West Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Address – West Bretton Wakefield West Yorkshire WF4 4LG Phone 01924 832631 Opening times Open Summer from 26 March Grounds + Centre 10-6 Open Winter from 28 October Grounds, Centre + shop 10-5.  Closed 23-25 December inclusive Collection/special features Sculpture Dog friendly? Access for visitors with dogs is limited. No dogs in buildings or Gardens zone, except Assistance Dogs and all dogs must be kept on leads and under control at all times Child friendly? If they like sculpture.  Lots of room to run around though! Description YSP calls itself a 'gallery without walls' showing contemporary and Modern sculpture (from Rodin and Bourdelle through to younger living artists). The Park is situated in the grounds of an eighteenth century estate - Bretton Hall. Follies, landscape features and architectural structures dating from the eighteenth century can still be seen around including a deer park and deer shelter (recently converted by American sculptor James Turrell into an installation), an ice house, and a Camellia house.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park photograph by timparkinson used under a creative commons licence