Manchester Airport 1 hr 2
Hardcastle Crags (43 min)
Scenic woodland valley with 15 miles of paths and and a visitor centre in a 19th-century mill. Kirkstall Abbey (25 min)
Atmospheric, well preserved 12th-century abbey ruins with a visitor centre and tree-filled parkland. Eureka! The National Children's Museum (22 min)
Interactive museum for kids aged 0-11, offering learning through play, with a nursery and a cafe. Harewood House (40 min)
18th-century stately home with Robert Adam-designed interiors, priceless art and landscaped garden. Oakwell Hall (19 min)
Manorial hall re-creating a 17th-century household plus restored gardens and a country park. Abbey House Museum (25 min)
Family-friendly site opening a window onto 19th-century life in Leeds with shops, houses and an inn. National Science and Media Museum (5 min)
Modern museum of TV, radio, film and photography, with IMAX cinema, themed exhibitions and cafe-bar. Leeds City Museum (27 min)
Imposing home for natural and community history and the city collection of archeological items. National Trust, East Riddlesden Hall (24 min)
Restored manor house with period furnishings and formal gardens, plus a tearoom. National Trust. National Coal Mining Museum for England (30 min)
Coal mining museum with a restored colliery, underground tours, pit ponies, a cafe and gift shop. Cliffe Castle (27 min)
Victorian millionaire's former home, with furnished rooms, costumes, fossils and domestic artefacts. Temple Newsam (35 min)
Grand residence standing in parkland and filled with priceless art and antiques plus a working farm. Shibden Hall (18 min)
Timber-framed manor with period rooms, restored gardens, a mini-railway, a boating lake and woods. Bingley Five-Rise Locks (23 min)
18th-century, canal lock staircase with 5 fixed chambers making a total rise of 18 metres. Roundhay Park (35 min)
Spacious nature area with gardens, walking trails & lakes, plus 2 playgrounds & sports fields. | 
