Holidays

Discover Leeds This Winter: Festive Fun for Children & Families 2025

The festive period is back and we are excited to bring you the Child Friendly Leeds Winter guide, giving you free and low-cost ideas of things to do across the city.

The Child Friendly Leeds 2025 Autumn Guide with Half-Term events

Leeds Half-Term October – What to do with the family this half term

Disconnect to Reconnect – Written by Naomi (Year 10 Student, Horsforth School)

My Role Hi, I am Naomi and now in Year 10 at Horsforth School. As a member of the school parliament, I created a video promoting disconnect to reconnect and offered alternatives to always having a screen in front of you. Hopefully, this made an impact on children since they were getting advice from someone…
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Spotlight on PE Partner Healthy Holidays provision across Leeds!

Healthy Holidays is one of the fantastic initiatives across the city that supports Child Friendly Leeds Wish 8, by supporting families who may need it. This blog has been written by Nick Powell from PE Partner, one of the organisations who will are running Healthy Holidays clubs and provision across the city this summer. About…
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Family walking towards inflatables in a park

The 2025 Child Friendly Leeds Summer Guide!

The 6-week summer holidays are back and we are so excited to bring you our Child Friendly Leeds guide, giving you free and low-cost ideas of things to do across the city. We will be adding events to this page throughout the holidays, so keep your eyes peeled! Low-cost activities are marked with a *…
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Child Friendly Leeds – May half term picks

Read on to see the full details for Child Friendly Leeds’s May half term picks: Family Jazz Play24 May 11:00 to 15:00 The PLAY Tent and Leeds Jazz Festival Presents ‘Family Jazz Play’ on Cookridge Street. A free family paly event with no need to book, you can just pop in! Family Friendly event &…
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A group of young people for Leeds Young Film Festival

The events and activities you need to know about this Easter

This Easter we are proud to bring our first CFL guide of the year, to help children and families in Leeds navigate their way through the Easter holidays. The guide is packed full of free or low-cost activities for a range of ages, in the city centre and in your community. Low-cost activities are marked…
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What’s on this half term?

Leeds February half term 2025 runs from on Saturday 15 February until Sunday 23 February This half term Leeds Storytelling Festival arrives in Leeds! Starting on 14 February the festival runs all the way to 8 March including World Book Day on Thursday 6 March. The brand-new family festival will illuminate our city with the…
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The Child Friendly Leeds winter guide!

The Child Friendly Leeds one-page guide to free and low-cost things to do this winter! Booking information found below… Meet the cast of the Christmas Pantomine 30 November between 12:00 and 13:00 at the Christmas Markets on City Square. Join Gaston and the enchanted ensemble of Beauty and the Beast from the Carriageworks Theatre for…
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Chill out this Christmas as Ice Cube returns to Leeds City Centre

Entry to Ice Cube at Christmas is free, but tickets are required for access to the ice rink. What is the Ice Cube? The Ice Cube at Christmas returns, spreading holiday cheer across Millennium Square, Victoria Gardens, and Cookridge Street! A perfect way to celebrate the festive season, the event is packed with exciting attractions for visitors of…
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Child Friendly Leeds Summer Guide Holidays

The Child Friendly Guide to Summer in Leeds

Child Friendly things to do in Leeds this summer!

Join the Marvellous Makers Summer Reading Challenge at your local library!

Are you ready for a summer of fun, creativity and reading? Then sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge and become a Marvellous Maker! What is it, when is it and how do I sign up? The Summer Reading Challenge is a great way to keep your children entertained and motivated to read during the…
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Category: Holidays