Things to see in Leeds
Leeds is a city in United Kingdom, with an urban population of about 1.5 million. Below are 20 notable places within about 10 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Harewood House Museum
Harewood House ( HAR-wuud, HAIR-) is a country house in Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam, it was built between 1759 and 1771, for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, a wealthy West Indian plantation and slave owner.
2Leeds Cathedral Place of worship
Leeds Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Anne, also known as Saint Anne's Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds, and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds.
3Leeds Art Gallery Art
Leeds Art Gallery in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a gallery, part of the Leeds Museums & Galleries group, whose collection of 20th-century British Art was designated by the British government in 1997 as a collection "of national importance".
4Royal Armouries Leeds Museum
The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a national museum that holds the National Collection of Arms and Armour.
5Middleton Railway Museum
The Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working railway, situated in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1758 and is now a heritage railway, run by volunteers from The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd. since 1960.
6Leeds City Museum Museum
Leeds City Museum, established in 1819, is a museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Since 2008 it has been housed in the former Mechanics' Institute built by Cuthbert Brodrick, in Cookridge Street (now Millennium Square).
7Leeds Grand Mosque Place of worship
Leeds Grand Mosque (LGM) is a mosque in Leeds, England with a regular congregation of 3,000. It is located at 9 Woodsley Road, Hyde Park, Leeds, LS6 1SN West Yorkshire, England.
8Millennium Square Neighbourhood
Millennium Square is a city square in the Civic Quarter of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was Leeds's flagship project to mark the year 2000, and was jointly funded by Leeds City Council and the Millennium Commission.
9Grand Theatre Arts & culture
The Grand Theatre, also known as Leeds Grand Theatre and Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House, is a theatre and opera house in Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
10Leeds City Varieties Arts & culture
The Leeds City Varieties is a Grade II* listed music hall in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
11Leeds Kirkgate Market Shopping
Kirkgate Market is a market complex on Vicar Lane in the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest covered market in Europe and a Grade I listed building.
12Memorial to Queen Victoria Landmark
A Memorial to Queen Victoria stands in Woodhouse Moor, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
13Harewood Castle History
Harewood Castle is a 14th-century stone hall house and courtyard fortress, located on the Harewood Estate, Harewood, in West Yorkshire, England (Grid Reference SE 322457).
14Leeds Industrial Museum Museum
The Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills is a museum of industrial heritage located in Armley, near Leeds, in West Yorkshire, Northern England.
15King Kong statue Landmark
A statue of King Kong by Nicholas Monro was commissioned in 1972 for display in Manzoni Gardens in The Bull Ring, in the centre of Birmingham, England.
16St John the Evangelist's Church, Leeds Place of worship
St John the Evangelist's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the centre of the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
17City Square Neighbourhood
City Square is a paved area north of Leeds railway station at the junction of Park Row to the east and Wellington Street to the south.
18Church of St Andrew, Roundhay Place of worship
St Andrew's Roundhay is in Shaftesbury Avenue, Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is an active United Reformed Church.
19Leeds Minster Place of worship
Leeds Minster, also known as the Minster and Parish Church of Saint Peter-at-Leeds (formerly Leeds Parish Church), is the minster church of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
20St Chad's Church, Far Headingley Place of worship
St Chad's Church, Far Headingley is the parish church of Far Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The church is Grade II* listed in Gothic Revival style.
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