Manchester Airport 1 hr 3
Royal Armouries Museum (27 min)
Modern building for displays including Henry VIII's armour, war histories and experimental weaponry. Bingley Five-Rise Locks (19 min)
18th-century, canal lock staircase with 5 fixed chambers making a total rise of 18 metres. Shibden Hall (20 min)
Timber-framed manor with period rooms, restored gardens, a mini-railway, a boating lake and woods. Eureka! The National Children's Museum (24 min)
Interactive museum for kids aged 0-11, offering learning through play, with a nursery and a cafe. Leeds City Museum (28 min)
Imposing home for natural and community history and the city collection of archeological items. Abbey House Museum (25 min)
Family-friendly site opening a window onto 19th-century life in Leeds with shops, houses and an inn. The Piece Hall Halifax (26 min)
This sprawling 18th-century cloth hall now houses history exhibits, shops, bars & restaurants. Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (24 min)
Preserved railway station & train line offering a museum & rides on vintage steam locomotives. Harewood House (41 min)
18th-century stately home with Robert Adam-designed interiors, priceless art and landscaped garden. Roundhay Park (36 min)
Spacious nature area with gardens, walking trails & lakes, plus 2 playgrounds & sports fields. National Science and Media Museum (8 min)
Modern museum of TV, radio, film and photography, with IMAX cinema, themed exhibitions and cafe-bar. Leeds Art Gallery (26 min)
Large collection of 20th-century art with Craft Centre and Design Gallery for mixed media displays. Brontë Parsonage Museum (27 min)
The Brontë family home, displaying personal items, manuscripts and letters by the literary sisters. Kirkstall Abbey (25 min)
Atmospheric, well preserved 12th-century abbey ruins with a visitor centre and tree-filled parkland. Salts Mill (14 min)
Imposing and elegant former mill housing art galleries, select shopping outlets, a cafe and a diner. | 
