Parkland explorer walk (pink route)
Put on your walking boots and discover historic monuments, woodland and a herd of deer in Stainborough Park. With 500 acres of parkland, you can have your own corner to yourself.
Near to
Wentworth Castle GardensStart point
The parkland entrance gate near the Long Barn Café.Trail information
*Clearly marked paths, with some steady inclines. For more details, please see Terrain section.
**Not suitable for mobility scooters or most buggies. For further details, please see section marked Access.
***Suitable for dogs on a short lead. For further details, please see section marked Facilities.
Total stages: 10
Total stages: 10
Start point
The parkland entrance gate near the Long Barn Café.
Stage 1
Enter the parkland through the green gate (noting the sign about dogs on leads and the free roaming deer and livestock). Follow the pink arrows on the waymarker posts, taking you straight down the hill.
Stage 2
At the bottom of the hill you will come to a green gate. Turn right before this gate, following the pink arrows and keeping the green fence on your left.
Stage 3
Head straight on. Keep the Serpentine River on your left.
View of Wentworth house from the parkland | © National Trust Images/Kat Trinder Stage 4
Follow the route around the edge of the woodland.
Stage 5
As you continue, the Rotunda will appear ahead. Follow the pink arrows to head to the Rotunda. Alternatively, miss out this loop and step 6, and head straight towards step 7. This is advisable if the ground is particularly wet.
A view of the Rotunda at Wentworth Castle Gardens | © National Trust Images/Kat Trinder Stage 6
Follow the waymarkers away from the Rotunda.
Stage 7
Continue along the path heading through a large metal gate and then bear left down the slope to the corner of the woods. Go through the small wooden gate, then take the right-hand path into Broom Royd Wood towards the Duke of Argyll monument. (To avoid the detour to the monument, bear right at the corner of the field and don't go through the small gate into Broom Royd Wood).
Stage 8
From the Duke of Argyll, follow the waymarkers up to the stile.
Duke of Argyll Monument, Wentworth Castle Gardens | © National Trust Images/Jerry Fisher Stage 9
Head up the hill towards another waymarker post, which will direct you onto The Great South Avenue.
Stage 10
You will reach a wooden gate which takes you back onto the main visitor route. Turn left up the hill to explore the formal gardens, or right towards the Long Barn Café, past the Palladian front of Wentworth Castle.
View of The Great South Avenue, Wentworth Castle Gardens | © National Trust Images/Kat Trinder End point
At the parkland gate at the top of the Great South Avenue.
Trail map
Map route for Wentworth Parkland explorer walk | © Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey
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Wentworth Castle Gardens, Park Drive, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 3EN
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