Leeds wins on everything except the weather, IMHO.
SIDS straight to airways therefore no join to negotiate - just 'contact Manchester Control xxx.x' after once you're through 2,000ft.
It sits in the corner of two airways, so you don't need to travel far to do your airways portion.
There are plenty of relatively quiet yet radar-equipped instrument fields in the vicinity: Humberside, Teesside + Blackpool being the popular ones.
Local B&Bs are cheap.
cheers!
foggy.