Dog-friendly days out in South Yorkshire

Sheffield

Sheffield Botanical Gardens

★ 4.7 (6,312)

Explore 19 acres of stunning heritage gardens featuring glasshouses, vibrant seasonal displays and peaceful walking paths perfect for family picnics. Wheelchair accessible with nearby parking and facilities.

Sheffield

Rother Valley Country Park

★ 4.5 (7,888)

This Sheffield country park offers excellent facilities for family days out, with outdoor activities, wildlife spotting and picnic areas alongside onsite dining options and full accessibility.

Sheffield

Graves Park

★ 4.7 (4,305)

Sheffield's largest park offers year-round family fun with sports facilities, animal encounters and special events, all completely free to enjoy with parking and café on-site.

Sheffield

Endcliffe Park

★ 4.6 (5,050)

A welcoming Sheffield green space with excellent facilities including accessible toilets, baby changing areas, and on-site dining. Perfect for families seeking outdoor fun with convenient parking.

Barnsley

Locke Park

★ 4.6 (3,101)

A welcoming green space on Park Road perfect for family picnics, featuring convenient parking, toilets, and an onsite restaurant where you can grab refreshments while the children explore and play.

Doncaster

Cusworth Hall and Park

★ 4.6 (2,995)

This Georgian mansion set in beautiful parkland offers free family-friendly exhibitions and activities throughout the year, with an onsite restaurant, full facilities and wheelchair access.

Sheffield

Weston Park Sheffield

★ 4.7 (2,009)

This Sheffield green space welcomes families with excellent facilities including wheelchair access, baby changing rooms, and both picnic areas and an onsite restaurant for refreshments.

Sheffield

Norfolk Heritage Park

★ 4.6 (2,305)

This family-friendly park on Guildford Avenue features an onsite restaurant and parking, though visitors should note it lacks wheelchair access and doesn't permit picnics.

Sheffield

Hillsborough Park

★ 4.4 (2,806)

This accessible Sheffield green space welcomes families with pushchairs and wheelchairs, offering dining options plus picnic-friendly areas, though pets aren't permitted.

Rotherham

Clifton Park

★ 4.6 (1,850)

Perfect for families, this Rotherham park features seasonal water play, mini golf and a small funfair, with full wheelchair and pushchair access throughout plus dog-friendly grounds.

Rotherham

Thrybergh Country Park Rotherham

★ 4.4 (2,084)

This scenic country park offers families a natural escape with picnic areas, dining options and full facilities including baby changing. Note that paths may be challenging for pushchairs.

Sheffield

Millhouses Park

★ 4.6 (1,465)

This 13-hectare Green Flag park features exciting play zones including water splash areas, plus café refreshments and welcomes families with pushchairs, wheelchairs and dogs.

Doncaster

Bawtry Paintball Fields

★ 4.9 (781)

Get your adrenaline pumping at this forest-based activity centre offering paintball battles, laser combat and archery for all ages, with junior sessions perfect for younger adventurers.

Barnsley

Worsbrough Mill Museum and Country Park

★ 4.6 (901)

Step back in time at this historic working mill set within scenic countryside, featuring milling demonstrations and nature trails. An onsite restaurant provides refreshments during your visit.

Barnsley

Cannon Hall Museum, Park And Gardens

★ 4.8 (453)

This historic country estate in Cawthorne combines museum exhibits with beautiful landscaped grounds, offering families a day out with onsite dining and facilities including baby changing areas.

Sheffield

Ecclesall Woods

★ 4.8 (452)

South Yorkshire's most expansive natural woodland offers families a chance to spot diverse wildlife and enjoy tree-lined trails, with wheelchair access, on-site dining and convenient parking.

Rotherham

Camelot Play Castle

★ 4.6 (336)

Step into a medieval-themed indoor soft play adventure where little knights and princesses can climb, slide and explore, with onsite dining to refuel hungry adventurers.

Barnsley

Experience Barnsley

★ 4.6 (335)

Discover Barnsley's heritage at this welcoming Town Hall museum offering family-friendly exhibits, accessible facilities, onsite dining, and convenient parking in the heart of Church Street.

Rotherham

Wacky Warehouse - Marquis

★ 4.2 (161)

Let your little ones burn off energy at this colourful indoor play centre in Low Stubbin, complete with an onsite restaurant, parking and facilities including baby changing rooms.

Sheffield

Woolley Woods

★ 4.3 (132)

A natural woodland escape with onsite parking, though visitors should note there are no toilet facilities and the terrain isn't suitable for wheelchairs or pushchairs.

Sheffield

Wincobank Hill

★ 4.3 (116)

This green space in Lower Don Valley offers families outdoor exploration opportunities, though visitors should note the limited facilities and lack of step-free access before planning their trip.

Sheffield

Wheata Woods

★ 4.5 (15)

A wheelchair-accessible woodland park on Woodhead Road offering outdoor fun for families, with convenient parking but limited facilities—no toilets or picnic areas available on site.

Sheffield

Eastern Moors

★ 4.9 (7)

Explore wild moorland landscapes perfect for family walks and picnics, with convenient onsite parking at Curbar Gap making this natural playground easily accessible for outdoor adventures.

Doncaster

The Trolleybus Museum

★ 4.6 (8)

Britain's only museum devoted to trolleybuses offers vintage vehicle displays and rides, with baby changing facilities available though some areas have limited pushchair access.

Rotherham

Boston Castle and Park

Perched on a hilltop in Rotherham, this historic folly offers panoramic vistas alongside year-round family activities, plus an onsite restaurant and wheelchair-accessible grounds to explore.