Click here to visit the Leeds City Council parks and countryside's website to find out about parks, nature reserves, playgrounds, sport pitches and visitor attractions in Leeds.
Parks in Leeds are great places to play, relax and socialise.
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Lotherton
Lotherton Lane, Aberford, Leeds, LS25 3EB
There's lots on offer at Lotherton: Wildlife World, gardens, meadows, adventure playground and more! Lotherton has a playground specifically for the under 8s, with climbing frames, zipwires and swings - and a woodland play area with twin zip wires and play equipment for older children. On sunny days you can enjoy giant lawn games in the gardens. The deer hide is a quiet and peaceful spot where you can spot herds of red deer. There's also special educational and interactive displays for children, as well as an undercover picnic area.
- cafe
- car park with disabled parking bays
- changing places toilet
- accessibility guide / information available
- wheelchair accessible routes around the site
- sensory features
- open space
- boundary / fenced spaces
- quieter spaces available
Meanwood Park
8 Tannery Square, Meanwood, Leeds, LS6 4LT
Meanwood Park is a peaceful and tranquil space where you can feel close to nature. It is a part of the Meanwood Trail (a woodland walk that explores the Meanwood Valley Local Nature Reserve). The main path through the park is suitable for disabled users, but there are several woodland paths with uneven surfaces. The playground is currently being redeveloped. The new design will include sensory features and a focus on biodiversity.
- cafe
- no entrance fee
- car park with disabled parking bays
- sensory features
- open space
- boundary / fenced spaces
- quieter spaces available
Temple Newsam Park
Off Selby Road, Leeds, LS15 0AE
There are a great range of spaces to explore at Temple Newsam, including Home Farm, a beautiful park and gardens and adventure playground. Inside the historic Temple Newsam House, there are new play bays filled with books, blocks and toys linked to the history of the house. There is a fully accessible playground next to Home Farm, with a fully accessible Changing Places facility nearby. There are uneven areas of gravel and cobbled ground, particularly within Home Farm and the stables courtyard. Although many of the walks and trails are accessible, some can be steep in places.
- cafe
- no entrance fee
- car park with disabled parking bays
- changing places toilet
- accessibility guide / information available
- wheelchair accessible routes around the site
- sensory features
- open space
- boundary / fenced spaces
- quieter spaces available
Moortown Park
25 Shadwell Lane, Moortown, Leed, LS17 6DP
Moortown Park provides open green space, great play equipment and areas of quieter woodland. There is a secure dedicated play area with a sand pit and wide slide (there's also another in the main park) that allow more than one person up/down the slide at one time. There is a flat, paved path that circles around the inner edge of the park. It's worth noting that areas of the park do get extremely muddy during wet weather. Free parking is available on Street Lane, however there are residential parking zones on the other streets surrounding the park.
- no entrance fee
- boundary / fenced spaces
- wheelchair accessible routes around the site
- open space
- quieter spaces available
Middleton Park
Town Street, Middleton, Leeds, LS10 3SH
Middleton Park is a fantastic expanse of green space in the south of the city. The park offers bowling greens, a nature reserve, playgrounds, a fishing lake and multi use games areas. Aswell as this, there are nearby attractions such as Middleton Railway, Middleton Park Equestrian Centre and John Charles Centre for Sport. There is an accessible toilet at the visitor centre. The visitor centre, cafe and toilet are open from 10.15am to 2.15pm daily.
- cafe
- no entrance fee
- car park
- accessibility guide / information available
- wheelchair accessible routes around the site
- sensory features
- open space
- boundary / fenced spaces
- quieter spaces available
Roundhay Park
Mansion Lane, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 2HH
As well as lakes, woodlands, skateparks and playgrounds, Roundhay Park hosts Tropical World: an indoor wildlife park. There are 5 car parks with three disabled parking bays on Mansion Lane and a larger disabled bay outside Tropical World.
Accessible toilets are available in Tropical World Explorers Cafe, the visitor centre, education rooms and Lakeside Cafe. Near the tram car park (off Princes Avenue) there is a playground with accessible play equipment. The Friends of Roundhay Park have designed two trails to follow - one of which is wheelchair accessible. A land train runs Saturdays, Sundays and during school holidays from approx. 11am (weather permitting) starting from the Lakeside Cafe (£1.50 single/£2.00 return).
- cafe
- no entrance fee
- car park
- accessibility guide / information available
- wheelchair accessible routes around the site
- sensory features
- open space
- boundary / fenced spaces
- quieter spaces available
Kirkstall Abbey
Abbey Road, Kirkstall, Leeds, LS5 3EH
Kirkstall Abbey is set in open green space alongside areas of quieter woodland along the riverbank. There are lots of fantastic ruins to scramble over and there is an enclosed playground near the car park. The accessible path from the car park is steep, there is an alternative route bypassing Abbey House Museum, which is slightly less sloped. There are accessible toilets in the visitor centre. Please note that Kirkstall Abbey is a heritage site and some areas of the grounds are cobbled and/or uneven. An induction loop is in place at the desk in the visitor centre.
- cafe (at the museum)
- no entrance fee to the park
- car park with disabled parking bays
- accessibility guide / information available
- wheelchair accessible routes around the site
- sensory features
- open space
- boundary / fenced spaces
- quieter spaces available
