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Dog walks near Leeds
We have measured 2,310 walks that start within 5 km of the middle of Leeds, each against the same public map data. This page says what they are like, beside West Yorkshire as a whole, and how many pass the checks we run for five kinds of dog.
Three walks near Leeds
Three of the 2,310 walks near Leeds, from those that start nearest its middle: a 1.6 km loop, a 7.7 km there and back and a 4.3 km one-way walk. How we pick them
Where these go is in the app
Create an account- Near Leeds (shortest)1.6 km · 27 min · A loop
- Near Leeds (longest)7.7 km · 132 min · There and back
- Near Leeds (in between)4.3 km · 74 min · One way
Walks near Leeds for your dog
When you tell us what your dog finds hard, the app checks every walk against it before you see one. These are five of those checks, run over the walks near Leeds, and the share that pass each.
- 6%A dog who is nervous of other dogs and of livestock6% near Leeds for a nervous or reactive dog, against 2% near the typical town in West Yorkshire.2.5 to 8 km long, a busy or fast road beside no more than 15% of the way, at most one busy road to cross and pasture beside no more than 30% of the way.That is 150 walks or more within 5 km that pass our checks for a nervous or reactive dog.Walks for a nervous or reactive dog near Leeds
- 21%A dog frightened by traffic21% near Leeds for a dog scared of traffic, against 25% near the typical town in West Yorkshire.2.5 to 8 km long, a busy or fast road beside no more than 15% of the way and at most one busy road to cross.That is 490 walks or more within 5 km that pass our checks for a dog scared of traffic.Walks for a dog scared of traffic near Leeds
- 44%A big dog, or two on the lead at once44% near Leeds for a big dog, against 39% near the typical town in West Yorkshire.2.5 to 8 km long and at most one stile, gate or cattle grid.That is 1,030 walks or more within 5 km that pass our checks for a big dog.
- 35%An older dog, on a short walk35% near Leeds for an older dog, against 27% near the typical town in West Yorkshire.1 to 2.5 km long and at most one stile, gate or cattle grid.That is 810 walks or more within 5 km that pass our checks for an older dog.
- 60%A short walk from the car60% near Leeds for a short walk from the car, against 47% near the typical town in West Yorkshire.1 to 4.5 km long and starting where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road.That is 1,390 walks or more within 5 km that pass our checks for a short walk from the car.
The app searches further than 5 km when it has to, and it weighs what you tell it about your own dog, so these are a starting point rather than your answer.
What the walks near Leeds are like
Each bar is the share of the 2,310 walks near Leeds the sentence is true of. The upright mark on each bar, and the small number beside it, is the same share for West Yorkshire as a whole.
How far they go
Under 3 km: 45% of the walks near Leeds, against 40% across West Yorkshire.
Where the walks fall by length. The five bars add up to the whole, give or take the rounding.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured | West Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|
| Under 3 km | 45% | 40% |
| 3 to 5 km | 21% | 22% |
| 5 to 8 km | 15% | 18% |
| 8 to 12 km | 10% | 11% |
| Over 12 km | 7% | 6% |
What shape they are
A loop: 34% of the walks near Leeds, against 25% across West Yorkshire.
A loop brings you back without repeating a step. There and back retraces the way out.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured | West Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|
| A loop | 34% | 25% |
| There and back the same way | 37% | 44% |
| One way, ending somewhere else | 27% | 29% |
What is beside the path
Beside farm grassland for half or more: 32% of the walks near Leeds, against 77% across West Yorkshire.
Shares of walks where the ground beside the path is a given kind for the stated part of the way.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured | West Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|
| Under trees for a third or more of the way | 43% | 41% |
| Beside water for a tenth or more | 59% | 67% |
| On open access land for a third or more | <1% | 19% |
| Through a park or green space for a third or more | 52% | 16% |
| Beside crop fields for a third or more | 53% | 79% |
| Beside farm grassland for half or more | 32% | 77% |
| No farm grassland at all | 12% | 3% |
| Off road for four fifths or more | 4% | 17% |
| On roads or lanes for half or more | 87% | 59% |
| Through built-up streets for half or more | 18% | 4% |
What might stop you
No stile, gate or cattle grid: 91% of the walks near Leeds, against 55% across West Yorkshire.
Shares of walks with none of each thing on the way. A road counts when it runs within about fifteen metres of the path.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured | West Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|
| Never beside a fast road | 76% | 81% |
| Never beside a busy road | 44% | 56% |
| No busy road to cross | 46% | 57% |
| No stile, gate or cattle grid | 91% | 55% |
| No steps | 44% | 69% |
What is on the way
Pass a dog-waste bin: 92% of the walks near Leeds, against 34% across West Yorkshire.
Shares of walks that start by, or pass, each of these.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured | West Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|
| Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road | 98% | 81% |
| Pass a pub | 64% | 40% |
| Pass a dog-waste bin | 92% | 34% |
| Pass a public toilet | 35% | 13% |
| Pass a drinking-water tap | 4% | 1% |
| Pass a busy beauty spot | 41% | 35% |
Measured on 12 October 2026 from the map. How these figures are made
Walks near Leeds, for your dog
If you live in West Yorkshire, it is your home county, and every walk in it is free, for good. Tell the app what your dog finds hard and it shows you walks that suit, with anything that might stop you shown first.
Anywhere in Great Britain, even with no signal.
Further is the Trekosa subscription: walks beyond your home county, and help on the walk itself. The OS Explorer map, 1:25,000, on any walk while you have signal. Press Offline on a walk and its map stays on your phone until you remove it, for when the signal goes. Drift off the path and you get a quiet buzz.
The first 250 households have it for good. After that, £4.99 a month or £34.99 a year.
The rules around Leeds
In England you may walk on public rights of way, on open access land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act, and in woodland the Forestry Commission opens to the public. We hold all three for West Yorkshire, and a walk that leaves them is refused before you ever see it.
We have read the dog orders of every council in West Yorkshire, and a walk here tells you when it crosses a place an order names.
We checked West Yorkshire for military live-firing ground and found none. The military sites on the map here are barracks, cadet huts and indoor ranges, none of them open ground a walk could wander onto.
Parks, woods and reserves near Leeds
- Hanover Square · park1 walk · 1.1 km
- Holbeck Moor Park · park1 walk · 1.8 km
- Woodhouse Moor Park · park12 walks · 1.8 km
- Monument Moor · park1 walk · 1.9 km
- Hunslet Green · recreation ground2 walks · 2 km
- Raincliffe Park · park1 walk · 2 km
- Cinder Moor · park1 walk · 2.1 km
- Hartley Crescent Public Open Space · park1 walk · 2.1 km
- Burley Lawn · park1 walk · 2.2 km
- East End Park · park1 walk · 2.4 km
- Reginald Park · park1 walk · 2.4 km
- Sugarwell Hill Park · park1 walk · 2.4 km
- Dagmar Wood · wood1 walk · 2.5 km
- Beggar's Hill · park4 walks · 2.6 km
- Burley Park · park1 walk · 2.6 km
- Ley Lane Recreation Ground · recreation ground1 walk · 2.6 km
- Woodhouse Ridge · wood13 walks · 2.6 km
- Wortley Recreation Ground · park5 walks · 2.7 km
- Cross Flatts Park · park3 walks · 2.8 km
- Potternewton Park · park4 walks · 2.8 km
- Armley Park · park9 walks · 3.2 km
- Elida Gibbs Field · recreation ground2 walks · 3.3 km
- Harehills Park · park3 walks · 3.3 km
- Armley Moor · park2 walks · 3.4 km
- Grove Lane Nature Area · nature reserve2 walks · 3.5 km
- Gledhow Valley Woods · wood23 walks · 3.7 km
- Halton Recreation Ground · park8 walks · 3.7 km
- Gipton Wood · wood2 walks · 3.8 km
- Ridge Wood · wood2 walks · 3.8 km
- Western Flatts Cliff Park · park5 walks · 3.8 km
- Chapel Allerton Park · park2 walks · 3.9 km
- Kirkstall Valley Nature Reserve · nature reserve2 walks · 3.9 km
- Moorfield Park · recreation ground1 walk · 3.9 km
- Batcliffe Wood · wood3 walks · 4 km
- Halton Moor · local nature reserve9 walks · 4 km
- Allerton Grange Park · park2 walks · 4.2 km
- Killingbeck Fields · local nature reserve4 walks · 4.2 km
- Ridge Plantation · wood2 walks · 4.2 km
- Beckett Park · park8 walks · 4.3 km
- Fearnville Playing Fields · recreation ground22 walks · 4.3 km
- Meanwood Park · park5 walks · 4.4 km
- Middleton Park · park115 walks · 4.5 km
- The Acre · park1 walk · 4.5 km
- Primrose Valley · local nature reserve25 walks · 4.7 km
- Arthur's Rein · local nature reserve14 walks · 4.8 km
- Queen's Wood · wood5 walks · 4.8 km
- Allerton Grange Fields · park1 walk · 4.9 km
- Wykebeck Woods and Askett Hill Nature Reserve · local nature reserve7 walks · 4.9 km
- Foundry Lane Playing Fields · recreation ground5 walks · 5 km
- Seacroft Gardens · recreation ground2 walks · 5 km
- Potts Park · park1 walk · 5.1 km
- Roundhay Park · park67 walks · 5.2 km
- West Park Field · park1 walk · 5.3 km
- Moortown Park · park2 walks · 5.4 km
- Rein Park · park4 walks · 5.5 km
- Low Wood · wood7 walks · 5.7 km
- Meanwood Valley · local nature reserve57 walks · 5.7 km
- Hawksworth Wood · wood19 walks · 6 km
- Post Hill Woods · wood27 walks · 6 km
- Whitkirk Fields · recreation ground15 walks · 6 km
- Lime Pits Wood · wood4 walks · 6.1 km
- Ramshead Wood · wood3 walks · 6.1 km
- Temple Newsam Estate · park297 walks · 6.1 km
- The Bumps · park1 walk · 6.1 km
- Rothwell Country Park · park17 walks · 6.2 km
- Bramley Fall · wood32 walks · 6.4 km
- Heath Nursery · wood3 walks · 6.4 km
- Wigton Moor Woods · wood6 walks · 6.6 km
- Alwoodley Village Green · park2 walks · 6.7 km
- Bedquilts Recreation Ground · recreation ground9 walks · 6.7 km
- Hawthron Park · park3 walks · 6.7 km
- Rodley Nature Reserve · nature reserve13 walks · 7.3 km
- Springhead Park · park24 walks · 7.3 km
- Wigton Knowle · wood3 walks · 7.8 km
- High Wood · wood3 walks · 8.4 km
- Eccup Whin · wood1 walk · 8.5 km
- Swan Bushes · wood3 walks · 9.5 km
- Sugar Hills · wood2 walks · 9.6 km
- Wike Whin · wood1 walk · 9.7 km
- Stub House Plantation · wood8 walks · 10.1 km
- Wike Wood · wood2 walks · 10.1 km
- Piper Wood · wood3 walks · 10.2 km
- Carr Plantation · wood1 walk · 10.4 km
- Harewood Park · park28 walks · 10.8 km
- The Grove · wood8 walks · 11.5 km
- Fitts Fields · nature reserve3 walks · 13 km
- Carthick Wood · wood2 walks · 13.3 km
Walks that lie mostly in each place, and how far it is from the middle of Leeds. A place with ten walks or more has a page of its own.