Date spot in Leeds
Kirkgate Market
Graze your way round one of Europe's largest covered markets, where Marks & Spencer started as a market stall, from street-food counters to fishmongers and bakers.
Vicar Lane, city centre
Address: Kirkgate Market, Vicar Lane, Leeds LS2 7HY- Activity
- Rain-proof ☔
- Cheap and cheerful
- Foodie
Why it's a good date: Split up with a small budget each, find the best thing you can to eat, then swap. It's closed on Sundays, so make it a Saturday.
Photo: Hullian111, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)
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See the free city collection, strong on 20th-century British art and sculpture, then call in at the Henry Moore Institute next door.
Why it's a good date: An easy hour in the middle of town, with sculpture to walk round and argue about. The exhibitions change, so check what's on before you go.
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)
Royal Armouries Museum
Leeds Dock, on the River Aire
Address: Royal Armouries Museum, Armouries Drive, Leeds LS10 1LT- Culture
- Rain-proof ☔
- Free
Explore the national collection of arms and armour, from Henry VIII's armour to samurai swords, in the glass-towered museum at Leeds Dock.
Why it's a good date: It's free, much bigger than you'd expect and good for a wet afternoon. Walk there along the river from the city centre, and look out for the live demonstrations.
Photo: Mark Stevenson, CC BY-SA 2.0 (resized)
Kirkstall Abbey
Abbey Road, Kirkstall
Address: Abbey Road, Kirkstall, Leeds LS5 3EH- Culture
- Outdoors
- Cheap and cheerful
- Best in Spring, Summer, Autumn
Wander the ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, one of the most complete in Britain, in parkland by the River Aire.
Why it's a good date: Romantic in the old sense: towering arches, quiet cloisters and lawns for a picnic. You can walk there along the canal towpath from the city centre.
