Alphabetical dates are such a lovely idea, not only is it a great way to schedule time together, but it is also a great way to try out new things, get creative and break away from your usual routine.

How Do Alphabetical Dates Work?

Basically, you reserve a day or evening a week, or fortnight (or whenever is convenient for you), and on those days or nights, you do activities beginning with every letter of the alphabet. So 26 letters = 26 date nights! Here are some ideas of things to do at home and around Yorkshire with your loved one!

A

Go abseiling at How Stean Gorge
Try your hand at archery
Get in touch with nature at The Yorkshire Arboretum
Play at the arcade

B

Take Ballroom dancing lessons at Yorkshire Dance
Rent a boat in York
Go to the beach
Go to a Build-a-Bear Workshop
Explore Brimham Rocks

C

Take cooking lessons
Make candles
Play Crash Bandicoot
Visit the National Coal Mining Museum
Drop into Ilkley’s Clip n Climb
Go to Ilkley Cinema
Eat cheese at The Courtyard Dairy 

D

Dine at your favourite restaurant
Play a game of dominoes
Go to The Deep Aquarium
Eat Domino’s Pizza

E

Learn all the lyrics to an Eminem song
Watch an educational documentary together

F

Have a film night
Make a duvet fort
Explore Fountains Abbey
Eat french fries
Watch funny films
Go to a football match together

G

Sip Slingsby Gin
Play your favourite board games
Walk around Gledhow Valley Woods
Go for a gamble at Grosvenor

H

Go on a hike
Ride in a hot air balloon
Go horse riding
Plan a holiday

I

Eat Italian food
Make ice cream
Walk the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail
Go ice skating

J

Get healthy at a juice bar
Listen to Jazz at Leeds Jazz Club
Have jelly & ice cream
Play Jenga
Tell each other jokes

K

Walk around Kirkstall Abbey
Play laser tag at Kirkstall’s Cardigan Fields

L

Learn something new at the Science & Media Museum
Walk around Lake Semerwater.
Play with the Nidderdale Llamas

M

Play Monopoly
Listen to music
Take a stroll around Malham Tarn
Learn something new at a museum
Go mountain biking on Ilkley Moor

N

Go for a night out in Harrogate
Snuggle up for a night in

O

Eat chocolate orange ?
Go orienteering

P

Play a game of pool
Go paintballing
See a play at The Grand
Go on a picnic

Q

Eat Quavers
Go quad-biking

R

Make rocky road
Go roller skating
Rock climbing

S

Enjoy sausage sandwiches
Go swimming
Try out scuba diving or snorkelling
Play snooker
Go strawberry picking

T

Write ten things you love about each other
Go ten pin bowling
Relax at the Turkish Baths
Watch Tom Hardy films
Get a takeaway
Play tennis
Dine at the Trinity Kitchen

U

Play Uno
Kiss under a bridge
Explore underground caves
Make an upside down cake

V

Make Viennese Whirls
Make a vegetarian meal
Volunteer in your local community

W

Go for a walk
Skim stones across water
Go to Wetherspoons
White water rafting
Eat cheese at the Wensleydale Creamery

X

Share a kiss ? (x)
Dine at Pizza Express
Have fun at Xscape
Watch X-men

Y

Eat at Yo-Sushi
Explore Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Play with yo-yos
Admire the animals at Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Z

Go zip-lining at Aerial Extreme

Hope you’ve found this list of date ideas in Yorkshire helpful! If you’ve got any suggestions of activities I should add, please let me know.

I’d like to thank my good friends Alan & Molly for allowing me to share some of their ideas with you.