Visiting Yorkshire's prettiest town is easily done from Leeds - it's just a simple 30 minute train ride away.

The charming Victorian market town has been recognised as amongst the most beautiful in Britain. Positioned on the fringes of the Yorkshire Dales, it triumphed over locations in Cornwall and East Sussex.

The Telegraph's ranked it as high as fifth in its latest guide to the UK's most attractive towns. And its easily accessible from Leeds thanks to a half-hour train that runs twice an hour and costs just £2.30 each way.

If you want to venture out to the county's prettiest town, catch the Northern service from Leeds station, travel just four stops and arrive at Ilkley. The West Yorkshire town has been ranked as the prettiest town in Yorkshire by the Telegraph.

The newspaper enlisted specialists to evaluate towns according to "pleasantness of their shop fronts, historic architecture, low traffic/litter, stunning viewpoints and plentiful greenery, culminating in a score out of 50." Ilkley secured an impressive overall rating of 44/50, earning...