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Cafe and toilets here as well as parking and children’s play area

Park free in the RSPB Carpark

Nice coffee

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Careful crossing the road at the end fast and furious

This is vast and looks great as you get over the little bridge

Cold Hiendley Reservoir was constructed at the beginning of the 20th century to supply water to the growing city of Wakefield. The dam had to be strengthened in 1990. This is a popular fishing reservoir with large carp. There is a nice trail around the edge and the Trans Pennine Trail follows the Barnsley Canal path past the dam.

Nice walk to take younger kids on, especially if they like Room on the Broom as there are wood carvings of characters from the book that tell the story as you go around the lake.

Newmiller Dam is the lake created by the dam for the new mill :-) The village is called Newmillerdam as in New Mill on the Dam. The dam was built to provide a lake and therefore power to the mills owned by the Pashley family just south of Wakefield. The lake and surrounding area is now a nature reserve owned and managed by Wakefield Council. The lake has a well surfaced path all around it, suitable mostly for pushchairs and wheelchairs as well as kids on bikes. It's a popular place and fun for a short walk.

Looked lovely in the sunshine

Awwwww cooties on the dam all on its own, there lots of Mums with cooties on the water but this one was all by its little self

The Manvers Boat House is situated next to Manvers Lake and offers water sports equipment rental. It also has a cafe with outdoor benches available and it's a great place to sit and admire the lake. They also have a club which runs a variety of activities, check for opening times and prices.

Looked good today and not too cold. Lots of fisherman and swans about

I used to come here as a kid and it's good to see that there are still lots of kids visiting the area. Due to it's relatively flat ground and minimal stones pushchairs can be used to navigate around the waters. There are disabled parking spots and wide entrances and exits to the paths so wheelchair users are also able to visit this lovely area. More adventurous explorers may wish to go off track and go into the woodland (unfortunately, this isn't a wheelchair option do to steps going up into the woods) where you can find walking tracks, cycling tracks (which I think may be part of Wakefield on Wheels (WoW)) and a gnome finding track for the little ones.

Very nice views around here

The Transpennine Trail runs through RSPB wetlands so it’s a great place to visit by bike. It has a really good visitors centre and cafe too.

great bridle way that follows along the nature reserve, lots of cyclist when i went

You can see swans around here.

The RSPB Old Moor nature reserve is 220 acres of wetland nature reserve which is home to some of the finest and rarest birds in Britain. Here, you can expect to find bitterns, lapwings, redshanks, avocets and golden plovers, as well as tress sparrows and willow tits. Located in the Dearne Valley, the area was once known for its coal mining and industry. Since the closure of the mines in 1993, the area has been transformed into a nature paradise. The visitor center and cafe are open daily 9.30am - 5pm whilst the reserve is open until 8pm. Entrance for adults costs £5. You can find more information here: https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/dearne-valley-old-moor/