ACTIVITIES IN WILTON PARK
Swan Lake Café
Where would a park be without a café?
The Swan Lake Café is open 7 days a week for most of the year, weather permitting!
It offers a range of hot and cold foods and drinks, with both indoor and outdoor seating areas
and toilets for male/female/disabled which has baby changing facilities.
Opening Hours are 10.00 am to 4.00 pm (April to October) and 10.00 am to 3.00 pm (November to March)
Where would a park be without a café?
The Swan Lake Café is open 7 days a week for most of the year, weather permitting!
It offers a range of hot and cold foods and drinks, with both indoor and outdoor seating areas
and toilets for male/female/disabled which has baby changing facilities.
Opening Hours are 10.00 am to 4.00 pm (April to October) and 10.00 am to 3.00 pm (November to March)
Junior parkrun
The junior parkrun is a 2km event for children aged from 4 to 14, and takes place every Sunday at 9am (but please arrive by 8.45
to register and take part in the warm-up). Everyone is welcome to come along, whether you walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate.
It's a positive, welcoming and inclusive experience where there is no time limit and no-one finishes last!
It is not a race, you are only competing against yourself, to improve your personal best time.
Please register at parkrun.org.uk/register before your first visit, to obtain your personal barcode, so the timekeepers can record
your time and you can track your progress week by week.
The junior parkrun is a 2km event for children aged from 4 to 14, and takes place every Sunday at 9am (but please arrive by 8.45
to register and take part in the warm-up). Everyone is welcome to come along, whether you walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate.
It's a positive, welcoming and inclusive experience where there is no time limit and no-one finishes last!
It is not a race, you are only competing against yourself, to improve your personal best time.
Please register at parkrun.org.uk/register before your first visit, to obtain your personal barcode, so the timekeepers can record
your time and you can track your progress week by week.
Children's Play Area
Offers an all year round playground for little ones to enjoy, adjacent to the lake.
Offers an all year round playground for little ones to enjoy, adjacent to the lake.
Crazy Golf (18 holes) * Fees Apply
Gives all the family a chance to have fun. The equipment is put out every day in the summer, and weekends during Spring
and Autumn. Games can be booked through Swan Lake Café when the equipment is out.
Gives all the family a chance to have fun. The equipment is put out every day in the summer, and weekends during Spring
and Autumn. Games can be booked through Swan Lake Café when the equipment is out.
Fitness Trail
For those of you that want to tone up there are some fitness machine challenges near the Children's Play Area.
For those of you that want to tone up there are some fitness machine challenges near the Children's Play Area.
Floodlit Enclosed Football Pitch
Offers players the chance of a 5-6 a side match or just a kick about with friends.
Offers players the chance of a 5-6 a side match or just a kick about with friends.
Floodlit Tennis Courts * Fees Apply
Offers players of all abilities the chance to play and have fun. There are 4 playing courts.
These can be booked through Swan Lake Café during opening hours.
Offers players of all abilities the chance to play and have fun. There are 4 playing courts.
These can be booked through Swan Lake Café during opening hours.
* KMC (Kirklees Metropolitan Council) Fees
Free Toddlers Corner
This is operated by Swan Lake Café and is free for children to around 6 years old. Parents/guardians can relax and enjoy
a drink and some food while watching the children play for free!
This is operated by Swan Lake Café and is free for children to around 6 years old. Parents/guardians can relax and enjoy
a drink and some food while watching the children play for free!
Ice Cream
What would a Park be without a van selling Ice Cream on those hot summer days?
What would a Park be without a van selling Ice Cream on those hot summer days?
Land Train Rides
When the weather permits there is a Land Train that operates around the lake.
When the weather permits there is a Land Train that operates around the lake.
Batley Butterfly House
The Butterfly House is open from 10.00am to 4.00pm
Friday to Monday in the Summer.
Between 10.00am and 12.00pm on Mondays and Fridays
there is a coffee morning, and on Saturdays we run a Bug
Club for children to learn about nature and help feed our
insect collection.
On Sundays we open our Community Growing Space where people can learn how to make terrariums,
cultivate Bonsai trees, or just cultivate their own fruit and vegetables.
The Butterfly House is open from 10.00am to 4.00pm
Friday to Monday in the Summer.
Between 10.00am and 12.00pm on Mondays and Fridays
there is a coffee morning, and on Saturdays we run a Bug
Club for children to learn about nature and help feed our
insect collection.
On Sundays we open our Community Growing Space where people can learn how to make terrariums,
cultivate Bonsai trees, or just cultivate their own fruit and vegetables.
Bagshaw Museum
There is a huge amount of information about the Museum Online. These are just some of the links you can follow:
Kirklees Council
communitydirectory.kirklees.gov.uk/communityDirectory/venueDetails.aspx?venueID=5
Day Out With the Kids
www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/family-fun/Bagshaw_Museum_and_Wilton_Park/6322
Artfund
www.artfund.org/what-to-see/museums-and-galleries/bagshaw-museum
Tripadvisor
www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g190729-d5568014-Reviews-Bagshaw_Museum-
Wakefield_West_Yorkshire_England.html
We don't want you to be disappointed, so PLEASE CHECK OPENING HOURS BEFORE YOUR VISIT!
There is a huge amount of information about the Museum Online. These are just some of the links you can follow:
Kirklees Council
communitydirectory.kirklees.gov.uk/communityDirectory/venueDetails.aspx?venueID=5
Day Out With the Kids
www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/family-fun/Bagshaw_Museum_and_Wilton_Park/6322
Artfund
www.artfund.org/what-to-see/museums-and-galleries/bagshaw-museum
Tripadvisor
www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g190729-d5568014-Reviews-Bagshaw_Museum-
Wakefield_West_Yorkshire_England.html
We don't want you to be disappointed, so PLEASE CHECK OPENING HOURS BEFORE YOUR VISIT!
The Lake
Very popular with visitors as well as with the ducks and geese. There are also moorhens and coots, and you
might just be lucky enough to see the heron!
The birds love to be fed, but please don't give them bread. It is not good for them, and can cause illness.
Leftover bread will rot and pollute the water, and it can also encourage rats.
Birds appreciate sweetcorn, peas, shredded lettuce, oats and seeds - and these are good for them.
Kirklees Model Boat club meets every Sunday morning and Wednesday afternoon at the lake, and also hosts
events throughout the year.
Please note: angling is not permitted in the lake.
Very popular with visitors as well as with the ducks and geese. There are also moorhens and coots, and you
might just be lucky enough to see the heron!
The birds love to be fed, but please don't give them bread. It is not good for them, and can cause illness.
Leftover bread will rot and pollute the water, and it can also encourage rats.
Birds appreciate sweetcorn, peas, shredded lettuce, oats and seeds - and these are good for them.
Kirklees Model Boat club meets every Sunday morning and Wednesday afternoon at the lake, and also hosts
events throughout the year.
Please note: angling is not permitted in the lake.
Woodland
There are several miles of woodland pathways with access being improved continually. The woodland lies between
Bagshaw Museum at the top of the park and the playing areas and Pavilion and Lake at the bottom of the park.
There are several miles of woodland pathways with access being improved continually. The woodland lies between
Bagshaw Museum at the top of the park and the playing areas and Pavilion and Lake at the bottom of the park.
