Lotherton

A painting from 1916 of Lotherton Hall's walled garden.
24th April 2026
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Rose appeal helps historic walled garden bloom again

Flower lovers are being invited to support a rose and help secure the legacy of one of Lotherton Hall’s most cherished historic spaces. The estate’s walled garden is currently being restored to its former glory, with visitors and supporters being offered the chance to sponsor a rose bush as part of the project. Originally…
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Leeds City Museum
27th March 2026
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Leeds museums welcome more than a million visitors

Council-run museums in Leeds have welcomed more than a million visitors in a year, new figures show. The city’s eight Leeds Museums and Galleries sites attracted a combined 1,046,372 people during 2025, marking a 16 per cent increase on the previous year and highlighting the continuing strength of Leeds’s cultural offer. Statistics released by…
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Featuring everything from ceramics and furniture, to silver and silks. Photograph by David Lindsay.
6th March 2026
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Flower Power: Spring Exhibition Celebrates Nature’s Boldest Blooms

Flamboyant floral creations are bursting into bloom this spring in a new exhibition celebrating nature at its most bold and beautiful. Flower Power: Spring Exhibition Celebrates Nature’s Boldest Blooms brings together art, design and fashion inspired by the natural world, charting how depictions of flowers, fruits, leaves and trees have shaped decorative style across…
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Siblings Elizabeth and Edward feature in a striking portrait dating from around 1740.
26th September 2025
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Leeds Event Explores the Cringeworthy Clothing of Childhoods Past

Children’s fashion faux pas from centuries past will take centre stage at a special event in Leeds, shining a spotlight on the awkward and often amusing outfits young people have been made to wear throughout history. Hosted at Lotherton, the talk invites visitors to explore the enduring tradition of dressing children like miniature adults,…
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Wildlife World
23rd May 2025
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Free and Low-Cost Things to Do in Leeds

Looking for fun on a budget this May half term? From playful gnome hunts to hands-on heritage festivals, we’ve rounded up some of the best free and low-cost family activities happening across Leeds. Gnomes Galore at Abbey House Museum The gnomes have gone rogue! These cheeky characters have escaped and are now hiding throughout…
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Lotherton Hall deer park tour
26th July 2024
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Lotherton Summer Highlights: Delight in Baby Deer and Penguin Encounters

After a hugely successful run last year, the deer park tours at Lotherton are set to return in 2024, this time accompanied by an exciting new VIP penguin experience. Lotherton’s Wildlife World, a conservation-focused zoo, has long been home to the beloved ‘waddle’ of Humboldt penguins. This summer, visitors have the unique opportunity…
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Lotherton Wildlife World
10th May 2024
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Joyful News at Lotherton as they Celebrate Unexpected New Arrival

Leeds Wildlife Park Delighted by Surprise Capybara Birth. Staff at Lotherton Wildlife World in Leeds were pleasantly surprised when they discovered a new addition to their family of capybaras during routine checks. Keepers entered the capybara enclosure as part of their daily welfare and feeding routine, only to find an adorable newborn capybara joining…
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Deer park tours at Lotherton
11th August 2023
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Chance to make some deer friends at Lotherton this summer

Visitors to Lotherton can join the herd this summer and get a rare, up close look at the estate’s stunning resident red deer. The popular Aberford estate has been home to red deer since the 1980s, and today an estimated 45-strong herd, led by an impressive stag affectionately known as Teddy, lives in Lotherton’s…
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Cotton Connections
31st March 2023
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Cotton’s common threads entwined in hall’s new exhibition

Visit the latest exhibition at Lotherton, exploring the last 300 years of cotton in Cotton Connections. Now the fascinating story of cotton and its remarkable impact on different cultures and communities in India and Europe is being explored in a new exhibition at Lotherton. Cotton Connections: From India to the High Street opens at…
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Vintage Bus Day
22nd July 2022
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Summer family fun with Leeds Museums and Galleries

Leeds Museums and Galleries are gearing up for a bumper summer of family fun, with a number of events set to take place in Leeds over the summer school holiday. Over the summer months, events will be taking place at some of the city’s most popular attractions, such as Temple Newsam, Lotherton, Leeds City…
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Eye of the Miner
1st October 2021
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Purls of wisdom at Lotherton as knitted miners memorial is unveiled

A newly-knitted tribute to the men, boys and ponies who lost their lives in a Yorkshire mining disaster has been unveiled after being lovingly crafted by their descendants. The tragedy at Peckfield Colliery in Micklefield claimed the lives of 63 people and 19 ponies when, on Thursday April 30, 1896 an underground gas explosion…
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Thwaite at 30
21st January 2021
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Mill’s milestone exhibition is a breath of fresh Aire

For centuries it helped swell the surging waters of British industry by harnessing the power of the River Aire. From making oil that powered some of the world’s first locomotives to manufacturing putty that repaired London after The Blitz, Thwaite Watermill played an important part in Leeds becoming a powerhouse of production. Today an…
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Lotherton Wildlife World
22nd November 2018
1 min read

Lotherton’s new arrivals are top of the hops

Six adorable new arrivals have bounced onto the scene at Lotherton Wildlife World. The Aberford attraction has become the only zoo in the UK to be home to a group of rare Chacoan mara, a South American relative of the guinea pig and one of the world’s largest rodents. The new additions arrived from…
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Newborn fawns Lotherton
29th June 2018
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Visitors delighted as Lotherton welcomes 25 newborn fawns

Historic Leeds country estate, Lotherton, is celebrating the safe arrival of 25 stunning newborn fawns. The new members of the Lotherton family are busy settling into the beautiful 30-acre deer park in the grounds. Visitors of all ages can make the most of the recent sunshine by walking along the deer park trail and…
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Lotherton Wildlife World
21st November 2017
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Penguins are the toast of the coast as spectacular new attraction opens

The city’s coolest residents were chilling by the pool today as they made some friends and showed off their spectacular new home. The excitable colony of 17 Humboldt penguins gave a noisy welcome to Lotherton Wildlife World’s very first visitors as the attraction officially opened to the public. The Aberford estate’s incredible Costal Zone features a huge…
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Lotherton Christmas Experience
11th October 2017
1 min read

Enchanting festive extravaganza returns to Lotherton this Christmas

The picturesque grounds of Lotherton will once again be transformed into a unique festive attraction this Christmas. After a hugely successful debut year last year, the Lotherton Christmas Experience will return on November 24, complete with Santa’s North Pole, a brand new Elf Village attraction and a stunning Twelve Days of Christmas woodland walk.…
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Fashionable Yorkshire
14th June 2017
1 min read

Object of the week- Quaker dresses

An elegant look at a bygone age and a different lifestyle, this simple but stylish dress once belonged to a member of a prominent Yorkshire Quaker family. One of two similar dresses currently on display in Lotherton’s fabulous Fashionable Yorkshire exhibition, the dress dates from the mid-1700s. Along with its counterpart, it is believed…
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Street Style
2nd June 2017
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New fashion film explores why Leeds is a city of style

The people of Leeds have been made sartorial stars in a new film exploring the city’s passion for fashion. Put together by a team of young people working with Leeds Museums and Galleries, the Street Style film examines the looks and trends of people from different backgrounds, age groups and communities through a series of interviews at well-known…
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