Best places: Tourist attractions in Wakefield, United Kingdom

Coal mining museum with a restored colliery, underground tours, pit ponies, a cafe and gift shop.

Timber-framed manor with period rooms, restored gardens, a mini-railway, a boating lake and woods.

Spacious nature area with gardens, walking trails & lakes, plus 2 playgrounds & sports fields.

Modern building for displays including Henry VIII's armour, war histories and experimental weaponry.

Large, family-run farm packed with animals, a playground, tube maze and farm shop for fresh produce.

A stately home that retains its period interior and furnishings, with elegant gardens and play area.

👍👍 Absolutely lovely little family run sanctuary with Donkeys and some goats. The tours run twice a day and it's so worth going on the tour because you get to go in the field with the donkeys and cuddle with them. There's a great little cafe that serves hot and cold drinks and food. There's a tiny ice...

This rocky natural formation jutting from a small hill offers climbing & scenic valley views.

Preserved nature area with a mix of woodlands & open space, plus dog-friendly trails & valley views.

👍👍 Absolutely beautiful scenery, lovely to walk round (choose your route carefully, the long route is a lot further than it looks!) Plenty of parking for £4 all day, or if it's busy you can park on the road outside. Friendly staff in the little cafe which is reasonable. Lots of birds to see, depending...

👍👍 A great day out, plenty to explore loads of great scenery to view throughout the park. Would strongly advise that correct footwear is worn like wellies or walking shoes/boots. As in some areas, it can get rather muddy, I'm yet to fully explore this amazing park, but what I have explored so far has s...

Scenic nature reserve known for its stunning lakeside views, verdant landscape & ambling trails.

👍👍 Lovely well kept park. Small cafe nice play area and gardens with lake to walk around. Well worth a visit on a nice day

Scenic spot in the Pennine foothills with steam-train rides plus a play area, shop, cafe & tea room.

Large out-of-town park with ornamental gardens, a wildflower meadow, cafe kiosk and wildfowl lake.

CofE church for services and events, with fragments from Anglo-Norman times and 15th-century tower.

👍👍 An absolutely outstanding little garden, run by Perennial Gardens, a charity which helps people in need who work or worked in horticulture. Although it is just one acre, there is so much to see. Small separate gardens within the one acre, water features, wrought iron work, woodwork. Spent 2 hours lo...

18th-century mansion housing artworks, furniture, and the regimental museum of the Royal Hussars.

This rural park contains sculptures by the likes of Henry Moore & hosts regular exhibitions.

👍👍 Amazing experience and such fun! Staff were extremely helpful especially Chyna and Millie - so patience and so good with explaining to the children. Thank you for a great experience!!