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 to the Long Barn Café.Trail information
Total stages: 11
Total stages: 11
Start point
The parkland entrance gate near to 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 arrow down a grassy path on your left.
Stage 2
At the bottom of the hill you will come to a green gate. Turn right before this gate, following the pink arrow and keeping the green fence on your left.
Stage 3
At the next pink arrow bear right, keeping the Serpentine River on your left.
View of Wentworth house from the parkland | © National Trust Images/Kat Trinder Stage 4
When you reach a wooden seat, follow the pink arrow around to the right, keeping the trees on your left.
Stage 5
As you continue, the Rotunda will appear ahead. At the next pink arrow take a left to head up to the Rotunda. A perfect place for a picnic.
A view of the Rotunda at Wentworth Castle Gardens | © National Trust Images/Kat Trinder Stage 6
Retrace your steps back down the path and then turn left at the pink arrow, keeping the trees on your left.
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, as indicated by the signpost. (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, retrace your steps through Broom Royd Wood back to the signpost and go left through the wooden gate again, back up the slope.
Duke of Argyll Monument, Wentworth Castle Gardens | © National Trust Images/Jerry Fisher Stage 9
At the top of the slope, bear left on the grass path and up onto The Great South Avenue.
Stage 10
Continue uphill and at the brow you will see Wentworth Castle appear. Continue until you reach a wooden gate and then turn right down the hill.
View of The Great South Avenue, Wentworth Castle Gardens | © National Trust Images/Kat Trinder Stage 11
Head through the large metal gate and continue along the grassy path on the left. Continue until you reach the parkland entrance gate - the point where you started.
End point
At the parkland entrance gate where the walk began. Take a break and enjoy some refreshment back at the Long Barn Café, which serves a selection of snacks, ice creams and hot and cold drinks.
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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