Local nature reserve

Dog walks in Anglers Country Park

Anglers Country Park is a local nature reserve of 65 hectares in Wakefield, 6.6 km from the middle of Wakefield. 28 walks in the app lie mostly in it. 19 of 28 are under 3 km and 4 are loops.

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Anglers Country Park on West Yorkshire. Ordnance Survey boundary data.

Three walks in Anglers Country Park

From the 28 walks that lie mostly in Anglers Country Park, those that start nearest its middle: a 4.2 km loop, a 7.3 km there and back and a 1.7 km one-way walk.

Where these go is in the app

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  • Near Anglers Country Park (longer)4.2 km · 72 min · A loop
  • Walton and back7.3 km · 126 min · There and back
  • Near Anglers Country Park (shorter)1.7 km · 28 min · One way

The land and what it asks of a dog

  • Open by permission, not by right6 hectares of the woodlandWoods For All (Forestry Commission)
  • Open by right2 hectares of the woodlandWoods For All (Forestry Commission)

None of Wakefield council's orders mentions dogs (read 10 August 2026). Signs on the ground may say more.

What the walks in Anglers Country Park are like

Every share is of the 28 walks that lie mostly in Anglers Country Park, with Wakefield as a whole marked on each bar.

How far they go

Under 3 km: 19 of 28 walks in Anglers Country Park, against 36% near Wakefield.

Where the walks fall by length. The five bars add up to the whole, give or take the rounding.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredWakefield
Under 3 km
19 of 28
36%
3 to 5 km
7 of 28
19%
5 to 8 km
1 of 28
18%
8 to 12 km
1 of 28
11%
Over 12 km
0 of 28
14%

What shape they are

There and back the same way: 18 of 28 walks in Anglers Country Park, against 43% near Wakefield.

A loop brings you back without repeating a step. There and back retraces the way out.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredWakefield
A loop
4 of 28
25%
There and back the same way
18 of 28
43%
One way, ending somewhere else
6 of 28
30%

What is beside the path

On roads or lanes for half or more: 2 of 28 walks in Anglers Country Park, against 74% near Wakefield.

Shares of walks where the ground beside the path is a given kind for the stated part of the way.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredWakefield
Under trees for a third or more of the way
28 of 28
37%
Beside water for a tenth or more
27 of 28
71%
On open access land for a third or more
0 of 28
3%
Through a park or green space for a third or more
27 of 28
32%
Off road for four fifths or more
17 of 28
7%
On roads or lanes for half or more
2 of 28
74%
Through built-up streets for half or more
0 of 28
4%

What might stop you

Never beside a busy road: 27 of 28 walks in Anglers Country Park, against 32% near Wakefield.

Shares of walks with none of each thing on the way. A road counts when it runs within about fifteen metres of the path.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredWakefield
Never beside a fast road
27 of 28
66%
Never beside a busy road
27 of 28
32%
No busy road to cross
27 of 28
35%
No stile, gate or cattle grid
16 of 28
82%
No steps
28 of 28
70%

What is on the way

Pass a busy beauty spot: 20 of 28 walks in Anglers Country Park, against 18% near Wakefield.

Shares of walks that start by, or pass, each of these.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredWakefield
Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road
23 of 28
90%
Pass a pub
7 of 28
62%
Pass a dog-waste bin
20 of 28
31%
Pass a public toilet
8 of 28
19%
Pass a drinking-water tap
0 of 28
<1%
Pass a busy beauty spot
20 of 28
18%

Measured on 9 October 2026 from the map. How these figures are made

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Walks in Anglers Country Park, for your dog

If you live in West Yorkshire, it is your home county, and every walk in it is free, for good. Tell the app what your dog finds hard and it shows you walks that suit, with anything that might stop you shown first.

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Further is the Trekosa subscription. 28 of its 28 walks run under trees for a third of the way or more. It brings the OS Explorer map, 1:25,000, with contours, field walls and every right of way, while you have signal. Press Offline on a walk in Anglers Country Park before you set off and its map stays on your phone until you remove it, for when the signal drops among the trees. Drift off the path and the phone buzzes. It also opens walks beyond your home county, if West Yorkshire is not yours.

The first 250 households have it for good. After that, £4.99 a month or £34.99 a year.

Questions people ask

Do dogs need a lead in Anglers Country Park?
Wakefield has no dog order that mentions dogs, read on 10 August 2026.
How many dog walks are there in Anglers Country Park?
28 walks in the Trekosa app lie mostly in Anglers Country Park. 19 of 28 are under 3 km and 4 are loops.

Getting there

1 car park, 1 public toilet and 1 dog bin within Anglers Country Park or at its edge, from OpenStreetMap.