Things to Do in Leeds

Waiting for your car to be fixed, or visiting Leeds for the day? Here are some local places worth a look. Opening times change through the year, so check with each venue before you set off.

Royal Armouries Museum

The national collection of arms and armour, on the waterfront at Leeds Dock. It’s a big museum with live demonstrations, so allow a few hours.

Roundhay Park

One of the largest city parks in Europe, with two lakes, woodland walks and Tropical World, a small indoor attraction with butterflies and meerkats that’s popular with families.

Temple Newsam

A Tudor-Jacobean house on the east side of the city, set in a large estate with parkland, gardens and a working rare breeds farm.

Leeds Kirkgate Market and the Victoria Quarter

Kirkgate is one of the largest covered markets in Europe. The ornate shopping arcades of the Victoria Quarter are a few steps away.

Leeds Art Gallery and the Henry Moore Institute

Next door to each other on The Headrow, with British art and sculpture exhibitions in the city centre.

Leeds Grand Theatre

The Victorian theatre on New Briggate is home to Opera North and hosts touring shows and a pantomime at Christmas.

Bramham Park

The historic house and landscaped grounds near Wetherby, known for the Bramham International Horse Trials. Access varies through the year, so check before you go.

Further afield

The Hepworth Wakefield and Yorkshire Sculpture Park are a short drive south, Pontefract Castle and Selby Abbey are both to the east, and Xscape Yorkshire at Castleford has indoor skiing and family activities.

Car trouble while you’re out?

If your car won’t start in a car park or at the side of the road in Leeds, we can come to you. Tell us where you are and what’s happening.