Tropical World
Tropical World is a butterfly house and animal attraction. Head into Leeds’ built-up area to find it. The site is in the hands of Leeds City Council.
Zoo in Leeds
Inside Leeds
Tropical World is inside Leeds’ built-up area, with 5 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The year in Leeds
From June to September, Leeds sees highs of 18–21°C.
Tropical World
Articles on it exist in 2 languages. A short trip away is Harewood House, 6.5 km off, the first of 51 within 15 km.
- Type
- Zoo
- Run by
- Leeds City Council
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Leeds
- Official site
- tropicalworld.leeds.gov.uk
Practical information
- EntryA fee is charged
Getting to Tropical World
Orange marks Tropical World, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Leeds’ built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns near Tropical World
The most populous of the 4 is Leeds, at 536,262. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
Leeds
Shadwell
Scarcroft
Scholes (Leeds)
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Tropical World is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | It’s in town | 536,262 | 45 |
| Shadwell | 1.9 km northeast of it | 1,452 | 3 |
| Scarcroft | 3.6 km northeast of it | 1,634 | 5 |
| Scholes (Leeds) | 4.9 km east of it | 2,270 | 7 |
Also within reach
51 more lie within 15 km, 2 museums, 2 castles and a historic house among them.
Historic houseHarewood House6.5 km away2
CathedralLeeds Cathedral5.2 km away3
Abbey or prioryKirkstall Abbey (Ruins)7 km away4
Art galleryLeeds Art Gallery5.3 km away5
MuseumRoyal Armouries5.7 km away6
MuseumLeeds City Museum5.1 km away7
Castle · English HeritageSpofforth Castle13 km away8
CastleHarewood Castle7.3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Tropical World
Where is Tropical World?
Tropical World is in Leeds, West Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Tropical World?
Butterfly house and animal attraction in England.
Who runs Tropical World?
Leeds City Council.
When is the best time to visit Tropical World?
June to September are the warmest months in Leeds, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Tropical World?
Within 15 km: Harewood House (6.5 km), Leeds Cathedral (5.2 km), Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins) (7 km) and Leeds Art Gallery (5.3 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Tropical World: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harewood House: Sirenuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leeds Cathedral: Jungpionier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins): JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leeds Art Gallery: Frank Watkins, British (fl.1859–94) (ILN staff illustrator), by T.D. Nettleton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Armouries: Tim Marchant, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leeds City Museum: Andrew roberts uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Spofforth Castle: TJBlackwell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harewood Castle: TJ Blackwell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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