West Yorkshire is not exactly short of cracking beer gardens. As such, there's always some lively debate as to which is the best.
But now, new data has been used to definitively reveal the area's most popular watering holes via an interactive map created by Roché Awnings.
Using Google maps data, it's highlighted nine pubs in the West Yorkshire area - crowning them amongst some of the best in England.
Focusing on the top three most popular beer gardens in each UK city, the map shows off locals favourite pubs in Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield using Google statistics from March 2021.
Read on to discover the most popular pubs in your area.
Wakefield
The King’s Arms, Heath Common
Built in the early 1700s and converted into a public house in 1841, The King's Arms boasts beautiful gardens to the rear, with further acres of common grassland surrounding the pub. Set in a relatively rural location, it's the perfect place to relax peacefully on the common with a beer or two. It serves four regular beers: Ossett Silver King, Ossett Yorkshire Blonde, Ossett Yorkshire Brunette and Rat White Rat.
The Black Horse Pub, Wakefield city centre
Known as the home of the Sunday sesh, this city centre pub in Wakefield was built in 1818 and features a large patio beer garden overlooking Westgate as if from a ship's stern. The pub has a really popular bottomless brunch offering and serves up a mix of real ales and lagers, craft gins and cocktails.
The Fox and Hounds, Newmillerdam
This family-run pub is the oldest in the Newmillerdam and Sandal area, regularly serving up classic cask ales Timothy Taylor's Landlord and Jennings Cumberland. Situated in one of the nicest areas of Wakefield, the pub is surrounded by woods and a lake. Its beer garden stretches across the front of the pub, with a second terraced seating area at the rear. The Fox and Hounds also claims to be the only pub in Yorkshire to serve Peroni on draught.
Leeds
Duck and Drake, Leeds City Centre
This historic, dog-friendly pub in the centre of Leeds is known for its fine cask ales, pies and peas. It also has a fabulous beer garden, considered a peaceful haven in the midst of the bustling city centre. Unpretentious with a good mix of customers, it's beer garden is one of Leed's best kept secrets.
Lamb and Flag, Church row
With a gorgeous sun-trap rear courtyard, this nineteenth century Leeds pub is a firm city favourite. Tastefully restored, it's just a stone's throw from Leeds Minster and serves four regular local beers: Leeds Best, Leeds Midnight Bell, Leeds Pale and Leeds Yorkshire Gold.
Midnight Bell, Holbeck Urban Village
This award-winning local brewery-run pub has a pleasant courtyard, with a hatch that serves customers outside straight from the bar. Attracting a mixed clientele, it's food is highly lauded and considered by locals to go far above that of your typical gastropub.
Bradford
Shoulder of Mutton
Q Gardens
The Corn Dolly
News
‘It wasn’t its time’ – Mediterranean Leeds cafe closes just two months after opening
A new street food spot has sadly closed its doors just two months after opening.
Back in May, a beautiful taste of the Mediterranean was was brought to us by Shvaan, a very talented chef who previously worked alongside his family at Eastern Oven in Kirkgate Market.
An absolute gem of a spot, Eastern Oven is known for its fresh breads, aromatic meats and plates bursting with colour - and this is exactly what Shvaan set up with FenerBar.
This new venture opened up inside The Attic, a multidisciplinary arts and events space just on the outskirts of the city centre by The Tetley and the new Aire Park development.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Serving up Eastern Mediterranean dishes like mackerel, lamb and beef kebabs, as well as various colourful vegan plates, everything at Fenerbar was homemade and you could really tell the amount of love put into each and every dish.
Unfortunately, Fenerbar has now closed its doors with owner Shvaan stating 'it wasn't it's time'.
Announcing the sad news to Instagram, Fenerbar said: "fenerBar has been closed. It wasn’t its time, whether it’s from the past or in the future, we’ll have to find out.
"Many thanks to @theatticleeds for hosting me and giving me the space to give it a shot. Wish them all the best. And thanks to everyone who came."
Of course in true Leeds fashion, fellow independents flocked to the comments showing their support and wishing Fenerbar all the luck in the next chapter.
We're sure this isn't the end for Shvaan's talents, and we can't wait to see what he does next.
Vinyl-only 1970s-inspired cocktail bar coming to Leeds from team behind some of the city’s best bars
Clementine Hall
A new cocktail bar is coming to Leeds city centre.
If you know a thing or two about cocktails, or just drinks in general, then you're going to be very excited about this news.
The very talented team behind Roland's on Call Lane and The Domino Club, just to name a few, are setting their sites on a brand-new venture.
Introducing Paper Plane, an intimate new cocktail bar that will be taking over the old Casa site in the city's beautiful Grand Arcade.
Paper Plane will be inspired by the glamour of 1970s air travel and will be a vinyl-only listening bar, serving a world-inspired cocktail menu alongside a carefully curated whisky collection.
The space will be lovely and intimate, with around just 40 covers, designed to transport guests somewhere completely different from the minute they step foot through the door.
And what a location too, joining a whole host of fantastic independents in the arcade such as Alfonso's Deli, Stuzzi and Sonder.
For now, we don't know many more details about the project, but we already know it's going to be exceptional cas anything these guys do turns to gold.
Not only has Roland's been consistently one of the busiest bars on Call Lane since they opened back in 2014, but The Domino Club was recently crowned one of the best cocktail bars in the world. Now that is some accolade worth shouting about.
We'll keep you updated with Paper Plane's progress, but Roland's have stated that the site is hoping to open this coming autumn. So we really don't have long to wait.
Georgina Pellant -
30th April 2021 
