Leisure
There's no excuse for staying indoors when you've got the amazing Yorkshire landscape on your doorstep.
As one of Yorkshire's biggest landowners, Yorkshire Water take care of 72,000 acres of stunning countryside and invite you to come and explore it.
Whether you fancy a gentle stroll around a reservoir, a bike ride with the family, a bit of pony trekking or an afternoon's fishing or sailing, there's plenty to choose from.
Opening up our land for you is part of our Blueprint for Yorkshire, our plan to take even better care of our little part of the world.
See the information below to select your activity - from downloading walking and cycling routes to finding the region's best sailing spots.
There's no excuse for staying indoors when you've got the amazing Yorkshire landscape on your doorstep.
Whether you fancy a gentle stroll around one of our picturesque reservoirs or a more adventurous hike then there's something for you.
Download our policy on usage of our land and waters
Show the kids that nature can be fun as well as educational - we've got plenty of activities for them when visiting our reservoirs.
These activities are great for them to do by themselves, but we're sure you'd have a good time if you get involved too. The adventure pack is a brilliant way to get the kids into the fresh air and enjoying our land.
Download some of our top walk packs, free of charge.
Grimwith Reservoir Notice
The toilet block at Grimwith Reservoir is closed until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience. Please bear with us as we are working to get them reopened as soon as possible.
What better way to enjoy our picturesque land than riding round it on your bike, we've now opened up even more of our land for you to enjoy via our cycle paths.
Over the past few years cycling has become very popular within the UK and even more so in Yorkshire after we held the grand depart of the Tour de France. It saw thousands of people not only visit Yorkshire but the spotlight was on us from a worldwide audience and at the heart of it was people's passion for cycling.
Yorkshire Water have further embraced that passion by investing in our land to create suitable paths for all levels of cyclists and will be looking to further invest in future.
So don your helmet, dust off your spokey dokeys and get on your bike.
Recreational and sport fishing are fishing primarily for pleasure or competition. Recreational fishing has conventions, rules, licensing restrictions and laws that limit the way in which fish may be caught; typically, these prohibit the use of nets and the catching of fish with hooks not in the mouth.
The most common form of recreational fishing is done with a rod, reel, line, hooks and any one of a wide range of baits or lures such as artificial flies. The practice of catching or attempting to catch fish with a hook is generally known as angling. In angling, it is sometimes expected or required that fish be returned to the water (catch and release). Recreational or sport fishermen may log their catches or participate in fishing competitions.
All the information you need about fishing on our sites and the prices can be downloaded on the right hand side of the page.
Are you unknowingly spreading invasive species on your water sports equipment and clothing?
Invasive species can affect fish and other wildlife, restrict navigation, clog up propellers and be costly to manage. You can help protect the water sports you love by following three simple steps when you leave the water. Find out more here.
Download all the fishing information you need for Damflask and Washburn Valley below.
Did you know that many of our reservoir walks have easy access routes? We provide access and facilities for disabled customers at our main offices and at some reservoirs where walks are available.
Wheelchair user Craig Grimes visited Scammonden Reservoir - see how he got on by watching the video.
The outdoors aren't just just for people, we want horses and riders to enjoy our land too so we've even developed specialist parking for horseboxes, saddling areas with tethering posts and a mounting blocks.
Our bridleways take in a variety of scenery and some of the most spectacular views in Yorkshire.
Most of our bridleways comprise of rough stone track, soft grassland and tarmac surfaced roads, some of our bridleways also have access to other public bridleways and cross through other woodland and fields.
As part of our promise for this year, we spoke to over 400 visitors at four of our recreation sites to understand what they thought about the site they are visiting.
The results were overwhelmingly positive, with 96% of visitors satisfied with our recreation sites.
Researchers spoke to customers about their experiences at each of the following reservoir sites: Digley & Bilberry in Holmfirth near the Peak District, Inbirchworth on the boundary of South and West Yorkshire, Cod Beck near the village of Osmotherley in North Yorkshire, and Tophill Low near Watton in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Visitors were particularly satisfied with the beautiful scenery, the tranquil surroundings, and the wildlife. The sites were thought to be great for dog walking, and Tophill Low was specifically praised as a good site for bird watching.
Our Catchment and Recreation Manager, Geoff Lomas, said: ‘We're delighted to discover how much visitors enjoy their experience. Over the years we've put a lot of effort into making the land around the reservoirs accessible for everyone. We've created new paths, reduced gradients where possible, widened paths to allow pushchairs and wheelchairs to pass and created resting points so views can be enjoyed to the full."
Find out how we're performing on our recreational performance commitments.
To take a look at which reservoir sites you can and can't park at, please refer to the parking facilities section of our reservoirs page.
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