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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
该街区及周边的地标、博物馆、公园和观景点。
美术馆
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.
博物馆
Leeds City Museum
Museum founded in 1819, housed since 2008 in Brodrick's former Mechanics' Institute on Millennium Square.
图书馆
Leeds Central Library
City library on Calverley Street, linked to the Art Gallery, with art, music and local and family history libraries.
市政建筑
Leeds Civic Hall
Grade II* listed civic hall of 1933, its twin towers topped by gilded owls, facing Millennium Square.
广场
Millennium Square
Open square built to mark the year 2000, in front of the Civic Hall and beside the City Museum.
市集
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.
历史建筑
Leeds Corn Exchange
Cuthbert Brodrick's corn exchange, opened in 1864 and Grade I listed, now a shopping centre.
剧院
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre and opera house in Briggate seating about 1,500, run by Leeds Heritage Theatres.
Music hall
City Varieties Music Hall
Grade II* listed music hall in a yard off Briggate, also run by Leeds Heritage Theatres.
图书馆
The Leeds Library
Subscription library founded in 1768 and on Commercial Street since 1808, the oldest surviving of its type in the UK.
Cathedral
Leeds Cathedral
Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of St Anne, seat of the Bishop of Leeds.
教堂
St John's Church
Grade I listed church no longer used for regular worship, cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
教堂
Holy Trinity Church
Grade I listed church on Boar Lane, built 1722–27; the steeple was added in 1839.
礼拜堂
Mill Hill Chapel
Grade II* listed Unitarian chapel on City Square.
广场
City Square
Paved square outside the station where six roads meet, faced by the former General Post Office.
广场
Park Square
Georgian square with a central lawn, surrounded by Georgian buildings now used as offices.
Memorial
Leeds War Memorial
First World War memorial by Henry Charles Fehr, unveiled in 1922 east of the Town Hall.
剧院
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre at Quarry Hill with two auditoria and a studio, opened in 1990 as the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
街道
Briggate
Pedestrianised main shopping street running north from Leeds Bridge, with old yards, alleys and Victorian arcades.
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图片来源
- 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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