Must-see nightlife in Leeds

  • Northern Monk

    Leeds

    So successful has this craft brewery become that its beers are now stocked in UK supermarkets. But it's best drunk at the source, in the brewery's Grade…

  • Headrow House entranceway, off The Headrow

    Headrow House

    Leeds

    A former textile mill and one-time grotty dive pub, the historic building that now houses Headrow House was given a hefty makeover to transform it into…

  • The coffee bar inside the North Star roastery at Leeds Dock

    North Star Coffee Shop & General Store

    Leeds

    This minimalist cafe and coffee emporium is attached to the production facility of Leeds' first independent roastery, near the Royal Armouries. Watch the…

  • Laynes Espresso

    Leeds

    Locals have Laynes to thank for the complete reinvention of the Leeds coffee scene; when it opened in 2011 there was nothing else like it in the city. Now…

  • Water Lane Boathouse waterfront beer garden/terrace

    Water Lane Boathouse

    Leeds

    Watch canal boats chug into Granary Wharf from the floor-to-ceiling windows or generous outside seating area at this beer bar, occupying a prime historic…

  • North Bar exterior

    North Bar

    Leeds

    This narrow bar has long been an institution in Leeds as a haven of international craft beers. It now brews its own under the banner North Brewing Co, and…

  • Whitelocks exterior

    Whitelock's & Turk's Head

    Leeds

    You get two for one in Turk's Head Yard: first up there's the lovely old Whitelock's pub, which dates to 1715 and is all dark wood, gleaming copper and…

  • Bar Fibre exterior

    Bar Fibre

    Leeds

    In the heart of Leeds' LGBTIQ area, spilling out onto the cheekily named Queen's Court, this is the city's most popular gay bar although it's not just the…

  • Mission's entrance, under the railway arches

    Mission

    Leeds

    Describing itself as 'the home of house', this massive club redefines the term 'up for it'. Friday night Teatro hosts visiting talent from around the…

  • HiFi Club

    Leeds

    If it's Tamla Motown or the percussive beats of dancefloor jazz that shake your booty, this is the spot for you. Also has stand-up comedy sessions (£14)…

  • Wire

    Leeds

    This small, atmospheric basement club, set in a forest of Victorian cast-iron pillars with brick-vaulted ceilings, throbs to a different beat every night,…

  • Duck & Drake.

    Duck & Drake

    Leeds

    A down-at-heel boozer with a well-worn atmosphere, a pub piano, pork pie and mushy peas on the menu, and a dozen or so hand-pulled real ales to choose…