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Andy Sunderland
at 2024 Jun 20
Andy Sunderland
at 2024 Jun 20
Most excellent dude 😎
Lovely dog walk, although in places muddy, due to amount of wet weather, overall beautiful
LM H
at 2024 Feb 01
LM H
at 2024 Feb 01
I love visiting this place. Lovely walk any season and great place to enjoy a picnic in the warmer weather. No toilet facilities, no shops near so make sure you grab food or coffee before you go.
Flossy B
at 2023 Jun 08
Flossy B
at 2023 Jun 08
Good place to enhance the beast of burden / hound from hell / bestest friends swimming ...

However, pls note this water is cold and there are no life rings, as they've been destroyed by idiots.

Unless your dog is confident in the water and you don't have to rescue them, happy days 😉
Beautiful place for a walk. We visited on a December morning, after a night of heavy rainfall. We had our 1 year old in his basic pram, and were easily able to walk the red path around the colliery and get to the war memorial. There is free parking on site, but no toilet or cafe. Fab walk, will definitely be back more often now!
mr grissom
at 2022 Sep 27
mr grissom
at 2022 Sep 27
A nice old reclaimed colliery, that is mostly nature reserve. A couple of lakes that have plenty of wild life. There is 2 places you can cut under the train tracks via bridges. To the west ( from main entrance ) takes you through and up towards Doncaster road. To the north brings you to oakenshaw lane and to part of the disused Barnsley canal. There are some Horse riders ( children ) top right area. So if like me you dont like horses maybe want to avoid it or jump into bushes while they pass.
Paul D
at 2022 Aug 30
Paul D
at 2022 Aug 30
Absolutely love this place! Perfect place to spend an afternoon having a picnic or just taking the kids to feed the ducks, geese etc.
Also lots of photo opportunities for budding nature/landscape photographers.

Most of the paths are pushchair friendly. From the car park take the path at the left which runs along side the railway tracks. It's a much easier walk and prams etc are fine.
Nice place for walking with the kids and birdwatching... sadly ruined by unbelievable amounts of dog poo on the paths near the car park. You can actually smell it as soon as you get out of the car. Not so much at the far end, because lazy people, who don't tidy up after their dogs, can't mamage a walk more than 200 metres from the carpark. We couldn't enjoy the views because we were too busy tiptoeing around huge piles of dogger.
I feel a bit embarrassed to be a human.
Lovely and absolutely huge park, ideal for long walks with or without the dog. Friendly people in the area, and some amazing sights to see aside from the clock.
Paula Harris
at 2021 Sep 06
Paula Harris
at 2021 Sep 06
An absolute lovely place to visit either for a walk with family or just taking the dog for a walk. With a private fishing lake and two other lakes wirh a variety of bird life, and nature, its a fantastic place for the young and old. Big free car park as well.
Gaye Alexander
at 2019 Oct 01
Gaye Alexander
at 2019 Oct 01
Wonderful walking spaces....very entertaining for children and dogs. Beautiful weather today so very enjoyable.
Stephen Smith
at 2019 Jul 17
Stephen Smith
at 2019 Jul 17
Great place to walk your dogs
Stephen Benson
at 2019 Jul 04
Stephen Benson
at 2019 Jul 04
Another local Wakefield lake, this one is not in as good setting as the other (pugneys). The car park is a bit ramshackle, the paths are rough and a lot of the grassed areas are overgrown. Sadly has a lot of undesirables who like to have BBQs and fires at the side of the lake. Good for a walk with the dog, but not the place it used to be and certainly nowhere near as good as Pugneys
Sian Petts
at 2019 Jun 12
Sian Petts
at 2019 Jun 12
Good for fishing spots. Good for dog walking. Good place to just sit and chill in a peaceful area. Can be hard to get to in a car as the road to the carpark is a dirt track with lots of puddles, often floods under the train bridge sometimes making it impossible to get in. Not recommended for people with very low cars or arent very confident drivers or people who dont want to damage the underside of their car.
Jodie Newsome
at 2017 Jul 26
Jodie Newsome
at 2017 Jul 26
Lovely place to walk around with dogs. When it is warm weather it can get a bit busy though. There's lovely wildlife and views.
andrea newby
at 2017 Jul 10
andrea newby
at 2017 Jul 10
Lovely beauty spot great for dog walking or fishing