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Leeds (pronounced /ˈliːdz/ ( listen)) is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, whilst the entire city, that includes the urban, suburban and rural areas, had a population of 770,800 (2008 est.). Leeds is the...
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Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery to the west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, set in grounds which are now a public park on the north bank of the River Aire. It was founded c.1152 and was over seventy five years in...
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool. Over a distance of 127 miles (204 km), it crosses the Pennines, and includes 91 locks on the main line. It has several small branches, and in...
Farnley Hall
Farnley Hall is a stately home in Farnley, west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a grade II listed building. It was built in Elizabethan times by the Danbys. The manor is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Fernelei, so it is probable that...
Aire and Calder Navigation
The Aire and Calder Navigation is a river and canal system of the River Aire and the River Calder in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England.
In 1699 an Act of Parliament was passed to improve the navigability of the River Aire (from the...
Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam (historically Temple Newsham, in legend Templestowe) (grid reference SE357322) is a Tudor-Jacobean house with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The estate lies to the east of the city, just...
University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is a major teaching and research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire and, with over 33,000 full-time students, is the second largest single site university in the United Kingdom. In the world university league tables...
Leeds Grammar School
Leeds Grammar School was an independent school in Leeds established in 1552. In August 2005 it merged with Leeds Girls' High School to form The Grammar School at Leeds. The two schools physically united in September 2008.
The school was founded in...
Leeds City railway station
Leeds railway station (also known as Leeds City) is the mainline railway station serving the city centre of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. The station provides connections to London, Bristol, Plymouth and the South West, Nottingham, Birmingham...
Leeds Metropolitan University
Leeds Metropolitan University is a British University with two campuses in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It gained official university status in 1992; prior to this date it was known as Leeds Polytechnic. The number of students is listed by the...
Elland Road
Elland Road is an all-seater football stadium situated in the Beeston area of the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Elland Road has been the permanent residence of Leeds United A.F.C. since the club's foundation in 1919 and it was previously...
Gledhow
Gledhow is a suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, situated east of Chapel Allerton and west of Roundhay. (It is within the Roundhay City Council Ward.) A major feature of the area is Gledhow Valley, a strip of mixed deciduous...
Leeds Bradford International Airport
Leeds Bradford International Airport (IATA: LBA, ICAO: EGNM) is located at Yeadon, in the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England, northwest of Leeds itself. It is locally referred to as Yeadon Airport. It serves the cities of...
St James's University Hospital, Leeds
St. James's University Hospital in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, popularly known as Jimmy's, is one of the United Kingdom's most famous hospitals. Its fame derives in part from its extensive television coverage in the documentary series also...
Adel, Leeds
Adel is a suburb in North Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Cookridge, Holt Park, Weetwood and Alwoodley. To the north are the villages of Arthington and Bramhope and the market town of Otley. In common with many areas of Leeds...
Allerton High School
Allerton High School Business and Enterprise is an 11-19 Comprehensive in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England specializing in Business and Enterprise. It moved into new buildings on 1 September 2008, and there was a formal opening by Prime Minister...
Leeds Girls' High School
Leeds Girls' High School (LGHS) was an independent, selective school for girls aged 3–18 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The school was merged with Leeds Grammar School to form the Grammar School at Leeds in the period 2005–08. Although, it still...
Morley High School
Morley High School is a co-educational comprehensive school for pupils ages 11-19 in West Yorkshire, England. Morley is situated 5 miles south-west of Leeds with a population of about 50,000. The school has approximately 1,400 students enrolled. The...
Leeds Town Hall
Leeds Town Hall was built between 1853 and 1858 in Park Lane (now The Headrow), Leeds, West Yorkshire, England to a design by architect Cuthbert Brodrick. It represents Leeds's emergence as an important industrial centre during the Industrial...
Leeds Corn Exchange
The Leeds Corn Exchange is a Victorian building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which was designed by Cuthbert Brodrick and completed in 1864. It currently houses a restaurant, a clothing boutique and a jewellery shop.
Designed by Cuthbert...
Guiseley railway station
Guiseley railway station is a railway station in Guiseley, in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. On the Wharfedale Line between Ilkley and Leeds/Bradford Forster Square, it is served by Class 333 electric trains run by...
Lotherton Hall
Lotherton Hall is a country house near Aberford, West Yorkshire, England. It lies a short distance from the A1 motorway, 200 miles equidistant between London and Edinburgh.
The building was home to a number of families through history including the...
Headingley Stadium
Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley in West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, rugby league team Leeds Rhinos and rugby union team Leeds Carnegie (formerly known as Leeds Tykes...
St George's Church, Leeds
St George's is a Church of England parish based in the centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The church building is near to Leeds General Infirmary. Although based in the city centre, the congregation is drawn from all parts of the city.
The...
City Evangelical Church, Leeds
City Evangelical Church is an independent evangelical church in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
The church is affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches.
The church was formed in 1957 under the name Cottingley Free Church. In...
Thackray Museum
The Thackray Museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is a museum of the history of medicine adjacent to St James's Hospital. Since it opened in 1997 it has won "Museum of the Year" and other awards.
The building is a Grade II listed building, the...
Stratford Street mosque
Stratford Street Mosque (officially the Omar Mosque or Masjid-e-Umar) is a mosque in Beeston, Leeds, England.
Three people suspected of being responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombing - Shehzad Tanweer, Mohammad Sidique Khan and Hasib Hussain -...
Cockpit
Formerly the Cock of the North pub, The Cockpit opened in 1994. Situated on Swinegate in Leeds, close to Leeds station the venue hosts small to medium sized touring artists as well as occasional showcases for local acts. A regular competition run by...
Henry Moore Foundation
The Henry Moore Foundation is a registered charity in England, established for education and promotion of the fine arts — in particular, to advance understanding of the works of Henry Moore. The charity was set up with the assistance of Mr. Moore in...
Roundhay Park
Roundhay Park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is one of the biggest city parks in Europe. It has over 700 acres (2.8 km) of parkland, lakes, woodland and gardens which are owned by Leeds City Council. The park is one of the most popular...
Woodlesford railway station
Woodlesford railway station serves Woodlesford in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Hallam Line and the Pontefract Line.
Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service to Leeds and an hourly service to Sheffield on the Hallam Line and...
New Pudsey railway station
New Pudsey railway station is in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the Caldervale Line from Leeds City to Bradford Interchange, Halifax, Huddersfield, Manchester Victoria, and Blackpool North. Lying 5.75 miles (9.25 km) west of Leeds, it serves as...
Bramley railway station
Bramley railway station serves the suburb of Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Caldervale Line 4 miles (6 km) west from Leeds.
The present station off Stanningley Road opened on 12 September 1983 by Metro (West Yorkshire...
Hyde Park Picture House
Hyde Park Picture House in the Hyde Park area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, was originally built as a hotel in 1908 and converted to a cinema in 1914. It is an example of an Edwardian venue and one of the few surviving picture palaces in the...
Leeds Central station
Leeds Central railway station was a railway station in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was opened in 1854 as a joint station between the London and North Western Railway, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, the Great Northern Railway and the...
Grammar School at Leeds
The Grammar School at Leeds is an Independent school in Leeds, England, created on 4 August 2005 from the merger of Leeds Grammar School and Leeds Girls' High School.
The schools physically merged in September 2008, at which point the school became...
Morley railway station
Morley railway station serves the town of Morley near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
The station is on Huddersfield Line operated by Northern Rail and is 5 miles (8.0 km) south west of from Leeds City Station.
The station is at one of end of the 2...
Cottingley railway station
Cottingley railway station serves the Cottingley area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) south west of Leeds on the Huddersfield Line. The station was opened in May 1988 with financial assistance from West Yorkshire Passenger...
Cross Gates railway station
Cross Gates railway station serves Cross Gates, an area in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the York and Selby Lines, operated by Northern Rail 4.25 miles (7 km) east of Leeds railway station
In the past signwriters have been unsure as to...
Garforth railway station
Garforth railway station serves the town of Garforth, near Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the York and Selby Lines and North TransPennine routes. Garforth is 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) east of Leeds.
The station was originally opened by...
East Garforth railway station
East Garforth railway station serves Garforth in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the York and Selby Lines, operated by Northern Rail 8 miles (13 km) east of Leeds. The station was opened by Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive} on...
Micklefield railway station
Micklefield railway station serves the village of Micklefield, near Garforth in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the York and Selby Lines, operated by Northern Rail, 9.75 miles (16 km) east of Leeds.
The station was originally opened by the Leeds...
Burley Park railway station
Burley Park railway station in Leeds, West Yorkshire is the first stop on the Harrogate Line, 2.25 miles (3.6 km) north west of Leeds railway station towards Harrogate and York. The station was opened on 28 November 1988.
The line is heavily used by...
Headingley railway station
Headingley railway station (formerly known as Headingley and Kirkstall railway station until some point early in the 20th Century) is off Kirkstall Lane in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England on the Harrogate Line 3 miles (5 km) north west of Leeds City...
Horsforth railway station
Horsforth railway station is a railway station in West Yorkshire, England. It is on the Harrogate Line 5.75 miles (9 km) north west of Leeds station and the final stop in West Yorkshire towards Harrogate. The station is located on the Cookridge side...
Arthington Priory
The Priory (or rather Nunnery) of Arthington, in the West Yorkshire village of Arthington was established by Peter de Arthington - nothing remains of the Priory today.
Arthington gave the nuns "the place the whilk the said abby is byggyd on, with...
Tinshill BT Tower
The Tinshill BT Tower (also known locally as Cookridge Tower) is a telecommunication tower located on the east side of Otley Old Road in the north of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is in an elevated part of Leeds, with its base 192 metres above...
Otley Museum
Otley Museum is housed in the Civic Centre in the town of Otley, near Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It holds a comprehensive collection of objects, artifacts and documentary material relating to the development of Otley and District since the...
High Royds Hospital
High Royds hospital is a now-closed psychiatric hospital south of the village of Menston, West Yorkshire, England. The hospital is located in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough as the border with the City of Bradford metropolitan borough passes...
Grand Theatre Leeds
The Grand Theatre (also known as Leeds Grand Theatre and Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House) is a theatre and Opera house in the centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was designed by James Robinson Watson, chief assistant in the office of...
Primrose High School
Primrose High School is a comprehensive school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The school is part of the Central Leeds Learning Federation along with City of Leeds School and Shakespeare Primary School, which means they share an executive head...
White Rose Centre
The White Rose Centre is a shopping centre in the Morley district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It spans two floors and is linked to the M621 motorway. It takes its name from the White Rose of York, the traditional symbol of Yorkshire. The...
Cranmer Bank
The Cranmer Bank is a council estate situated in Moor Allerton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The estate is often referred to as Black Moor, however these are two separate areas of Moor Allerton. The estate has a parade of shops including a Happy...
Merrion Centre Leeds
The Merrion Centre in Leeds, England is a shopping centre opened in 1964. From construction to the present day the centre has been owned and managed by Town Centre Securities. Originally open air, the centre had since had a roof installed during the...
West Riding House
West Riding House is an 80-metre (260 ft) and 20 storey tall office building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England which was completed in 1973. It was the tallest building in the city until 2005 with the topping out of Bridgewater Place. There are...
Schofields
Schofields was a department store that operated on The Headrow in Leeds, England from 1901 to 1996. For much of the 20th century Schofields, alongside rival Lewis's, was regarded as being the pinnacle of shopping in Leeds city centre. The site is...
Bridgewater Place
Bridgewater Place, nicknamed The Dalek, is an office and residential skyscraper development in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is the tallest building in Leeds and the tallest building in Yorkshire, and has held this record since being topped out...
Leeds Grand Mosque
Leeds Grand Mosque is the largest mosque in Leeds. It is located at 9 Woodsley Road,Hyde Park Leeds LS6 1SN West Yorkshire, England.
The main hall provides a large open space which has been used for experiments in human echo-location.
It is the home...
Leeds City Varieties
The Leeds City Varieties is a Grade II* listed Music Hall in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
It was built in 1865 as an adjunct to the White Swan Inn in Swan Street and the original interior is largely unaltered. Along with Hoxton Hall and Wilton's...
Royds School
Royds School, founded in 1956, is a school serving approximately 1,300 pupils in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The school was originally a Secondary Modern and is now a non-selective comprehensive serving Rothwell, south Leeds, and the surrounding...
Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College
Notre Dame is a Sixth Form College in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
The college was formed in September 1989 as the sixth form centre for Catholic education in Leeds. For nearly ninety years prior to this, a girls’ school was present on the same...
