Leeds Tourism - Travel to Leeds

Leeds is a city in the north of England. It's within easy reach of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, which are quite lovely.

Table of contents

1 Get in

2 Get around

3 See

4 Do

5 Drink

6 Buy

Get into Leeds

You can get to Leeds quite easily. It has its own airport - shared with Bradford. Manchester airport is larger, nearby and has trains that run through the night (although they're only every couple of hours or so after 1am). As well as Manchester (about an hour and a bit) the station has links to York (20-30 mins), London (2-2.5 hrs), Newcastle (an hour or so) and many places further afield.

Get around in Leeds

Getting around Leeds is fairly easy. The bus service isn't bad - most major routes within the city are every 10 minutes or so. If you're just visiting the city centre, you might as well walk. It's really not that big. Taxis can be expensive, but the black and white ones are licensed and safer then private hire cabs.

See Leeds

City markets.
Kirkgate Market.
Royal Armouries Museum.
Art Galleries.
Armley Mills industrial museum.
Tropical World.

Do Leeds

Opera
Theatre
Walking around - in the town, and out on the Meanwood Valley Trail

Drink

Leeds' two large universities means there is a lot of nightlife including loads of clubs.

Whitelocks, (off Briggate). A great old pub, one of the most impressive in Leeds.
Victoria Family and Commercial Hotel, (behind the town hall). A refurbished Victorian gem.
The Palace, (down by the bus station).
The Duck and Drake, (by the markets). Worth a visit.

Buy

Leeds has a number of options for shopping including Victorian-era shopping arcades. If you're after cheap stuff - and cheap food - the city markets (Kirkgate Market) are the place to go.