Barkston Ash walks

A nice and easy circular walk around Airedale Square.

The ideal route to do your 30 minutes of walks by day.

A short circular walk along River Aire and through open fields.

Lovely circular walk along the River Aire from Ferrybridge.

An easy linear walk from Castleford Bus Station to Pontefract Bus Station.

From Pontefract to Thorpe Audlin using mostly the Wakefield Way.

A short walk around a playing field in Featherstone.

A short and easy circular walk from Featherstone Library.

A short and easy circular walk around Featherstone Library.

A quick and lovely walk to (re)discover Featherstone.

Lovely walk from Purston Park to Castle Syke Hill.

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

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.

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 circular walk around Ackworth. You'll pass The Dando Way, Brackenhill Quarries, Constitution Hill, Hessle Hall and Water Mill.

Thorpe Audlin to South Elmsall Station using mostly Wakefield Way.

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

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

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

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.

Nice walk with superb views of the East Pennines from the top of Windmill Hill.

Much of the walk takes place over an area of restored opencast mineral workings.

An easy, circular walk, mainly on roadside pavements and good footpaths with some field side grass walking.

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

A circular and easy walk mainly along River Calder.

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

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

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

Nice walk from Anglers Country Park to Notton passing by wood, hill and dam.

The Wakefield Way is a 70 mile walk around the Wakefield Metropolitan District. It takes the walker through attractive undulating countryside of fields and woodland, stretches of water, country estates, charming villages and unexpected views. The walk visits places of historical interest and sites of Wakefield’s industrial past.

Easy walk around the Newmillerdam and Bushcliff Wood.

Easy walk around the Newmillerdam and Chapelthorpe.