Roundhay Park and Tropical World
Seven hundred acres of lakes, woods and lawns, with a tropical glasshouse of butterflies and meerkats.
One of the biggest city parks in Europe, with two lakes, a castle folly, formal gardens and enough grass for the whole city on a sunny Sunday. Tropical World on the edge is a cheap, warm, humid escape full of butterflies, birds and a nocturnal house; useful when the weather turns. Buses from the centre take twenty minutes.
When it works
Outdoors: pick a dry day. Best morning, afternoon. Park free; Tropical World cheap.
Good for kids, dogs, a date and locals' favourite.
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