Photo gallery: How Leeds found time to enjoy The Beast from the East

We all know God's Own Country's scenery has more than enough to offer '“ but this week it excelled itself.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Mar 2018, 04:45 BST
Fleur Hulme, ten, walks through the trees with her sledge at Rothwell Park in Leeds.Fleur Hulme, ten, walks through the trees with her sledge at Rothwell Park in Leeds.
Fleur Hulme, ten, walks through the trees with her sledge at Rothwell Park in Leeds.

As the so-called Beast from the East snowstorms flurried into Leeds and the surrounding areas, families took to the region’s beauty spots for sledging, snowfights and some unexpected time away from their desks.

Rothwell Park proved a popular spot for those seeking the slopes, while dog walkers enjoyed ambling down the Leeds and Liverpool canal stretch of Bingley.

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Visitors to the grounds of Lotherton Hall in Aberford were lucky enough to catch of glimpse of the deer and their snow-topped antlers.

Snow in Church Fenton. 28th February 2018.Snow in Church Fenton. 28th February 2018.
Snow in Church Fenton. 28th February 2018.

The majority of schools across the city closed for a number of days, but Chapel Allerton Primary was made of sterner stuff – and its Year 5 and pupils were even allowed to take part in a mass snowball battle.

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