Heathrow Airport 1 hr 21
The Hepworth Wakefield (20 min.) innovative and spacious modern gallery with 6 contemporary art exhibition rooms a shop and a cafe. Diggerland Yorkshire (8 min.) diggers dumpers bulldozers plus a swing in a giant jcb scoop and buried treasure dig. Pontefract Tanshelf (9 min) Royal Armouries Museum (25 min.) modern building for displays including henry viii s armour war histories and experimental weaponry. Rspb Fairburn Ings (8 min.) birdwatching gull and nature Pontefract Baghill (12 min) Pontefract Castle (12 min.) free-to-visit castle with grounds with picnic spaces a visitor centre and kids activity sheets. Pontefract Monkhill (11 min) Roundhay Park (31 min.) spacious nature area with gardens walking trails & lakes plus 2 playgrounds & sports fields. Glasshoughton Railway Station (6 min) Leeds City Museum (30 min.) imposing home for natural and community history and the city collection of archeological items. Yorkshire Sculpture Park (27 min.) this rural park contains sculptures by the likes of henry moore and hosts regular exhibitions. Xscape Yorkshire (6 min.) leisure complex with snow slope bowling alley and surf simulator plus cinema and restaurants. Tropical World (29 min.) greenhouses filled with uk s largest tropical plant and animal collections outside of kew gardens. Leeds Art Gallery (29 min.) large collection of 20th-century art with craft centre and design gallery for mixed media displays. Lotherton (17 min.) venerable edwardian country manor with landscaped gardens stables playgrounds and woodland walks. Laserzone (7 min.) Nostell Priory And Parkland (22 min.) 18th-century country house with chippendale furniture parkland gardens and an adventure play park. |