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About this property

Historic Setting: Outwood House in Horsforth offers a recently renovated bed and breakfast experience within a historic building. The property features a sun terrace and a beautiful garden, providing guests with a tranquil retreat. Comfortable Accommodations: Rooms include private bathrooms with free toiletries, bathrobes, and garden views. Additional amenities include streaming services, a fireplace, and a dressing room, ensuring a relaxing stay. Dining Experience: A buffet breakfast is served daily, offering local specialities, warm dishes, juice, cheese, and fruits. Special diet menus are available, and the child-friendly buffet caters to younger guests. Convenient Location: Located 5 km from Leeds Bradford International Airport, Outwood House is close to attractions such as O2 Academy Leeds (8 km) and Leeds Town Hall (8 km). Free on-site private parking is provided.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.5 for a two-person trip.

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Property highlights

Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (9.7)

Breakfast info

Full English/Irish, Vegetarian, Buffet

  • Free private parking available on-site


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1 extra-large double bed
1 extra-large double bed
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2 single beds
1 extra-large double bed
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2 single beds
1 double bed
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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Meinhard
    Germany Germany
    very silent location, excellent breakfast, Elspeth and Richard are very friendly and polite even though I arrived very late, they took all the time to welcome me treated me for a beer and when I had to leave very very early 2 days later they had...
  • Jane
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    What a beautiful property and location. We were welcomed by the hosts and made to feel like nothing was too much trouble. The house gardens and bedrooms were gorgeous. Breakfast was excellent too. We have all agreed to make it a regular place to...
  • Aimee
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    I liked everything about this property! It is a beautiful building, beautifully decorated and finished, very comfortable and the hosts are just unbelievably considerate and attentive. Honestly, I don’t think there is anything that could be improved.
  • Nichola
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Beautiful property in wonderful grounds and a perfect location to walk and explore both Leeds and the Yorkshire moors. Wonderful care and attention to detail from Richard and Elspeth we had the BEST and most special stay here and felt like we were...
  • Carl
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Everything. The effort Richard & Elsbeth have made & continue to make is outstanding & we wish we could rate it 11. We will return for much longer. They are such a warm & caring couple where nothing is too much trouble. We couldn’t believe they...
  • Caroline
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    The friendliness of the hosts. We were made very welcome, only stayed 1 night as we were on our way to Harewood House, but we should have stayed another night as it was such a fabulous house. We didn't want to leave! We were made to feel very...
  • Neil
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Wow what an amazing place and Richard and Elspeth amazing hosts they couldn’t do enough for us they made us feel so welcome top breakfast would definitely recommend 100%.
  • Steven
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Everything. Elspeth and Richard were the perfect hosts, they couldn’t do enough for us. Beautiful clean bedroom, delicious breakfast and the added bonus of the wonderful garden, billiards room and snug. Plus so many other lovely touches. Highly...
  • Richard
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Great facilities, beautiful garden, very welcoming hosts, excellent communication
  • Corrina
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    The house and setting were gorgeous — a real oasis in the city. Elspeth and Richard are wonderful hosts and happily attended to our requests - the recommendation for our evening meal was spot on. We were sad only to have one night here, but we had...

Quality rating

Booking.com rated the quality of this property as 4 out of 5 based on factors such as facilities, size, location and services provided.

Managed by Outwood House

Company review score: 10Based on 28 reviews from 1 property
1 managed property

Company information

Today, Outwood House is owned by Elspeth and Richard Taylor and has been open as Bed & Breakfast since June 2025. Elspeth grew up in the house from 1980 and remembers having much fun as a child ringing the servant bells. Elspeth and Richard renovated the house in 2011, adding an additional bay window and more ensuite bathrooms. Outwood House remains our family home. We have three adult sons – one married, one living in Italy and one at university. We look forward to welcoming you as our guests.

Property information

Outwood House is a country house in the city. Dating from 1754 the house is situated in an acre of mature gardens and is some five miles from the centre of Leeds. Guests love exploring the city and the Yorkshire Dales and returning to their home from home to relax. We love Yorkshire products, including our sumptuous bed and mattresses from Harrison Spinks; and fabrics from Abraham Moon.

Neighbourhood information

Outwood House is conveniently located for local restaurants in Horsforth, including the Michelin rated Bavette – which was named the Best Local Restaurant 2024 in the Good Food Guide; The Forde – with Matt Healy a contestant from Professional MasterChef; two Italian restaurants Pranzo and il Forno plus a Miller & Carter steak house at the end of the lane.

Language spoken

English

Property surroundings

House rules

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Check-in
From 16:00 to 21:00
Check-out
From 08:00 to 11:00
Cancellation/ prepayment
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Children and beds

Child policies

Children of any age are welcome.

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Cot and extra bed policies

0 - 3 years
Cot upon request
Free

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There are no extra beds available at this property.

All cots are subject to availability.

No age restriction
There is no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.
Parties
Parties/events are not allowed

The fine print

Need-to-know information for guests at this property

This property will not accommodate hen, stag or similar parties.