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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in City of Leeds

  

City of Leeds Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about City of Leeds

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City of Leeds history

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Background

The Borough of Leeds was created in 1207, when Maurice Paynel granted a charter covering a small area adjacent to a crossing of the River Aire. In 1626 a charter was granted by Charles I, incorporating the entire parish. The borough was located in the West Riding of Yorkshire and gained city status in 1893. When a county council was formed in 1889, Leeds was excluded from its area of responsibility.

City of Leeds geography / climate

The district and its settlements are situated in the eastern foothills of the Pennines astride the River Aire. The highest point, at 1,115 feet (340 m), is at its north western extremity on the eastern slopes of Rombalds Moor, better known as Ilkley Moor, on the boundary with the City of Bradford.

You can visit City of Leeds places with Walkfo City of Leeds to hear history at City of Leeds’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo City of Leeds has 238 places to visit in our interactive City of Leeds map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout City of Leeds, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at City of Leeds places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to City of Leeds & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit City of Leeds Places Map
238 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo City of Leeds tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in City of Leeds

  

Best City of Leeds places to visit

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City of Leeds has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied City of Leeds’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo City of Leeds’s information audio spots:

Cross Green, Leeds Cross Green is 1 mile (1.6 km) on a hill to the south east of Leeds city centre . The area lies in the LS9 Leeds postcode area between Osmondthorpe, Richmond Hill and Hunslet .

Hunslet Mill Hunslet Mill and Victoria Works Complex is a series of very large disused mill buildings in Goodman Street in Leeds . The Hunslet mill and Victoria works complex is located in the centre of Goodman Street .

Sheepscar Sheepscar is an inner city district of Leeds in West Yorkshire . The district is in the City of Leeds Metropolitan Council . It is overlooked by the tower blocks of Little London and Lovell Park to the west .

Greenhouse (Leeds) Greenhouse is an eight-storey, mixed-use block of eco-flats in Beeston, Leeds. The building took its present form in 2010 after renovation of a 1938 development, Shaftesbury House.

City Evangelical Church, Leeds City Evangelical Church is an independent evangelical church in Beeston, Leeds, England. It is situated on Cemetery Road in the former Beeston Hill Baptist Chapel. The church is affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches.

Holbeck Working Men’s Club The Holbeck (formerly the Holbeck Working Men’s Club or Holbeck WMC) in Leeds is one of the United Kingdom’s oldest working men’s clubs. It is thought to be the UK’s oldest surviving working men’s club.

Midland Mills, Leeds Midland Mills is a former flax mill on Silver Street in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the Holbeck Urban Village regeneration area. Since the 1980s it has been used for light industrial work.

Holbeck Urban Village Holbeck Urban Village is an area of Leeds city centre close to Leeds railway station. The area has been undergoing a period of urban renewal.

Granary Buildings, Leeds Granary Buildings is a heritage listed building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in the 1930s and is now a Grade II listed building. It is located in the city centre of Leeds.

Granary Wharf Granary Wharf is a mixed-use development that stands next to the brick tunnels beside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Aire. Leeds City railway station sits above the tunnel complex on Dark Neville Street. The tunnel complex is known locally as the Dark Arches.

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