Visit Scholes, Leeds Places

Welcome to Visit Scholes, Leeds Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Scholes, Leeds

  

Scholes, Leeds Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Scholes, Leeds

---

Scholes, Leeds history

---

In the 1800s, Colonel Frederick Trench-Gascoigne owned and rented out a large number of houses, mines, woodlands and farming land. In the mid-1880s, Isaac Chippindale started the Scholes Brick and Tile Works on the border to Swarcliffe. The company’s quarry produced high-quality bricks with which many houses in the surrounding area were built.

You can visit Scholes, Leeds places with Walkfo Scholes, Leeds to hear history at Scholes, Leeds’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Scholes, Leeds has 37 places to visit in our interactive Scholes, 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 Scholes, 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 Scholes, Leeds places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Scholes, Leeds & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 37 audio facts unique to Scholes, Leeds places in an interactive Scholes, Leeds map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Scholes, Leeds Places Map
37 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

---

–

Scholes, Leeds historic spots	Scholes, Leeds tourist destinations	Scholes, Leeds plaques	Scholes, Leeds geographic features
Walkfo Scholes, Leeds tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Scholes, Leeds

  

Best Scholes, Leeds places to visit

---

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

Austhorpe Austhorpe is a civil parish and residential suburb of east Leeds, West Yorkshire. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) to the east of city centre and close to the A6120 dual carriageway (Leeds Outer Ring Road)

St Mary’s Church, Whitkirk St Mary’s Church in Whitkirk, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church. It is in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds.

Barwick-in-Elmet Barwick-in-Elmet is 7 miles (11 km) east of Leeds city centre. It is one of only three places in the area to be explicitly associated with the ancient Romano-British kingdom of Elmet.

Unilever Leeds Unilever Leeds is a large cosmetics factory and research site in Leeds. It is the largest deodorant factory in Europe. The factory supplies the whole of Europe.

St Peter’s Church, Thorner St. Peter’s Church in Thorner, West Yorkshire is an active Anglican parish church. The church is part of Elmete Trinity Benefice, which consists of the parishes of All Saints, Barwick in Elmet, St Philip’s, Scholes and St Peter’s, Thorner.

Cross Gates Cross Gates (often spelled Crossgates) is a suburb in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Cross Gates & Whinmoor ward of Leeds City Council with a population of 22,099. The area sits between Seacroft and Swarcliffe to the north, Whitkirk and Colton to the south, Killingbeck to the west and Austhorpe to the east.

Thorpe Park Leeds Thorpe Park Leeds is a business park located near Brown Moor, Leeds. Northern Gas Networks, Boost Drinks and Pharmacy2U are headquartered in the park. The overall development of the business park is expected to be complete by 2035.

Visit Scholes, Leeds plaques