

The Stanley Marsh Nature Reserve is small but contains a wide variety of habitats and can be enjoyed in any season of the year.

A walk in Southern Washlands Nature Reserve with its lakes, beautiful trees, wildlife and excellent views of the River Calder.

Nice walk along Aire and Calder Navigation and Park Hill.

A nice and easy walk mostly on Wakefield Way and along the Aire & Calder Navigation.