Temple Newsam Park — Attraction in Leeds

Amazing place. We love feeding ducks, the country walks, the rose garden and victorian glasshouse, the cafe, the farm, the play area, the allotment area , the large open grasslands and free parking!. As a family we attend Temple Newsam park regular and often. We usually take our 3yr old to feed the ducks at Menagerie ponds on the wooden bridge. Then sometimes pop up for a stroll round the rose garden which is flat and tarmacked so easy for a child to walk on. The victorian glasshouse is here as well and we enjoy walking through and seeing the flowers and plants here, its a good place to get away from rain, there is a small information section at the end of the glasshouse. All this is free including the parking. We sometimes pop in to the farm (which you have to pay for), this gives us a chance to see sheep, lambs, pigs, piglets, ducks, chickens, donkeys, goats and cattle, there is also Leeds bee association here which has an observation out during Summer. There is also a second play area in the paid for farm section. We still havent been in the main house though which again has an entrance fee. There is a cafe close by to the farm which sells hot drinks, sandwiches and buns. I find the cafe to be a little expensive but nice, we tend to pop in and get a cuppa because virtually everything else is free of charge. There are plenty of areas to have picnics weather permitting. There is a very nice and good sized play area next to the carpark which the little one loves. There are 3 slides here. a couple of climbing frames, 1 large and 1 small, 2 sets of swings. 1 for toddlers and 1 for larger small children and an excellent zip wire which my 3yr old thinks is amazing. If you have more time there are plenty of walks going around the 1500...

Superb place to visit in Leeds. The farm is good for kids to learn aspects of farming and how a farm uses to operate years ago. Also, a barn has been used to create a large hay maze that the kids can run around on top of. Temple Newsam house is a real gem, more for the adult visitor rather than children, but older children would probably enjoy it. It's a superb example of a house of its period and the tour is well worth the money. It's also a reasonable price to enter. At the latter part of the year they do a 'twighlight' tour that explores the cellars, all a bit spooky but good fun. Great cafe and gift shop too with friendly staff, and a really great play park next to the car park. Lastly the park is beautiful in any weather, if you do go, try to explore all of it, especially the walled garden and its greenhouse and the ponds and woodlands. There's also a 'GoApe' section of the woods next to the car park for the visitor looking for a more...

A very large park that is popular with Leeds' many different peoples, I walk the dog here at least once a day and give her a treat from the Stables cafe, the park itself is in parts quite tatty, but Leeds city council does not employ enough staff to clear away the endless leaf detrius and broken branches and trees that are now falling like dominoes which are a safety hazard littering the most popular walking areas. My other bugbear is the state of the house and paths walls which are seriously falling apart, bits are being done, but not enough to stop serious deterioration to the infrastructure, the shameful state of a once fabulous gift...