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‘Castles’, Trails & Fun at Beautiful Beaumont Park | Huddersfield

We love a day out at a Yorkshire park. Recently we explored Beaumont Park for the first time, a strange and wonderful place at the edge of Huddersfield.

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beaumont park castle

Beaumont Park rests on the edge of Huddersfield and is just over 20 acres in size. The park is unique in that it combines the features of a beautifully maintained, familiar urban park with a slightly overgrown, wilder ‘castle’ area. In Beaumont Park, as well as a brand new adventure play area, you can find Victorian follies, stunning, unexpected views, and hidden pathways that ignite a sense of exploration.

There is plenty of free roadside parking, a cafe, toilets and pram-friendly paths as well.

Pram Friendly Beaumont Park

beaumont park girl and boy looking at views

We parked on Beaumont Park Road and entered next to The Lodge where there is an assortment of free flyers for visitors to pick up. You can also download them all at the Friends of Beaumont Park website if you prefer to plan your trip and have them on your phone.

beaumont park map

We picked ourselves up a map and a kids’ tree trail to follow. The pram-friendly trails are clearly marked on the map. They led past the bandstand, monkey island, the cascade and fountain, and finally, past the play areas.

beaumont park girl on lion

Lily had a go at identifying all the landmarks marked on the tree trail as we went along.

beaumont park waterfall
beaumont park monkey island

The trails are well-maintained, wide, and suitable for scooters and prams.

There is also a Nature Story Trail with beautiful carvings and stories to read and a Dinosaur Safari Trail you can use with the Love Exploring App, which you can download here.

Nature Story trail at Beaumont Park in Huddersfield

Beaumont Park play areas

new play area at Beaumont Park

There is a brand new adventure play area at Beaumont Park as well as a smaller play area above it that has been in the park for some time. They are within viewing distance of each other and close to the Buttersnab Road entrance.

girl on frame at Beaumont Park in Huddersfield
play frame at  Beaumont Park in Huddersfield

The Wild Side of Beaumont Park

beaumont park boy at top of steps

After a good play in the play areas, we headed for the ‘wild side’ of Beaumont Park. Although the kids had their scooters and enjoyed riding them on the paved areas, I wouldn’t say that the wilder areas of the park are scooter-friendly. I carried both scooters up and down a few set of stairs!

Beaumont Park girl from top of castle

There were plenty of opportunities for cave exploring, castle climbing and getting a little messy!

Beaumont Park boy in cave
Beaumont Park girl next to tree

Beaumont cafe

Beaumont Park cafe

When we visited Beumont Park the cafe wasn’t open, but this did give us the chance to try Dixon’s Milk Ices for a treat.

Follow The Friends of Beaumont Park Facebook Page to keep up to date with cafe opening times.

Dixon’s Milk Ices, Huddersfield, HD1 3UB

Dixons Milk Ices outside of building near Beumont Park, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Dixon’s Milk Ices is just a few minutes away from Beaumont Park by car (or 15 minutes walking) and is a real old-fashioned ice cream parlour experience. It’s modest, with limited seating, but the lady who looked after us made us feel very welcome.

Dixons Milk Ice inside

We got two good sized ice cream cones with flakes and a flat white coffee for just over £4, which I think is excellent value for money.

Dixons Milk Ice boy eating nutella ice

Leo certainly gave the Nutella ice cream a big, big thumbs up!

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62 Comments

  1. Natalie Burgess says:

    We love Dunstable Downs xx

  2. Iain maciver says:

    our local beach in luskentyre

  3. Anywhere on Dartmoor or the Devon coast

  4. Sue McCarthy says:

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  5. Debbie Skerten says:

    We love to go to Whitlingham Country Park here in Norfolk. There is so much to explore and a water park too.

  6. Sally Collingwood says:

    Ashton Court in Bristol

  7. Geri Gregg says:

    Me and my partner love taking our son to the river to feed the ducks and swans, it’s lovely

  8. Sarah Cooper says:

    The New Forest national park

  9. Hayley GLASPER-SMITH says:

    Tough one I love taking the kids to the seaside or the park they love being outdoors

  10. Margaret Clarkson says:

    Our local woods.

  11. Andrea Fletcher says:

    Our favourite outdoor place is our garden.

  12. Jayne Townson says:

    We love going to our local beach with a nice picnic.

  13. Sarah Brady says:

    Anywhere out and about where we can run off some energy, but Saltburn for the gorgeous beach, the stone skimming and the fish’n’chips is a real favourite. 👍

  14. Heather Haigh says:

    We love Whitby

  15. Amy Bondoc says:

    we really love to visit sywell country park in northamptonshire x

  16. Michelle Smith says:

    My local park is great place

  17. ADEINNE TONNER says:

    It has to be Loch Lomond it has beautiful outdoor places to explore with the family.

  18. Rebecca Nisbet says:

    Ours is the canal walk we love taking the dog down there and having to cross over the barge

  19. Susan Smith says:

    We are pretty lucky where we live as its on the coast, so we go to the beach alot, taking balls, nets and playing games

  20. Liza Park says:

    We have nature reserve not far from us which has animals carved into the trees the grandchildren love it

  21. Pam Francis Gregory says:

    My local playing fields

  22. Rebecca Smith says:

    we love going for family walks around cannock chase

  23. Kim Styles says:

    we like our local Tyrrels Wood in Norfolk

  24. Tracy Newton says:

    We love Beamish Open Air Museum In Co. Durham

  25. Ursula Hunt says:

    We love the canal and woods in Skipton

  26. Ursula Hunt says:

    We love the canal and woods in Skipton, North Yorkshire

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  28. valerie cooper says:

    We love to go for a picnic on the beach or if too cold wrap up and go for a walk on the beach

  29. JULIE WARD says:

    To a park near home, it has play area, nature trail, golf, cafe etc

  30. dera etchells says:

    We all love Alton towers.

  31. Our favourite place is the national trust park which has a big castle in the centre of the woods

  32. Emma Gough says:

    We love to visit our local woods – to do the graffalo trail

  33. Margaret GALLAGHER says:

    Our l9cal country park – loads of fun

  34. We like going to the beach and splashing in the sea.

  35. Rachel Butterworth says:

    Our local woods are beautiful.

  36. Lorna Ledger says:

    We have somewhere called Stoney Clouds (Sandicare) which is just gorgeous, really lucky to live near there

  37. olivia Kirby says:

    We don’t have an absolute favourite but I love being by the sea, any sea!

  38. Kim Neville says:

    By our local lake with lots of see and do

  39. Louise Crocker says:

    We love to visit Richmond Park

  40. paula cheadle says:

    We like to go to a place called Beechenhurst Park, plenty of things to do for the kids

  41. Samantha O'D says:

    We love Roundhay Park

  42. Our favourite probably has to be our local park – Manor heath in Halifax! Beaumont park looks fab and I was just trying to decide what to do this weekend with the little ones so we are tempted to head there tomorrow! Thank you!

  43. Diane Carey says:

    Cannon Hall Farm, Cawthorne. Lots of animals to see, indoor and outdoor play areas, farm shop, places to eat inside and outside, ducks, lots of grass to play on or have a picnic, and a lovely garden centre across the road from it

  44. Rebecca Whatmore says:

    We love our local country park with the lake and a play area in. It is pretty with lots of trees, plants and flowers.

  45. Nicola Marshall says:

    Our garden we can just chill out and relax.

  46. carol boffey says:

    cannock chase in walsall

  47. Tricia Cowell says:

    We love walking in our local Epping Forest

  48. We love Weald Country Park in Brentwood. There’s so much space for the children to run around. They can feed the deer and ducks and there are a few play areas with wooden play equipment.

  49. Evette Williams says:

    Beechenhurst in the Forest of Dean

  50. sarah morris says:

    Walking around the Pembrokeshire coast where we live

  51. tricia bingham says:

    our favourite outdoor place is at the beach

  52. Rachel Craih says:

    By the seaside / river / waterfront.

  53. melanie stirling says:

    My mum and dad’s garden.Being in the quiet countryside, we love it.

  54. Jeanette Leighton says:

    Going to the park and playing football my little ones love it

  55. Katrina Adams says:

    The beach! It doesn’t matter what beach we go to, I just love the sound of the waves, feeling the sand between my toes and is there anything nicer than fish and chips on the beach?

  56. Lucie Aiston says:

    Our local park called Tilgate Park is beautiful

  57. Jo Hutchings says:

    We love the beach. Overstrand in Norfolk is one of our favourites.

  58. Sean Eccles says:

    At our local park lots to do and lots of fun

  59. Lucy Carter says:

    We love to go to the beach for the day

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