Where a good mix of people come to enjoy live music and craft beers

As general manager Rob Wilson put it, the Duck and Drake in Leeds city centre is "a lot of things to a lot of people".

- by Charles Brown

The popular Kirkgate pub is renowned in equal parts for its exceptional range of craft beers, its frequent live music, its welcoming atmosphere and its colourful haven of a beer garden.

He said: "At any given point you can have a group of bikers in one corner, a group of old lads in another ticking off their beer list and some music students in another. And they will all be getting along."

It's for these reasons that the traditional boozer has amassed all manner of admirers and why it is proving a favourite spot for the younger generation that are becoming more acquainted with the charming allure of going to your local drinking hole.

The Duck and Drake was a popular choice among Yorkshire Evening Post readers recently when we asked for their favourite pubs in the city. Other popular choices included the Three Legs in The Headrow and the Moot Hall Arms in Mill Hill.

Originally opening in 1840 as a coaching inn, the pub has existed under several different names including the Horse and Groom and the Broughman's Arms. During the Second World War, it gained a reputation for being a place where women would meet and entertain American GIs.