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Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire and located on the River Aire

Leeds is the urban core of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough and Yorkshire and Humberside's prime shopping location.

Districts Leeds: Adel, Alwoodley, Aireborough, Armley, Barwick-in-Elmet, Beeston, Beeston Hill, Bramley, Burmantofts, City, Chapel Allerton, Cookridge, Cross Gates, Garforth, Gipton, Halton, Harehills, Headingley, Holbeck, Horsforth, Hunslet, Kippax, Kirkstall, Middleton, Moorside, Moortown, Pudsey, Rawdon, Richmond Hill, Rothwell, Roundhay, Seacroft, Stanningley, Swillington, Swinnow, Weetwood, Wetherby, Whinmoor, Wortley.


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Car Rental Leeds

 Holiday Autos  -   
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

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Hostels / Youth Hostel

 
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Hotels in Leeds

 Booking - Hotels in Leeds  -  Hotel Guide Leeds

 Britannia Leeds Bradford Airport, Leeds Rd, Bramhope, LS16 9JJ Leeds
The hotel [ countryside, about 4 km from Leeds Airport ] has a contemporary restaurant & a modern yet relaxing lounge & bar area with 24 hour room service. The business centre boasts modern conference rooms catering from 2 to 150 people in a variety of room set-ups and has a dedicated conference reception desk to deal with your day to day requirements, offering a tailor made meetings service. They also provide coffee & tea through the day plus a variety of eating options.

 The Queens Leeds - A QHotel ****, City Square, LS1 1PL Leeds
The Queens is a landmark hotel in central Leeds, ideal for business or leisure, very close to the shops, clubs and bars. Easily accessible from the M1, M62 and A1, there is on-site parking for 70 cars (charges apply and no guarantee).
The Queens is the most famous hotel in Leeds city centre. Opened as a hotel in 1937, this historic property occupies a prime position on City Square, next to Leeds Train Station and within walking distance of the city centre attractions.

 Park Plaza Leeds ****, Boar Lane, City Square, LS1 5NS Leeds
Perfectly located in the city centre directly opposite Leeds railway station and just 100 metres from the main shopping, entertainment and cultural areas that Leeds has to offer, Park Plaza Leeds is undoubtedly the city's most stylish 4-star deluxe hotel.

 

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Travel Agents / Tour Operator

Superbreak
Superbreak offer leisure hotel breaks and features 2-5 star hotels, with the majority in the 3-4 star+ rating.

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 Harewood House Weddings
For those tired of the same old characterless hotels and banqueting suites, Harewood House can offer something entirely different. Its idyllic grounds are the perfect location for a fairytale wedding, dazzling reception or company celebration.
This unique wedding and hospitality venue is guaranteed to provide you and your guests with wonderful memories they are unlikely to forget.

 Country Holidays
Choose from over 4000 holiday properties - from romantic cottages for 2 to properties sleeping up to 22, great for a gathering of family and friends.

Travel Guides Leeds / Related books

Itchy Leeds: A City and Entertainment Guide to Leeds
Paperback: 128 pages; Publisher: Itchy Group; New Ed edition (30 Mar 2007); Language English; ISBN-10: 1905705190; ISBN-13: 978-1905705191 
Leeds Pevsner Architectural Guide - by Susan Wrathmell (Author)
Paperback: 320 pages; Publisher: Yale University Press (7 Jun 2005); Language English; ISBN-10: 0300107366; ISBN-13: 978-0300107364

Transport / How do I travel to Leeds

 Leeds Airport [ LBA ]  -  Leeds Bradford International Airport  -  ca. 4 km from Leeds
 Sheffield Airport [ SZD ]  -  Sheffield City  -  ca. 58 km from Leeds
 Robin Hood (DSA)  -  ca. 62 km from Leeds

  Opodo  -   
Flight tickets Leeds.

 

  -  Flights to Leeds
Book cheap flights to Leeds / Bradford at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online

  Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights  -  Flights to Leeds / Price comparison possible

From Leeds railway station MetroTrains operated by Northern Rail operate to all parts of West Yorkshire and surrounding local and commuter locations
Other operators including GNER, Virgin Cross Country, Midland Mainline and TransPennine Express operate services to the rest of the country.

 
thetrainline is the fully impartial rail ticketing website owned by the Virgin Group, Virgin Rail Group and National Express Group, providing the cheaper way to buy train tickets online. thetrainline provides fast, easy and secure access to timetables, tickets and fares for all National Rail journeys across the UK.

  -  Coach Line to Yorkshire

The Leeds Coach Station is located to the rear of Kirkgate market.

 Maps International  -  Maps of Leeds  
Mapsinternational.co.uk is one of the largest map shops online.
 Multimap.com 
Street-level maps, road maps; door-to-door travel directions; aerial photographs; and local information.


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 Travel Insurance  -  online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Leeds City Council 
Leeds' reputation for shopping goes from strength to strength, and the designer names keep on coming - Vivienne Westwood, Gieves and Hawkes, Karen Millen, but it's not just expensive shopping. Elegant Victorian and Edwardian Arcades, small boutiques and speciality shops meet with modern malls and the top household names - all found in a pedestrianised city centre.
Away from the shops are an impressive range of attractions. The Royal Armouries is the first national museum to houses part of the Royal Collection from the Tower of London, in a £42 million home on the waterfront.

 Football  -  Leeds United Football Club  -  playing at Elland Road
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
 Harewood House  -  country house near Harewood, West Yorkshire
Harewood House, home to the Queen's cousin, the Earl of Harewood, provides a wonderful day out for all the family. The House, with its outstanding art collections, splendid State Rooms and fascinating 'Below Stairs' exhibition, is set in spectacular grounds, which include formal gardens and gentle woodland walks.
 Henry Moore Institute Leeds  -  see Henry Moore Foundation
 Leeds City Museum  -  dedicated to the history of Yorkshire - see Leeds Museums and Galleries
 Leeds Trinity & All Saints
Started as a teacher training college, education is still a big part of what they do [ about a third of the current students are trainee teachers ], but soon Leeds Trinity & All Saint diversified into Media and Journalism, Business and Management and Arts and Social Sciences.
 News from Leeds  -  Yorkshire Post  -  daily newspaper, published in Leeds
 News  -  Yorkshire Evening Post  -  evening paper
 Radio  -  BBC Radio Leeds  -  Listen live
BBC Radio Leeds is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of West Yorkshire.
 Royal Armouries  -  houses the British national collection of arms and armour
 Thackray's Medical Museum 
One of the UK's leading museums, telling the story of medicine and explaining how advances in medicine have changed our lives. The museum is a fantastic day out, transporting you into a living experience of health and medicine, past, present and future. It's an inspiring visit for families, children and groups of all ages with plenty of fun and interaction.
 University of Leeds
 University  -  Leeds Metropolitan University [ Leeds Met ]
 West Yorkshire Playhouse
The Playhouse provides both a thriving focal point for the communities of West Yorkshire, and theatre of the highest standard for audiences throughout the region and beyond.

Cuisine - Yorkshire recipes

Susan Brookes' Yorkshire Kitchen 
Every style of traditional Yorkshire cooking in over 100 mouth-watering recipes. Easy to follow practical information on how to prepare each dish is combined with fascinating background on its origins.
Hardcover 144 pages (October 1, 1996); Publisher: Dalesman Publishing Company Ltd; ISBN: 1855681099
Yorkshire Fare: Traditional Cooking with Over 120 Local Recipes  -  Margaret Slack
Paperback 64 pages (February 1980); Publisher: Dalesman Publishing Company Ltd; ISBN: 0852065663

History of Leeds

 Leed's history  -  see Wikipedia
Leeds has been known since being mentioned (as "Ledes") in the Domesday Book of 1086, (the name evolved into "Leedes" and finally "Leeds"). Leeds was an agricultural market town in the Middle Ages...

 English Heritage
 National Trust

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

 Leeds College of Music [ LCM ]  -  largest music college in the UK
As the only specialist music college to offer both Higher and Further Education courses, Leeds College of Music provides a unique opportunity for students to progress from BTEC courses through to Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees.
 Leeds Festival Chorus
 Music in Leeds 
Leeds has a thriving musical scene, and has produced many notable artists...

 Leeds College of Art and Design [ formerly Jacob Kramer College ] - see useful links
 Leeds Museums and Galleries
Abbey House Museum, Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Leeds City Art Gallery, Lotherton Hall, Temple Newsam [ restored Tudor-Jacobean country residence ], Thwaite Mills Watermill, Leeds Museum Discovery Centre, Leeds City Museum, Harewood House, Henry Moore Institute, Horsforth Village Museum, Middleton Railway, Royal Armouries Museum, Thackray Medical Museum.

 City Varieties Music Hall
 Leeds Grand Theatre - Opera North
The Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House was built in 1878 in a backlash to the music hall tradition which was thought by 'polite society' to lower the tone of entertainment via the sort of humour presented in these pub-based establishments.
 Leeds City Art Gallery
 The Carriageworks Theatre
Located in the Electric Press development on Millennium Square, The Carriageworks is an exciting new community theatre in Leeds. The Carriageworks hosts a vibrant mix of plays, musicals, film, community events, youth theatre and workshops.
 West Yorkshire Playhouse
The Playhouse provides both a thriving focal point for the communities of West Yorkshire, and theatre of the highest standard for audiences throughout the region and beyond.

 Leeds Christmas Lights switch-on.
An annual event featuring a celebrity turning on the lights with the Lord Mayor.
 Leeds Festival  -  every year in Bramham Park
The Reading and Leeds Festivals, officially called the Carling Weekend, are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events both happen on the bank holiday weekend in August [ on Friday, Saturday, Sunday ].
 Leeds International Film Festival [ LIFF ]
The LIFF is the largest film festival in England outside London. 
  Leeds German Christmas Market
Held in Millennium Square every year from 17 November to 17 December. The market is one of the largest authentic German Christmas Markets in the UK, with traditional wooden stalls, greenery and twinkling white fairy lights, creating a unique continental style festive atmosphere.
 Ice Cube  -  Europe's largest open air ice skating rink
Held in Millennium Square annually jan / feb.

 Leeds Gig Guide
 Leeds Hiphop Scene 

Web Portals / Search Engines / Directories

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 Yorkshiredales.org 
The Yorkshire Dales is a fantastic blend of spectacular landscapes, outstanding heritage, outdoor activities and endless ways to enjoy a memorable holiday for you or the whole family.
The Yorkshire Dales has some of the finest scenery in the world. The contrasting silver grey limestone, heather-clad moors, ancient broadleaved woodlands and lush green meadows support a wide variety of animals, birds and wild flowers and provide an ideal habitat in which they can flourish.
 YorkshireNet - internet gateway to Yorkshire

 Yahoo  -  Leeds Directories

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