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Town hall
Leeds Town Hall
Cuthbert Brodrick's town hall on the Headrow, built 1853–58; now mainly a concert, conference and events venue.
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City Centre: things to do
Places worth your time in City Centre
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Things to do in City Centre
Monuments, musées, parcs et points de vue dans le quartier et ses environs.
Galerie d’art
Leeds Art Gallery
Council gallery whose 20th-century British collection was designated of national importance in 1997; linked to the Central Library.
Sculpture gallery
Henry Moore Institute
Sculpture galleries and a research library run by the Henry Moore Foundation, next to Leeds Art Gallery.
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Musée
Leeds City Museum
Museum founded in 1819, housed since 2008 in Brodrick's former Mechanics' Institute on Millennium Square.
Bibliothèque
Leeds Central Library
City library on Calverley Street, linked to the Art Gallery, with art, music and local and family history libraries.
Édifice municipal
Leeds Civic Hall
Grade II* listed civic hall of 1933, its twin towers topped by gilded owls, facing Millennium Square.
Place
Millennium Square
Open square built to mark the year 2000, in front of the Civic Hall and beside the City Museum.
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Marché
Kirkgate Market
Grade I listed market on Vicar Lane with around 800 stalls in its halls and outdoor market.
Shopping arcades
Victoria Quarter
Restored Victorian arcades off Briggate, with a stained-glass roof by Brian Clarke over Queen Victoria Street.
Bâtiment historique
Leeds Corn Exchange
Cuthbert Brodrick's corn exchange, opened in 1864 and Grade I listed, now a shopping centre.
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Théâtre
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre and opera house in Briggate seating about 1,500, run by Leeds Heritage Theatres.
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Music hall
City Varieties Music Hall
Grade II* listed music hall in a yard off Briggate, also run by Leeds Heritage Theatres.
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Bibliothèque
The Leeds Library
Subscription library founded in 1768 and on Commercial Street since 1808, the oldest surviving of its type in the UK.
Cathédrale
Leeds Cathedral
Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of St Anne, seat of the Bishop of Leeds.
Église
St John's Church
Grade I listed church no longer used for regular worship, cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
Église
Holy Trinity Church
Grade I listed church on Boar Lane, built 1722–27; the steeple was added in 1839.
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Chapelle
Mill Hill Chapel
Grade II* listed Unitarian chapel on City Square.
Place
City Square
Paved square outside the station where six roads meet, faced by the former General Post Office.
Place
Park Square
Georgian square with a central lawn, surrounded by Georgian buildings now used as offices.
Monument commémoratif
Leeds War Memorial
First World War memorial by Henry Charles Fehr, unveiled in 1922 east of the Town Hall.
Théâtre
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre at Quarry Hill with two auditoria and a studio, opened in 1990 as the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Rue
Briggate
Pedestrianised main shopping street running north from Leeds Bridge, with old yards, alleys and Victorian arcades.
Leeds
More areas to explore
12 sights · 23 places to eat
Waterfront and Leeds Dock
The Royal Armouries, the Minster, the Calls and the mills of Holbeck
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15 sights · 20 places to eat
Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall
Test cricket, the university, an Edwardian cinema and a Cistercian abbey
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- City Centre (area photo): Michael D Beckwith, CC BY 4.0, source
- Leeds Town Hall: Andrew roberts uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leeds Art Gallery: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Henry Moore Institute: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Leeds City Museum: Andrew roberts uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leeds Central Library: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leeds Civic Hall: No machine-readable author provided. Jungpionier assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Millennium Square: Rich Tea, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kirkgate Market: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Victoria Quarter: traveljunction, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Leeds Corn Exchange: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Leeds Grand Theatre: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- City Varieties Music Hall: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Leeds Library: Michael D Beckwith, CC BY 3.0, source
- Leeds Cathedral: Jungpionier, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- St John's Church: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, source
- Holy Trinity Church: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mill Hill Chapel: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- City Square: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Park Square: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, source
- Leeds War Memorial: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Leeds Playhouse: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Briggate: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Waterfront and Leeds Dock: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0, source
- Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall: Minda, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
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