One of the city’s most significant landmarks continues to attract people in droves as one the best free things to do in the city. Comparable to Tintern Abbey, Kirkstall Abbey’s reputation as one of the most intact Cistercian abbeys left in the United Kingdom is undoubted and its surrounding parkland is worth a picnic, while the neighbouring Abbey House Museum is worth a trip into Leeds’ past for.

Abbey Rd, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS5 3EH (0113 230 5492)