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Food Festival 2025: A Summertime Feast
-17th August 2025
Venue: Temple Newsam
Address: Leeds
16th August 2025 - 17th August 2025 Food Festival 2025: A Summertime Feast Temple Newsam Picture this: A refreshing drink in your hand, the enticing aroma of sizzling food filling the...
Special family fun day at The National Media Museum
-12th July 2025
Venue: national science and media museum
Address: Bradford
Website: https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/
12th July Special family fun day National Science and Media Museum https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/ On Saturday 12 July there will be a special family fun day to celebrate the opening...
A Lotherton Summer Holiday
-31st August 2025
Venue: Lotherton Hall
Address: Leeds
Website: museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk
19 Jul - 31 Aug A Lotherton Summer Holiday Lotherton Hall museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk From 10:00am Enjoy all things summer at Lotherton this school holiday. With six...
Baildon Carnival
-12th July 2025
Venue: Baildon Bradford
Address: Bradford
12 July 2025 Baildon Carnival Baildon Bradford The day kicks off at 12:00 with The Carnival Parade, featuring local groups and marching bands, starting from the Village Centre and making its way...
Breeze in the Park
-31st August 2025
Venue: Leeds Parks
Address: Leeds
Website: www.breezeleeds.org
July & August – in parks across Leeds Breeze in the Park www.breezeleeds.org Get caught up in sun, fun, chills and thrills with, our interactive play system, arts zone, food and, of...
Circus School at Leeds Market
-31st August 2025
Venue: Kirkgate Market Leeds
Address: Leeds
29th July - 31st July Circus School at Leeds Market Kirkgate Market Learn circus skills such as juggling, plate spinning and mini stilt walking. FREE, no booking necessary. All our FREE...
Dino Walk
-30th August 2025
Venue: Trinity Walk
Address: Wakefield
24th July – 30th Aug Dino Walk Trinity Walk www.trinitywalk.com Look out for Trinity Animal Control Team officers and the dinosaur creations every Thursday,...
Emley Show
-2nd July 2025
Venue: Emley
Address: Emley
Website: www.emleyshow.co.uk
2nd August 2025 Emley Show www.emleyshow.co.uk Emley Show is one of the best attended and respected agricultural days out in Yorkshire, and a great day out for all the family. The...
Falconry Weekend at Cannon Hall Farm
-3rd August 2025
Venue: www.cannonhallfarm.co.uk
Address: Barnsley
2nd – 3rd August Falconry Weekend at Cannon Hall Farm Cannon Hall Farm www.cannonhallfarm.co.uk We are thrilled to be welcoming back our amazingly talented feathered friends...
Gulliver’s Theme Parks
-31st August 2025
Venue: Gulliver’s Valley South Yorkshire
Address: Sheffield
Website: www.gulliversvalleyresort.co.uk
30th August 2025 Summer Sparks Spectacular! Gulliver’s Theme Parks www.gulliversvalleyresort.co.uk Celebrate another magical summer season at Gulliver's Valley...
Liquorice Shoots
-12th July 2025
Venue: Town Centre Precinct, Pontefract
Address: Pontefract
Sat 12 Jul 2025 Liquorice Shoots Town Centre Precinct, Pontefract Liquorice Shoots is the warm-up event to the Liquorice Festival, featuring different entertainment, different stalls, different...
Lose yourself at York Maze!
-1st September 2025
Venue: York Maze
Address: York
Website: www.yorkmaze.co.uk
12th July - 1st September 2025 York Maze www.yorkmaze.co.uk Lose yourself at York Maze! With over 20 rides, attractions and shows, York Maze is an aMAZEing family day out. Get active on the...
PAW Patrol Live
-9th August 2025
Venue: First Direct Arena
Address: Leeds
Website: www.firstdirectarena.com
9th August PAW Patrol Live First Direct Arena www.firstdirectarena.com X barks the spot in PAW Patrol Live! “The Great Pirate Adventure”! Mayor Goodway is getting everything...
Pirate Ship and Pop-up Beach 2025
-31st August 2025
Venue: Bolton Abbey
Address: North Yorkshire
Website: www.boltonabbey.com
23rd July – 31st August Bolton Abbey www.boltonabbey.com Pirate Ship and Pop-up Beach 2025 Ahoy mi hearties – All hands on deck! Captain – it’s time to...
Play Through the Ages
-31st August 2025
Venue: East Riddlesden Hall
Address: Bradford
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Play Through the Ages 26 July 2025 - 31 Aug 2025 East Riddlesden Hall www.nationaltrust.org.uk Discover different styles of play and see how they have developed and changed...
ROMAN HOLIDAYS
-31st August 2025
Address: Leeds
Website: www.royalarmouries.org
23rd July – 31st Aug ROMAN HOLIDAYS Royal Armouries Leeds www.royalarmouries.org |Daily 10am – 5pm Gladiators ready? They are at the Royal Armouries...
Six weeks of summer fun at Eureka
-31st August 2025
Venue: Eureka
Address: Halifax West Yorkshire
Website: www.eureka.org.uk
19th July - 1st September Eureka www.eureka.org.uk Open every single day July 19th – August 31st! This summer...
Skipton Castle Summer events
-31st August 2025
Venue: Skipton Castle
Address: North Yorkshire
Website: www.skiptoncastle.co.uk
12th- 13th July Meet the Governor Skipton Castle www.skiptoncastle.co.uk Time:10am -5pm Come and meet Sir John Mallory, Governor of Skipton Castle, during...
Summer at The National Coal Mining Museum
-29th August 2025
Venue: National Coal Mining Museum
Address: Wakefield
Website: www.ncm.org.uk
23 July - 29 August 2025 Summer Scavenger Hunt National Coal Mining Museum www.ncm.org.uk 10.30am – 11.30am Join us in our Pit Wood for our summer scavenger hunts, discover nature’s...
Summer Fun at Stockeld Park
-1st September 2025
Venue: Stockeld Park
Address: North Yorkshire
Website: www.stockeldpark.co.uk
19th July - 1st September Stockeld Summer Stockeld Park www.stockeldpark.co.uk Festival fun for the whole family to enjoy! Join us from 19th July until 1st September for a festival-themed...
Summer holiday fun at the Brontë Parsonage Museum
-31st August 2025
Venue: Brontë Parsonage Museum
Address: Bradford
Website: www.bronte.org.uk
20th July - 31 Aug 2025 Summer holiday fun at the Brontë Parsonage Museum Brontë Parsonage Museum www.bronte.org.uk Whether the sun’s shining or not, there’s...
Summer Holidays at Temple Newsam
-31st August 2025
Venue: Temple Newsam
Address: Leeds
Website: museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk
23rd July 2025 - 31st August 2025 Summer Holidays at Temple Newsam Temple Newsam Get creative and try out some new art techniques. Leeds Fine Artists have artworks displayed throughout...
Summer of Play with Featherstone Rovers
-28th August 2025
Address: Wakefield
21 Jul- 28 Aug 2025 Summer of Play with Featherstone Rovers Nostell Priory Each session offers a choice of sports, creative workshops, and fun fitness activities – from rugby and...
Summer of Play with Featherstone Rovers
-28th August 2025
Venue: Nostell Priory
Address: Wakefield
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
21 Jul- 28 Aug 2025 Summer of Play with Featherstone Rovers Nostell Priory Each session offers a choice of sports, creative workshops, and fun fitness activities – from rugby and...
THE HALIFAX SHOW
-9th August 2025
Venue: Halifax
Address: Halifax
9TH AUGUST 2025 THE HALIFAX SHOW 9AM – 5PM Vintage Vehicle’s, Heavy Horse, craft Market, farmyard animals, Jonathan Marshall free Spirits, The Fire Band, Carousel and Kids area, beekeeping...
The Railway Children
-7th September 2025
Venue: Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Address: Bradford
Website: www.kwvr.co.uk
16 July 2025 - 7 Sept 2025 The Railway Children Keighley & Worth Valley Railway www.kwvr.co.uk Exclusively for Bradford 2025, the show begins when you board a steam...
The Wind in the Willows
-29th August 2025
Venue: Pontefract Castle
Address: Pontefract
Website: https://experiencewakefield.co.uk/venue/pontefract-castle/
29 Aug 2025 The Wind in the Willows Pontefract Castle https://experiencewakefield.co.uk/venue/pontefract-castle/ Mole yearns for adventure, Rat adores boats and Badger likes peace and quiet....
The Yorkshire Wartime
-10th August 2025
Venue: Willows Farm Doncaster
Address: Sheffield
Website: https://www.yorkshirewartime.com
8 Aug 25 - 10 Aug 25 The Yorkshire Wartime Willows Farm, Moss Road, Kirkhouse Green, Doncaster, https://www.yorkshirewartime.com Time: 10am – 5pm Over 500 Military...
Wentworth Woodhouse summer events
-29th August 2025
Venue: Wentworth Woodhouse
Address: Rotherham
Website: www.wentworthwoodhouse.org.uk
16th- 20th July 2025 RHS Flower Show 2025 Wentworth Woodhouse www.wentworthwoodhouse.org.uk 10.00am-5.00pm For the first time ever, the RHS Flower Show is coming to...
Wonderland Awaits
-31st August 2025
Venue: Leeds City Centre
Address: Leeds
Website: www.wonderlandleeds.com
26th July-Sunday 31st August 2025 Wonderland Awaits www.wonderlandleeds.com Leeds Bid Don’t Be Late: Leeds Transforms into a Wonderland Playground this Summer Leeds city centre will...
YSP is fantastic for the whole family
-31st August 2025
Venue: Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Address: Wakefield
Website: www.ysp.org
27th Jul – 31st Aug YSP is fantastic for the whole family Yorkshire...