Arts, Culture & Heritage
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
West Bretton
Wakefield
WF4 4LG
🕐Daily 10:00-18:00
About
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is the leading international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture, situated in the 500-acre 18th-century Bretton Hall estate near Wakefield. As the first sculpture park of its kind in the UK, it offers a unique social and cultural experience where world-class art by artists like Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth is displayed against a stunning landscape of hills, lakes, and woodland. With its rotating exhibitions and award-winning galleries, it provides an inspiring "gallery without walls" that encourages exploration and conversation in the open air.
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Getting here
Denby Dale
Requires bus connection or taxi
Wakefield Station
Use bus route 96 from bus station
On-site Parking
Pay and display within major sculptures paths
About Wakefield
Wakefield is a city in West Yorkshire known for its artistic heritage (birthplace of Barbara Hepworth) and its soaring cathedral spire, the tallest in Yorkshire.
- Tallest cathedral spire in Yorkshire (75m)
- Birthplace of sculptor Barbara Hepworth
- The legendary 'Wakefield Cycle' of mystery plays
- Major center for the Yorkshire coal and wool trade
