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Roundhay Park (Leeds)
 Roundhay Park (Leeds) ... are accessible from the A6120 Leeds Ring Road. For more information on the park and its facilities, please call the Visitor Services Team on 0113 266 1850. / Roundhay Park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, spans over 700 acres of rolling parkland, lakes, woodlands and gardens and is home to Tropical World, which attracts thousands of visitors all year round. The park is one of the most popular attractions in Leeds, nearly a million people visit each year. It is situated on the north-east edge of the city, bordered by the suberb of Roundhay to the west and Oakwood to the south. Within the park you can find an abundance of wildlife including woodpeckers, common warblers in spring and summer, mute swans, visiting whooper swans, great-crested grebes and herons. Mammals include foxes, roe deer, voles, moles, rabbits and grey squirrels. There are good crops of crocus in spring, followed by daffodils and bluebells and gorse is present in the northern side of the park.Newest Review: ... Fox pub/restaurant. At the end of the upper lake a waterfall meets the Gorge for a pleasant and peaceful walk along footpaths surrounded by natural woodland that is both refreshing and exhilarating. In the Summer the park is an ideal place to go on a nice hot summer day and in the Winter it is great to wrap up warm and walk around enjoying the scenery. In September you can go just to ... more ... collect the conkers that have fallen from the trees. The vast amounts of space and hills are very appealing for sledging in the snow and flying a kite on a windy day. A picnic in the park and a game of rounders or cricket with my pals on a sunny Sunday is...more |
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Roundhay Park (Leeds): A Family day out at Roundhay Park (804 words)
by - written on 21/10/09 (Very useful, 30 readings)
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Roundhay Park was a favourite place of mine during childhood. It's a beautiful park made up of 700 acres of green fields, a lake and woodlands and the home to a mixture of wildlife including, woodpeckers, foxes, roe deer, voles, moles, rabbits and squirrels. My recent visit with my 2 children and husband was enjoyed thoroughly because we ended up in their Tropical World, home to tropical plants and exotic creatures and butterflies, which you must visit if you go to Roundhay Park (see my separate review on Tropical World). You will find a nice pleasant lake house café which overlooks Waterloo Lake and during our visit we saw people rowing in the ... Read the complete review
Free old fashioned family fun (275 words)
by - written on 16/07/09 (Useful, 31 readings)
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Great free day out for families with children of any age. Get the picnic packed, throw in a football, bread for the ducks and off you go. The play park is great for all ages, however, slightly limited for the 3 and under bracket. Its main advantage is the safety as it is all fenced in so even when busy you could easily spot if your child was heading for the exits. So much space for ball games and picnics that you are spoilt for choice and even at its most busy you can always find a quiet spot. You can always head for the band stand and have your picnic there if the weather isn't looking great. The band stand's novelty value for very young children tends to work as ... Read the complete review
Roundhay Park (Leeds): A good day out for all (643 words)
by - written on 30/05/07 (Very useful, 1038 readings)
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well this is just one big park, with lots of different things to do to keep you entertained all day. I have been here many times with my children and they loved it. ABIT ABOUT THE PARK The entire estate was purchased by the city of Leeds in 1802, and was opened as a public park, by Prince Arthur on 19th September 1872. The park is huge with a full 700 acres of Parkland, Lakes and Woodland. The park includes many different activity areas including, tennis courts, skate board ramps, sports pitches, bowling greens, sports arena, golf course, fishing and a cafe that over looks waterloo lake. As you can see it would be very hard not to have a ... Read the complete review
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