Leeds Attractions and Things To Do in Leeds

Adventure And Active

Citi Bloc - Leeds

City Bloc is a bouldering wall that allows beginners to develop the best climbing techniques, and also provides experienced climbers quality competition style route setting.

Junk Yard Adventure Golf

Get excited on Junkyard's weird and wonderful crazy golf courses in Leeds. Try our three mashed up 9-hole crazy golf courses made from all things junk.

Leeds, West Yorkshire
Tick Tock Unlock brings the all new adventure - The Library of Broken Books. A collection of multi-genre, multi-world, action-packed adventure. Your hour-long experience will be spent entering multiple different, exciting books, and taking part in competitive puzzles and challenges.

Whistle Pinks Leeds

Whistle punks is an activity bar situated close to Leeds city centre, with a range of packages for indiviuals and groups.

Leeds Urban Bike Park

Leeds Urban Bike Park is run by a not for profit company whose aim is to make the park succeed. The park has trails for everyone from beginners to experts, BMX and moutain bike trails and skills courses to learn to ride. A cafe and bike shop are en site.

Yorkshire Dales

Waterfalls, woodlands, valleys and peaks, the Yorkshire Dales National Park has spectacular scenery dotted with rural and scenic villages. Dry stone walls and field barns are unique characteristics of this special landscape.

North York Moors National Park

South Yorkshire was formally part of Yorkshire's industrial heartland, the county has stunning scenery, historic market towns and an active outdoor scene for the adventurous.

West Yorkshire

With cities which boomed during the industrial revolution West Yorkshire is packed full of vibrant cultured urban populations, alongside some of Yorkshire's most beautiful wild moorland. With pretty villages and the penine hills rolling northward through the county.

Animal Attractions

Home Farm at Temple Newsam

Leeds, West Yorkshire
Home Farm is a working farm and one of the largest rare breed centres in Europe. During your visit you will run into all sorts of farm animals that you are unlikely to see anywhere else.

Meanwood Valley Urban Farm

Leeds, West Yorkshire
Meanwood Valley Urban Farm had humble beginnings, operating from two old caravans, it has grown into a 24 acre site. It’s not only a working farm with a wide variety of animals but also a major centre for community and environmental work.

Swithens Farm

Leeds, West Yorkshire
Swithens Farm, have a huge range of animals.. Your little ones will be able to involved with feeding and learning about the care and husbandry on a real working farm.

Rodley Nature Reserve

Rodley Nature Reserve is designed to bring wetland wildlife back into the Leeds area. Created on a floodplain in Kirkstall Valley, a recognised ‘flyway’ for wildfowl and waders on migration, the wetland habitats constructed here complement the nearby River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Tropical World

Tropical World in Leeds, next to Roundhay Park, offers visitors a jounrey through rainforests, deserts, mangroves and the nocturnal world encoutering an array of wildlife as you travel.

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Art & Galleries

Leeds Art Gallery

A world of art in the heart of the city. Leeds Art Gallery presents a dynamic exhibition programme and holds a significant collection of modern and contemporary British art.

Henry Moore Institute

The Institute is a part of The Henry Moore Foundation, set up by the sculptor Henry Moore (1898-1986) in 1977 to encourage appreciation of the visual arts, especially sculpture.

Leeds Art Trail

The Leeds Urban Street Art Trail is a collection of murals which has popped up across the city. The art covers a vaiety of themes and makes for an interesting free day out.

deep sea diver street art on a leeds city centre wall

Leeds Street Art Trail

A huge amount of creativity, colour and talent can be found on gable ends, underpases and along walkways in Leeds, take a walk and discover urban street art.

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Entertainment Venues

First Direct Arena

first direct Arena is the major entertainment venue located in the vibrant city centre of Leeds, hosting live music, comedy, entertainment shows and sporting events.

Hyde Park Picture House

Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds opened in 1914 and is still going strong. From dazzling new dramas to amazing documentaries it's all on at Hyde Park, the cinema plays an active role in the Leeds International Film Festival and Young Film Festival.

City Varieties Music Hall

City Varities Music Hall is a hidden gem. Leeds’ oldest working theatre and the Guinness World Record holder for the nation’s longest running music hall. Full programme of comedy and music events.

Leeds Grand Theatre

The most magnificent of leading ladies, the ‘Grand Old Lady of Leeds’ has been entertaining audiences since 1878 with the best of the day’s cultural entertainment.

Leeds Playhouse

The Playhouse has two theatres, the Quarry with 750 seats and the smaller, more flexible Courtyard with 350 seats.

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Carriageworks Theatre

Carriageworks Theatre in Leeds, showcasing work by local artists and offering family friendly performances in the city centre.

Food and Drink Attractions

The Milk Churn Gelato

Working dairy farm and enjoy some of the freshest and most delicious ice cream in Yorkshire; all made in the classic gelato style using milk and cream direct from the farm.

Animal Attractions

Art and Galleries

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Family Attractions

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Free Attractions

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Fun and Theme Parks

Free Thing To Do

Leeds Owl Trail

If you visit the twenty five locations across Leeds City Centre marked on the Leeds Owl Trail™ map you will discover some unique owls. Each owl informs you of why it is there and gives you a brief snapshot of what it has seen in its lifetime.

Leeds Art Trail

The Leeds Urban Street Art Trail is a collection of murals which has popped up across the city. The art covers a vaiety of themes and makes for an interesting free day out.

sculpture of a bird carved into a tree stump, sculpture can be found in Roundhay Park in Leeds as part of a sculpture trail

Roundhay Park Sculpture Trail

Sculpture Trail in Roundhay Park, Leeds. Discover eight carved beech trees crafted by local artist, Shane Green. The Sculpture Trail starts at the park’s entrance on Park Lane and leads down through Ram Wood to the wildflower meadow by the Castle Folly.

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Fun

Junk Yard Adventure Golf

Get excited on Junkyard's weird and wonderful crazy golf courses in Leeds. Try our three mashed up 9-hole crazy golf courses made from all things junk.

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Leeds Jump Inc

Leeds Jump Inc is a hybrid trampoline park and inflatable play palace, with 50,000 sq ft of playing space. The park features huge slides, interconnecting trampolines, olympic sized trampolines, jelly mountain and much more.

Ninja Warrior Leeds

Ninja Warrior Adventure Park is a supervised activity and fitness venue inspired by ITV’s hit programme Ninja Warrior UK! You can climb, balance, jump and swing across different obstacles using and developing your Ninja skills. In addition to our fixed Ninja features, we have a huge inflatable Airpark!

iCombat Leeds

Be it an all out attack or playing as a lone wolf, you can pit yourself against other players. Featuring full recoil, magazine changes and mission objectives allowing you to test your skills away from the arm chair.

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Historic Buildings

Kirkstall Abbey

One of the best preserved Cistercian monasteries in the country, founded over 800 years ago. Explore the historic ruins of Kirkstall Abbey and learn all about its history in the Visitor Centre. Enjoy wandering through the park and woodlands, and take a leisurely stroll beside the River Aire.

Thwaite Watermill

Discover the charm of Thwaite Watermill, set on an island of its very own, hidden away in the south of Leeds. Sandwiched in between the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Aire, this beautiful heritage site has much to explore.

Lotherton Hall and Gardens

Lotherton Hall on the outskirts of Leeds is an Edwardian Country Estate with bird garden, deer park, excellent Children's playground and formal gardens.

Temple Newsam House and Gardens

Learn fascinating facts about past residents who lived and worked at Temple Newsam House. The house captures over 500 years of history and this is key to the visitor experience.

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Sports and Leisure

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Transport and Railway Attractions

Museums

Royal Armouries

The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds is home to the national collection of arms and armour. Visitors can explore arms and armour from across the world and throughout time in six themed galleries.

Abbey House Museum

A family-friendly museum exploring social history and childhood in Victorian era Leeds. Be transported back to the 19th century and stroll the Victorian streets with the authentically recreated shops, pub and houses.

Leeds Industrial Museum

Explore the spaces around the mill and find out what there is to see on your visit to Leeds Industrial Museum. Leeds Industrial Museum has changing exhibitions which are inspired by a theme from the museum’s collection.

Thwaite Watermill

Thackray Museum of Medicine

Follow the story of medicine, wander through the grimy streets of Victorian Leeds, watch gruesome operations taking place in our 19th-century operating theatre, visit a seventies-style sexual health clinic, chart how well the world responds to crisis, and discover the medical innovations that changed the world.

Leeds City Museum

Get close to amazing animals, uncover buried archaeological treasures and discover the incredible story of Leeds history. Leeds City Museum hosts two changing exhibitions per year, along with exciting events for everyone to take part in.

Leeds Discovery Centre

Explore our unique storage centre, discover fascinating objects and delve into the stories behind some of Leeds’ most intriguing and unusual items.

Temple Newsam Gardens and Grounds

Within the Walled Garden discover 800 yards of outstanding herbaceous borders, rose beds and herbs set within the beautifully aged 18th century brick walls. Enjoy fantastic vistas of the park and lakes at Temple Newsam from every window of the house and take in this vastly beautiful estate.

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Outdoor Spaces

Middleton Park, Leeds

Locate dto the south of Leeds, Middleton Park has over 600 acres and a wide range of facilities including a cafe, bowling greens, a playground and a fishing lake. A great feature of the park is the ancient woodlands and nature reserve.

The Chevin Forest Park

The Chevin Forest Park offers great views over the lower Warfe valley and Otley and a lovely place for a family picnic. the more adventurous can enjoy walks, mountain biking, (it is fairly steep), orienteering and geocaching.

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Parks and Gardens

Roundhay Park

Roundhay Park is over 700 acres and is a great place for a free day out. The park has lakes, specialist gardens, children's playgrounds, skate park, sports areas, a land train and is home to Tropical World.

Golden Acre Park

Golden Acre Park is a 136 acre park on the outskirts of Leeds. The lakeside walk is particularly popular, visitors can enjoy woodlands, gardens, lakes, streams and ponds.

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Rail and Transport Attractions

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Sightseeing and Tours

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Sports and Leisure

Footgolf at Leeds Golf Centre

With six specially designed holes ranging from 39 to 90 yards, players kick balls into holes in as few shots as possible.It’s easy to play and a great experience for all the family – and perfect for corporate events and team building with a difference.