Leeds

Reached through an alleyway off the main strip, marked by a small hanging sign, and largely unchanged in the thirty-odd years since it opened.

Positioned in Dewsbury rather than Leeds city centre, this sauna sits a short walk from the train and bus stations and claims to be Yorkshire's busiest, drawing men from Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield, and Barnsley within roughly 20 minutes.

A two-floor operation on Briggate: Queens Court runs as a long bar downstairs, moving from a lounge area at the entrance through to a main bar and dancefloor where drag acts perform regularly, while Pride Club upstairs handles the clubbing side of the night.

A full-sized swimming pool alongside the sauna and jacuzzi sets this apart from most saunas in the north of England, and the site is large enough to include a café bar, cinema rooms, a dungeon room, and multiple play spaces.

Claimed to be the oldest gay bar in Leeds and one of the longest continually running in the UK, The New Penny on Call Lane opens late and runs until the early hours most nights.

A glam showbar on Lower Briggate built around a stage, with drag artists and tribute acts performing at weekends.