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The Victoria Quarter

Stroll the Victorian arcades off Briggate, with their mosaic floors, marble columns and glass roofs, and the stained-glass canopy over Queen Victoria Street.

County Arcade's long glass-roofed walkway, with hanging globe lamps above shopfronts and marble columns

Briggate and Vicar Lane, city centre

County Arcade, Victoria Quarter, Leeds LS1 6BH

Why it's a good date: Window-shopping somewhere beautiful, dry when it's raining, with plenty of places to stop for a coffee.

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  • Harewood House's pale stone front above formal terrace gardens and a striped lawn, under a blue sky with clouds

    Harewood House

    Harewood, north of Leeds on the road to Harrogate

    Harewood House, Harrogate Road, Harewood, Leeds LS17 9LG
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    • Culture
    • Out of town

    Spend the day at the 18th-century country house between Leeds and Harrogate, with its terrace garden, lakeside walks and Himalayan Garden.

    Why it's a good date: A proper day trip, with the house, gardens and grounds to fill a whole afternoon. Opening days change through the year, so check before you go.

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    Photo: User:Gunnar Larsson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped and resized)

  • The Thackray Museum's red-brick Victorian building with a central clock tower and twin cupolas, under a blue sky

    Thackray Museum of Medicine

    Beckett Street, beside St James's Hospital

    141 Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7LN

    Walk through a recreated Victorian street and centuries of medicine, gruesome bits included, in Leeds's old workhouse building.

    Why it's a good date: It's fascinating and a bit gruesome in places, so you'll have plenty to talk about over dinner. It isn't open every day, so check before you go.

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  • Headrow House's white-painted brick front with plants outside and a small neon Ox Club sign by the door

    Ox Club

    Headrow House, The Headrow, city centre

    Headrow House, 19a The Headrow, Leeds LS1 6PU

    Have dinner off the wood-fired grill, cooked with Yorkshire produce, at the restaurant tucked inside Headrow House, a converted old textile mill.

    Why it's a good date: The smell of the grill hits you as you walk in, and the room feels like a treat without being stuffy. Book ahead, and have a drink in Headrow House's bar first.

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    Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)

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