The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an open-air gallery in West Bretton near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, showing work by British and international artists, including Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. The park’s collection of works by Moore is one of the largest open-air displays of his bronzes in Europe. The sculpture park occupies the 500-acre parkland of Bretton Hall and straddles the border of West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park had long been on my Northern to-visit list, but it took 4 years of living in York and my imminent departure for more Southern climes to spur me into visiting.
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park opened in 1977 and it was the UK’s first sculpture park based on the temporary open air exhibitions organised in London parks from the 1940s to 1970s by the Arts Council and London County Council (and later Greater London Council). The ‘gallery without walls’ has a changing exhibition programme, rather than permanent display as seen in other UK sculpture parks such as Grizedale Forest.
Usually, you just pay for parking at the Sculpture Park and then wander around to see all the exhibits, but you must pre-book tickets in the time of COVID. When the area was in Tier 3, the indoor exhibits were closed, but the outdoor portion of the park remained open.
You are allowed to bring a picnic to the park, as well as your 4 legged friend so it is a fantastically unique and really reasonably priced day out!
Book your tickets on the Sculpture Park website.
The park is located at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield WF4 4LG
Have you ever visited The Yorkshire Sculpture Park?
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