Where to stay and what to do in Leeds: hotels, attractions, day trips and city break ideas.
Overlooking City Square since the 1930s, The Queens Hotel has welcomed film stars and statesmen, and a £16m transformation has given the Leeds landmark a confident new chapter.
From a first country house exhibition for painter Charlotte Verity to 40,000 spring bulbs, Harewood House near Leeds has filled 2026 with reasons to visit its state rooms and gardens.
Five new calves from one of Britain's rarest cattle breeds have been born at Home Farm on the Temple Newsam estate, one of the largest rare breed centres in Europe.
Designed by award-winning interior designer Amanda Rosa, Dakota Leeds has become a stylish city centre base with a restaurant that has collected industry awards along the way.
A horse-drawn working boat built nearly a century ago, Apollo now carries small groups on gentle trips around the Leeds waterways, with the chance to take a turn at the tiller.