Attractions in Leeds

Abbey House Museum

Museum in the Grade II* listed former gatehouse of Kirkstall Abbey, across Abbey Road from the ruins.

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

Beckett Park

Large public park bordering Headingley, West Park and Kirkstall, named after Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe.

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

Briggate

Pedestrianised main shopping street running north from Leeds Bridge, with old yards, alleys and Victorian arcades.

• City Centre, Leeds

Brotherton Library

Grade II listed 1936 university library with Art Deco fittings; its Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery is free to visit.

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

City Square

Paved square outside the station where six roads meet, faced by the former General Post Office.

• City Centre, Leeds

City Varieties Music Hall

Grade II* listed music hall in a yard off Briggate, also run by Leeds Heritage Theatres.

• City Centre, Leeds

First White Cloth Hall

Grade II* listed hall on Kirkgate, built in 1711 for trading undyed cloth.

• Waterfront and Leeds Dock, Leeds

Granary Wharf

Basin where the Leeds and Liverpool Canal meets the Aire, beside the brick Dark Arches under the station.

• Waterfront and Leeds Dock, Leeds

Headingley Bear Pit

Grade II listed bear pit, a remnant of the Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens, which closed in 1858.

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

Headingley Stadium

Two grounds joined by one stand: the cricket ground, home of Yorkshire and a Test venue since 1899, and the Leeds Rhinos' rugby stadium.

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

Henry Moore Institute

Sculpture galleries and a research library run by the Henry Moore Foundation, next to Leeds Art Gallery.

• City Centre, Leeds

Holy Trinity Church

Grade I listed church on Boar Lane, built 1722–27; the steeple was added in 1839.

• City Centre, Leeds

Kirkgate Market

Grade I listed market on Vicar Lane with around 800 stalls in its halls and outdoor market.

• City Centre, Leeds

Kirkstall Abbey

Ruined Cistercian abbey founded about 1152, in a public park beside the Aire; run by Leeds Museums and Galleries.

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

Leeds Art Gallery

Council gallery whose 20th-century British collection was designated of national importance in 1997; linked to the Central Library.

• City Centre, Leeds

Leeds Bridge

Grade II listed cast-iron road bridge of 1870 over the Aire, at the foot of Briggate.

• Waterfront and Leeds Dock, Leeds

Leeds Cathedral

Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of St Anne, seat of the Bishop of Leeds.

• City Centre, Leeds

Leeds Central Library

City library on Calverley Street, linked to the Art Gallery, with art, music and local and family history libraries.

• City Centre, Leeds

Leeds City Museum

Museum founded in 1819, housed since 2008 in Brodrick's former Mechanics' Institute on Millennium Square.

• City Centre, Leeds

Leeds Civic Hall

Grade II* listed civic hall of 1933, its twin towers topped by gilded owls, facing Millennium Square.

• City Centre, Leeds

Leeds Corn Exchange

Cuthbert Brodrick's corn exchange, opened in 1864 and Grade I listed, now a shopping centre.

• City Centre, Leeds

Leeds Discovery Centre

Store for more than a million objects from the city's museums; visits by appointment or at special events only.

• Waterfront and Leeds Dock, Leeds

Leeds Dock

Former Clarence Dock on the Aire, now waterside flats, offices and cafés around the Royal Armouries.

• Waterfront and Leeds Dock, Leeds

Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills

Industrial museum in an 1805 woollen mill between the canal and the Aire, with textile machinery and railway equipment.

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

Leeds Minster

Gothic Revival minster by R. D. Chantrell, completed in 1841, on a church site recorded from the 7th century; free entry.

• Waterfront and Leeds Dock, Leeds

Leeds Town Hall

Cuthbert Brodrick's town hall on the Headrow, built 1853–58; now mainly a concert, conference and events venue.

• City Centre, Leeds

Leeds War Memorial

First World War memorial by Henry Charles Fehr, unveiled in 1922 east of the Town Hall.

• City Centre, Leeds

M&S Company Archive

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

Marshall's Mill

• Waterfront and Leeds Dock, Leeds

Middleton Railway

Founded in 1758 and run by volunteers; passenger trains at weekends and on public holidays from Moor Road, Hunslet.

• Waterfront and Leeds Dock, Leeds

Mill Hill Chapel

Grade II* listed Unitarian chapel on City Square.

• City Centre, Leeds

Millennium Square

Open square built to mark the year 2000, in front of the Civic Hall and beside the City Museum.

• City Centre, Leeds

Park Square

Georgian square with a central lawn, surrounded by Georgian buildings now used as offices.

• City Centre, Leeds

Parkinson Building

Greek Revival landmark of the University of Leeds, with a clock tower 57 metres high.

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

Round Foundry

Late 18th-century engineering works off Water Lane, turned into a media centre in 2005.

• Waterfront and Leeds Dock, Leeds

Royal Armouries Museum

The National Collection of Arms and Armour in a museum at Leeds Dock, opened in 1996; free entry with a booked ticket.

• Waterfront and Leeds Dock, Leeds

St George's Fields

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

St John's Church

• City Centre, Leeds

St Michael and All Angels Church

Victorian parish church of Headingley, Grade II* listed.

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

Temple Works

Egyptian Revival flax mill built 1836–40 for John Marshall, the only Grade I listed building in Holbeck.

• Waterfront and Leeds Dock, Leeds

The Leeds Library

Subscription library founded in 1768 and on Commercial Street since 1808, the oldest surviving of its type in the UK.

• City Centre, Leeds

Tower Works

Former pin factory in Holbeck with three listed Italianate towers beside the canal.

• Waterfront and Leeds Dock, Leeds

Victoria Quarter

Restored Victorian arcades off Briggate, with a stained-glass roof by Brian Clarke over Queen Victoria Street.

• City Centre, Leeds

Woodhouse Moor

Park of about 26 hectares on Woodhouse Lane, often called Hyde Park, with a memorial to Queen Victoria.

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

Yorkshire Cricket Museum

Cricket museum at Headingley, open on first-team match days from April to September.

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds