Enjoy country walks and log fires and spectacular nightlife; absorbing exhibitions at the City Art Gallery, stimulating theatre and Leeds Playhouse or the Grand Theatre and music productions at Carriage Works.
For those interested in Stately Homes, Dunstarn is just 15 minutes from Harewood House or Temple Newsam and Headingley Cricket Club, the home of Yorkshire CC is just down the road. Yorkshire seconds practise adjacent on my Uncle's old farm.
The spa town of Harrogate is 20 minutes and York 30 minutes further.
The Meanwood Valley Trail through the woods connects with the Dales Way.