What to do in Leeds when it rains
Caught by a shower in Leeds? There's history to explore indoors, art to admire, markets to browse and cafés to settle into until it clears.
Museums
Spend a few hours in the city's museums — many are free, and a rainy day is the perfect excuse to take your time.
- Royal Armouries Museum Armouries Dr, Leeds LS10 1LT, UK
- Leeds City Museum Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 8BH, UK
- Thackray Museum of Medicine 141 Beckett St, Harehills, Leeds LS9 7LN, UK
- The Tetley - A Kirkstall Brewery Pub The Tetley, Hunslet Rd, Leeds LS10 1JQ, UK
- Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills Canal Rd, Armley, Leeds LS12 2QF, UK
- Leeds Discovery Centre Carlisle Rd, Leeds LS10 1LB, UK
Art galleries
Duck into the art galleries; they're quiet, warm and rarely busier than on a wet day.
- Leeds Art Gallery The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AA, UK
- Leeds Discovery Centre Carlisle Rd, Leeds LS10 1LB, UK
- Henry Moore Institute 74 The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AH, UK
- Outlaws Yacht Club 38 New York St, Leeds LS2 7DY, UK
- Bowery Visual Arts 54 Otley Rd, Headingley, Leeds LS6 2AL, UK
- Assembly House 44 Canal Rd, Armley, Leeds LS12 2PL, UK
Historic sites
Explore the indoor historic sites and their covered galleries.
- Victoria Leeds 44, Victoria Gate, Vicar Ln, Leeds LS2 7AU, UK
- Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills Canal Rd, Armley, Leeds LS12 2QF, UK
- Greenhouse Beeston Rd, Leeds LS11 6AD, UK
- Bridgewater Place 1 Water Ln, Holbeck, Leeds LS11 5DR, UK
- Headingley Bear Pit 53 Cardigan Rd, Headingley, Leeds LS6 1DW, UK
- Oakwood Clock Oakwood Clock Tower, Roundhay, Oakwood, Leeds LS8 1SD, UK
Covered markets
Browse the covered market — street-food stalls, local makers and somewhere dry to graze for an hour.
- Tesco Superstore Tesco Stores Ltd, 361 Roundhay Rd, Roundhay, Leeds LS8 4BU, UK
- Leeds Kirkgate Market New York St, Leeds LS2 7HY, UK
- Tesco Express 15 St Paul's St, Leeds LS1 2JG, UK
- Tesco Express Tesco, Bond St, Leeds LS1 5BQ, UK
- Tesco Express 85-87 Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NP, UK
- Tesco Express Tesco Express, 102 Burley Rd, Woodhouse, Leeds LS3 1JP, UK
Cafés
Claim a window seat in a cosy café and watch the rain instead of walking in it.
- Royal Armouries Museum Armouries Dr, Leeds LS10 1LT, UK
- Marks & Spencer 2-9, Briggate, Ludgate Hill, Leeds LS1 6HF, UK
- Depot Climbing Armley Unit 1, Unit 1, Maybrook Industrial Park, Armley Rd, Armley, Leeds LS12 2EL, UK
- Hyde Park Book Club 27-29 Headingley Ln., Headingley, Leeds LS6 1BL, UK
- Laynes 16 New Station St, Leeds LS1 5DL, UK
- Big Depot Climbing Centre (Leeds) 100a Gelderd Rd, Holbeck, Leeds LS12 6BY, UK
Indoor shopping
Hit the covered shopping streets and centres — everything under one roof.
- Trinity Leeds 27 Albion St, Leeds LS1 5AT, UK
- Crown Point Shopping Park Junction St, Leeds LS10 1ET, UK
- Leeds Corn Exchange Call Ln, Leeds LS1 7BR, UK
- The Light The Headrow, Leeds LS1 8TL, UK
- Merrion Centre Merrion Way, Leeds LS2 8NG, UK
- Victoria Leeds 44, Victoria Gate, Vicar Ln, Leeds LS2 7AU, UK
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