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Metropolitan district | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 89 | 628e71ebc09edd467312ba20c33967ddfb0d35b9fc86d7f10efd187d99a31326 | 21 | 3 |
At the time of the 2011 UK Census, the district had a total population of 751,500, representing a 5% growth since the previous census ten years earlier. According to the 2001 UK Census, there were 301,614 households in Leeds; 33.3% were married couples living together, 31.6% were single-person households, 9.0% were co-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 90 | 15bbe29ad7615266408f5ef2f94b715a4c546640e785960e9963ec54bf4116c1 | 494 | 146 |
Leeds is a diverse city with over 75 ethnic groups, and with ethnic minorities representing just under 11.6% of the total population. According to figures from the 2011 UK Census, 85.0% of the population was White (81.1% White British, 0.9% White Irish, 0.1% Gypsy or Irish Traveller, 2.9% Other White), 2.7% of mixed ra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 91 | ccdf653b3f7f1b4b70f734bf87ef7e825520710dda812ed8443faf3b74c38904 | 945 | 285 |
The majority of people in Leeds identify themselves as Christian. The proportion of Muslims (3.0% of the population) is average for the country. Leeds has the third-largest community of Jews in the United Kingdom, after those of London and Manchester. The areas of Alwoodley and Moortown contain sizeable Jewish communit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 92 | ff317a9962ad98cee6aeb3793db19e7168f0f12d33acca9429306d6e24dae1d1 | 959 | 232 |
Governance | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 93 | b13003d338ce0b58b12a6c78c2846f9bee35c639faf9541ead36c330b2cc2b13 | 10 | 1 |
The City of Leeds is the local government district covering Leeds, and the local authority is Leeds City Council. The council is composed of 99 councillors, three for each of the district's wards. Elections are held three years out of four, on the first Thursday of May. One third of the councillors are elected, for a f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 94 | 68b22d7c33594d2eb711b46e33323edfd7fdbccf6faa62d7075fc1a92a2d6e5b | 602 | 122 |
Most of the district is an unparished area. In the unparished area, there is no lower tier of government. Outside the unparished area, there are 31 civil parishes, represented by parish councils. These are the lowest tier of local government and absorb some limited functions from Leeds City Council in their areas. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 95 | 38c7b7b38ba36913a74cb0af2243564c90219c802ca445b81bc8f2ce42b4a2bb | 315 | 67 |
The district is represented by eight MPs, for the constituencies of Elmet and Rothwell (Alec Shelbrooke, Conservative); Leeds Central (Hilary Benn, Labour); Leeds East (Richard Burgon, Labour); Leeds North East (Fabian Hamilton, Labour); Leeds North West (Alex Sobel, Labour); Leeds West (Rachel Reeves, Labour); Morley ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 96 | e52e38fde477b651e2044e33a6c7e93cc512230db1116a6245da178b46d05740 | 450 | 102 |
Economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 97 | c74934def73f6fcca1dd4e17dcbad736743e0886d2fad8ab1fabe274a9b9f99a | 7 | 1 |
Leeds has the most diverse economy of all the UK's main employment centres and has seen the fastest rate of private sector jobs growth of any UK city and has the highest ratio of public to private sector jobs of all the UK's Core Cities. The city had the third-largest jobs total by local authority area with 480,000 in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 98 | e4c20f0a0afa058ac1dad1c3a6f5fad2c848b72694167a983aaf5b34802c29d2 | 1,048 | 268 |
In 2011, the financial and services industry in Leeds was worth £2.1 billion, the fifth-largest in the UK, behind London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham. Tertiary industries such as retail, call centres, offices and media have contributed to a high rate of economic growth. The city also hosts the only subsidiary ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 99 | 5b80bb84a345ce618dcb2c55e808b90ac33d51cb6ff35cd93e62779319d16a2a | 484 | 119 |
Key sectors include finance, retail, leisure and the visitor economy, construction, manufacturing and the creative and digital industries. It has one of the most diverse economies of all the UK's main employment centres and has seen the fastest rate of private-sector jobs growth of any UK city. It also has the highest ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 100 | ea46bae49abf8a11d1e1f9b044e7ad37a38c88fc70264de064cc678c5720b839 | 859 | 186 |
Office developments, also traditionally located in the inner area, have expanded south of the River Aire and total of space. In the period from 1999 to 2008 £2.5bn of property development was undertaken in central Leeds; of which £711m has been offices, £265m retail, £389m leisure and £794m housing. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 101 | 482414ac4ee99ddcc4a5c7835f7f6cd1423cd4813340c521f9f424fc52a00ef8 | 301 | 85 |
The city saw several firsts, including the oldest-surviving film in existence, Roundhay Garden Scene (1888), and the 1767 invention of soda water. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 102 | b60a429b7b187b5a9ff0330b55a2303a43b2703df1c36bbeed159b69c233644e | 146 | 39 |
Major companies based in the city include William Hill, Channel 4, International Personal Finance, Asda, Leeds Building Society and Northern Foods. Capita Group, KPMG, Direct Line, Aviva, Yorkshire Building Society, BT Group, Telefónica Europe (O2 Ltd) and TD Waterhouse all also have a considerable presence in the city... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 103 | 1c32168ec0772d182c85a6a3bc1076dc50d8c03c3a59f74c2fa46bd66e4c63e3 | 507 | 101 |
Leeds is the UK's third-largest manufacturing centre and 50% of the UK's manufacturing base is within a two-hour drive of Leeds. With around 1,800 firms and 39,000 employees, Leeds manufacturing firms account for 8.8% of total employment in the city. The largest sub-sectors are engineering, printing and publishing, foo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 104 | f715e89ea982e95f87d988cd18f006b3d0dc8c49fe314d8b37e864f8e63d197c | 459 | 107 |
There is an established creative industry in the city, particularly in the digital gaming sector. A number of large developers have studios in and around the city, including Activision, developers of the mobile versions of the Call of Duty series, and Rockstar Leeds, developers of the Grand Theft Auto series. In 2009 L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 105 | e47a6a3926fe028ea42a817f2ad669ba272e32e80cc222458eeb672329a5c16d | 386 | 77 |
Finance | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 106 | c6e6ab49c079830000339c8546b680f131d9abc44c50feb3509e22879d8c4f11 | 7 | 1 |
Leeds is the largest centre outside London for financial and business services. Over the next ten years, the economy is forecast to grow by 25% with financial and business services set to generate over half of GVA growth over that period with Finance and business services accounting for 38% of total output. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 107 | d33b33428204d3d04ad83fd6bd0c25891728bb02a7a3f34bbb75572415e6f9c2 | 308 | 62 |
The finance and business service sector account for 38% of total output with more than 30 national and international banks located in the city, including an office of the Bank of England. Leeds is also the UK's third-largest manufacturing centre with around 1,800 firms and 39,000 employees; Leeds manufacturing firms ac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 108 | c5040c2629bdedec767d9c3338e95de7c35f5edff25fefa755f7ac0de077d239 | 533 | 121 |
Leeds has over 30 national and international banks, many of whose northern or regional offices are based in the city. It is the headquarters for First Direct and Yorkshire Bank, and has large Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest Group and Santander operations. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 109 | 099211de81db0fd153b9d9efef194bcc53308dc3cdf9dbafe270a47e5616f6e1 | 269 | 53 |
The city is also an important centre for equity, venture, infrastructure and risk finance. The venture capital provider, YFM Equity Partners, founded in Leeds, is now the UK's largest provider of risk capital to small and medium-sized enterprises. The UK Infrastructure Bank, founded in 2021 to support economic growth i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 110 | 828f12127bd4812d77f9d5062d66c2c7f98f7ed47480608d73ce512d36782070 | 399 | 82 |
Law | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 111 | 94a651138fa635acce42afe96282f8611810ff3fc6af8a1062d4b93f4048c3b4 | 3 | 1 |
There are around 150 law firms operating in Leeds, employing over 6,700 people. According to The UK Legal 500, "Leeds has a sophisticated and highly competitive legal market, second only to London." | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 112 | b2b931d4eaa15ef622797f1e432294182f9bd17a8c7a1ac405270b4615f17fcf | 198 | 49 |
Specialist legal expertise to be found in Leeds includes corporate finance, corporate restructuring and insolvency, global project financing, trade and investment, commercial litigation, competition, construction, Private Finance Initiatives and Public Private Partnerships, tax, derivatives, IT, employment, pensions, i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 113 | b6a73b3da1586606b565779e13adfc6aaf14b58e1bc2867c3434f6648cb083a5 | 366 | 58 |
The establishment of an Administrative Court in Leeds in April 2009 reinforced Leeds's position as one of the UK's key legal centres. The court previously sat only in London. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 114 | 4ebd22df57f40ac42e28f6b6630fb191a3ae9f435a566e2361e30ae3836a9bc8 | 174 | 39 |
Leisure and tourism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 115 | dd955200b559f1bef09ab8df8fc1d4e80ddfa79bc8171e5b1446842a695823da | 19 | 4 |
Tourism is important to the Leeds economy, in 2009 Leeds was the eighth-most visited city in England by UK visitors. and the 13th-most visited city by overseas visitors. Research by VisitEngland reported that the day visitor market to Leeds attracts 24.9 million people each year, worth over £654 million to the local ec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 116 | 847fe1484c020e011d99d2fb52dc8b0031adad9afe985a131490415fea30071f | 442 | 114 |
In 2016, Leeds received 27.29 million leisure tourist visits generating over £1.6bn for the city, according to data from a STEAM survey. That was a 15.9% increase in revenue over 2015. A 9.7% increase in visits had been recorded since 2013. The industry supported over 19,000 full-time equivalent jobs in 2016. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 117 | 84a36139eb0789a881214d0734d2e448cb6d835ad64d95311cac2f7364a43bf6 | 310 | 101 |
Public sector | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 118 | 9f3a76e8c0b11cde7f8e827d0d54ba713d5f2f8e61f1def4835bd56b5e6041e9 | 13 | 2 |
In Leeds, 108,000 people work in the public sector—24% of the workforce. The largest employers are Leeds City Council, with 33,000 staff, and the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, with 14,000 staff. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 119 | 906617792b6765ed6c2aa7986b9c352d8852d74536990e6f5c84b12e4901a6ee | 200 | 61 |
Leeds has become a hub of public-sector health bodies. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England, the Care Quality Commission, NHS Digital, and Public Health England all have large offices in Leeds. Europe's largest teaching hospital is also based in Leeds, and is home to the Yorkshire Cancer Centre,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 120 | 2c0b26383fcdfd90059e7346739de148f039bfecaa257e5bf0fc4f57412ac784 | 355 | 74 |
Key government departments and organisations in Leeds include the Department for Work and Pensions, with over 3,000 staff, the DHSC, with over 800 staff, HM Revenue and Customs with over 1,200 staff and the British Library with 1,100 staff. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 121 | a7a69de7dd09a33673d675569699913f99d2038c65594712c37568cefbe78cce | 240 | 63 |
Trade | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 122 | 20d7ec3e6b5de01aa4c9a428b0698cc9839a5afaa4d1ce009dd75ada048f8364 | 5 | 1 |
The city centre has a large pedestrian zone. Briggate is the main shopping street where one can find many well-known British High Street stores, including Marks & Spencer, Costa Coffee, and Harvey Nichols. Many companies have several stores within Central Leeds and the wider city. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 123 | d5139f9e77b5e055ae080a88d8814eeadc74ccb96e5c370941faf2e7efd3a457 | 281 | 54 |
Leeds is home to one of the largest indoor markets in Europe, Leeds Kirkgate Market. The district also has various regular local markets in Otley, Pudsey, and Yeadon. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 124 | 8c3895292d4cdaa0e0ca9e2b768104be0c41a5c9394eade2b5bcdbba440aa83a | 166 | 39 |
Between 1987 – 1995 Leeds, Kirkgate market was renovated. The changes have maximised the retail provision in the market without compromising the historical features of the building, so much so that the renovated Kirkgate Market Hall structure was promoted from Grade II to Grade I listing status, and was subsequently no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 125 | 02a68d7d2d00f9eb86349db3638a95d0bcfac4a236350543fe7cd5b791d3a421 | 352 | 74 |
There is an annual German Christmas Market ("Christkindelmarkt") based in Millennium Square, usually running from early November to mid-late December. The 2020 Christmas Market was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 126 | c2e750b10019d7f8752d029c2a158c8bc5cd1eaff403df0b27155f25d5526f6f | 227 | 45 |
The extensive retail area of Leeds is the principal regional shopping centre for the whole of the Yorkshire and the Humber region, offering a spend of £1.93 billion annually in 2013. There are a number of indoor shopping centres in the centre of the city, including the Merrion Centre, St John's Centre, The Core, the Vi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 127 | fef6049c6a0f6bdf57d44f9bdc977f289e38298f5b9045e921acdff7df28ab94 | 503 | 119 |
The Victoria Quarter is notable for its high-end luxury retailers and impressive architecture. 70 stores such as Louis Vuitton, Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith, Diesel, and anchor Harvey Nichols are contained within two iron-wrought Victorian arcades, and a new arcade formed by arcading Queen Victoria Street with the lar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 128 | efb2ec1426408b3354851d570f7b59710a7d8921be57b26b4616d5ee0e308f75 | 361 | 70 |
In the Churwell area of Leeds is the White Rose Shopping Centre. Opening in 1997, the centre has over 100 high street stores anchored by Marks & Spencer, Primark, NEXT, and Sainsbury's. Some stores have their only Leeds presence here and do not trade in Central Leeds, such as the Disney Store and Build-A-Bear workshop. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 129 | d0a53f5b3fdd7695a0839129ae1f0064ed3d2110ff124bdc6ba40b30f394a369 | 320 | 78 |
On 21 March 2013, a large shopping and leisure complex called Trinity Leeds opened in the city centre. The modern and interactive retail space covers the old Burton Arcades and the former Leeds Shopping Plaza with its main entrance from Briggate. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 130 | ab587382eec62d3be1088b9aa489646d926c551ee62da63ae500ce286857dfab | 246 | 52 |
On 20 October 2016, Victoria Gate shopping centre opened with its flagship store, John Lewis. Three quarters of the stores in Victoria Gate were the first for the retailers outside of London. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 131 | 88cb2eb5e3791a1aeb6fb3b127362ccb7d4aed94f879a8e89a0aa22c1d5f93a3 | 191 | 42 |
Of the 40,000 people who work in retailing in Leeds, three quarters work in the wider district. The Springs, located to the east of the city suburbs, just off junction 46 of the M1. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 132 | 0a6e884d7ebca8bf04c9762d180af03ec1709519d45c773cd972c1c0290b960a | 181 | 48 |
Landmarks | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 133 | 22b0686429b05976f91d5f2f04a159f52bf802a0fd4b3c3b239949c839b7ab7a | 9 | 2 |
Leeds displays a variety of natural and built landmarks. Natural landmarks include such diverse sites as the gritstone outcrop of Otley Chevin and the Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve. The city's parks at Roundhay and Temple Newsam have long been owned and maintained by the council for the benefit of ratepayers and among the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 134 | b63f128858083068e8019d42b36ee272c7de0c3877adf52fc61ff82f0871ddf0 | 567 | 117 |
The built environment embraces edifices of civic pride like Morley Town Hall and the trio of buildings in Leeds, Leeds Town Hall, Corn Exchange, and Leeds City Museum, by the architect Cuthbert Brodrick. The two white buildings on the Leeds skyline are the Parkinson building of Leeds University and the Civic Hall, with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 135 | 6b3e93ea7404820b5b64087e45f5128b61224d4c49b8a75a05c09919db5c9ba6 | 379 | 77 |
Armley Mills, Tower Works, with its campanile-inspired towers, and the Egyptian-style Temple Works hark back to the city's industrial past, while the site and ruins of Kirkstall Abbey display the beauty and grandeur of Cistercian architecture. Notable churches are Leeds Minster (formerly Leeds Parish Church), St George... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 136 | 0f417860695eedbede9f925a9734cef0c7a8c2752858de923e1d9aca4ceed8db | 605 | 133 |
Leeds is one of only a few UK cities outside of London to have a significant number of high-rise buildings, the tower of Bridgewater Place, also known as The Dalek, is part of a major office and residential development and was the region's tallest building until Altus House was completed in 2021; it can be seen for mi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 137 | 0ad41c9bb15362621660f0fcbfc8a73f80ba6ee571be5dacd41bec76881b5d49 | 1,114 | 231 |
Elland Road (football) and Headingley Stadium (cricket and rugby) are well known to sports enthusiasts, and the White Rose Centre is a well-known retail outlet. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 138 | 93fb9635f662c7dc1fce73189d19cb7d8069af1468266de304e5336bc0eb25e8 | 160 | 36 |
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It is the A62, A63, A64, A65, A647, and A660 roads' starting points. The city is situated on the A58, A61, M1, and M62 – the latter two intersect to its south of Leeds and the A1(M) passes to the east. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 141 | 1f81b1eee3bcd0a7f20ad5088ce4c34d9e3e006d48d14d481fc00176b7a4b690 | 201 | 77 |
The radial M621 takes traffic into central Leeds from the M62 and M1. There is an Inner Ring Road with part motorway status and an Outer Ring Road. Part of the city centre is pedestrianised, and is encircled by the clockwise-only Loop Road. The East Leeds Orbital Route's construction started in summer 2019 with complet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 142 | 9633ebc26708443d10ac65590ec7fafb8ca5f863aa8efe55ebf12eac7c4747f4 | 347 | 85 |
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Transport in Leeds is dominated by car usage: in 2018 it was the 9th most congested UK city, costing £1,057 per driver. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 144 | 7c4ae748a97cd1ca35d93caf1c911d5096dd9f3a45ec56c4f85f0ab1ce399f42 | 119 | 36 |
Public transport in the Leeds area is coordinated and developed by West Yorkshire Metro, with service information provided by the company and Leeds City Council. There is a coach station for National Express coach services in the city. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 145 | 9b864d5d869f11c06fb2fb3b8938279e9c2a960d5cdda3a0f0ddec2a14f718d5 | 235 | 41 |
The main type of public transport in Leeds are bus services. Leeds City bus station (on Dyer Street) has long-distance bus services to nearby towns and cities and a small number of local area services. The main providers are First Leeds and Arriva Yorkshire, the latter serves routes in the city's south. Harrogate Bus C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 146 | 8eaa099363da909f87dfa2832521307138216aa614d42e25fbc8d95f59d96ceb | 605 | 127 |
Air quality in Leeds was declared as "unsafe" by the World Health Organization in May 2019. Neville Street, near Leeds railway station, has been measured as the most polluted outside London. A Clean Air Zone, throughout north Leeds and the city centre, was proposed in 2018. The plan, similar to the London Low Emission ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 147 | e0c9be20266cc5963c9b7799b409eb3435ac69d8bf29010dd185e13c9af4c53b | 577 | 134 |
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In 2017 Leeds had the third busiest outside of London. From the station at New Station Street, West Yorkshire Metro trains operated by Northern run to Leeds' suburbs, the wider area, national and international connections. It has 18 platforms, the most outside of London. High Speed 2 Phase Two was intended to connect ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 149 | c0c70783622a6676f322d7f50c4cca68242d6445ab72f12484d06736c46977ac | 437 | 96 |
The borough, governed from Leeds, has 16 railway stations. A parkway station serving Leeds Bradford Airport and two other new stations in the area, planned for within the next 20 years, were announced in 2016. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 150 | 7460ba470c45669c2693d5e998dc050e8e4b4908678115982c50877265f9a199 | 209 | 50 |
Leeds and the rest of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area has less extensive public transport coverage than any other UK city region of comparable size, and it is the most populated area in Europe without any form of light rail or underground system. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 151 | 4ce3fd595ccca7ad4a24af1c8a89e9849eff159d7e28c2b09f135a438ec2080d | 247 | 47 |
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Leeds Bradford International Airport is located in Yeadon, about to the north-west of the city centre, and has direct flights to 8 UK destinations and 70 international destinations. The airport is the tenth busiest airport outside London, with scheduled services running to London Heathrow, Amsterdam, Dublin, and Barce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 153 | 524e9b907a524cad70770ab1e252bac1a5a81d68a951a5134f5b0d4656836a40 | 395 | 77 |
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Plans for a public transport network in Leeds have been suggested: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 155 | a98e5f559d65ce32ec8b628b42ca6511a1557299a0392a5f05763e6503eddd07 | 66 | 12 |
In the 1940s, there were plans to build an extensive underground system, not built due to the Second World War. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 156 | 914a0e4d360019c90a23c7a4f291d6848d7514188e5fa397a24f97af168324d7 | 111 | 28 |
The Leeds Supertram in the 1990s had £500 million in funding to be provided, this was cancelled, with £40 million already spent on the project, by the Transport Minister Alistair Darling in 2005 due to unforeseen added costs. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 157 | 0017aeef811a0605057e38c3250aa2b3cad73a8a4e89bb051b80b4a219ff2c5d | 225 | 63 |
A proposed £250 million re-introduction of trolleybus in 2007; the plans were cancelled in May 2016 citing little value for money, after millions of pounds spent on inquiries. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 158 | 3c424a682b9b1a8e44a885c55784f9ca76bbd9a8f2a42eddd112a0014d3faf93 | 175 | 47 |
In June 2019, as part of his bid to become Prime Minister, Boris Johnson stated that it was "madness" that Leeds did not have a metro system. In December 2019, during his first Queen's Speech, Johnson promised to "remedy the scandal that Leeds is the largest city in Western Europe without light rail or a metro". | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 159 | 513dbc96992e5255ad96d160e27cfa3991783bd6c6f57a41d7334be3a17d773d | 313 | 78 |
Walking | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 160 | 15deedcb333c4c272408cdeba5f839614889b2cd28b5ece11e303a0c1c9d3561 | 7 | 1 |
The Leeds Country Way is a waymarked circular walk of through the rural outskirts of the city, never more than from City Square. The Meanwood Valley Trail leads from Woodhouse Moor along Meanwood Beck to Golden Acre Park. The Leeds extension of the Dales Way follows the Meanwood Valley Trail before it branches off to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 161 | 971414d51c29052f996a1ec420c5c9c731479c20272e6294101c3d3e6f83035c | 877 | 177 |
Education | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 162 | 7a4f94f5fbdea2d0f250e242106f953a13368333933eb8ac61c39eae8c0b351e | 9 | 1 |
Museums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 163 | 1e09bf9bdef7c6f27a38eedb428d873907f97848f7867423827f4b1f799b67e4 | 7 | 2 |
Leeds has 16 museums and galleries including nine that are council-run. Smaller museums in Leeds include Otley Museum; Horsforth Village Museum; ULITA, an Archive of International Textiles; and the museum at Fulneck Moravian Settlement. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 164 | a37c6728d14e2c1f8b74dc58e7a3b2c2a4a4ef8f5ee4c5193d9033a71e72a6b6 | 236 | 49 |
Leeds City Museum opened in 2008 at Millennium Square. It is a major museum for the city: showcasing its designated collections of local history; world cultures; natural history; archaeology and fine and decorative arts plus a diverse programme of special exhibitions. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 165 | c561e1a9d28dc7d4b4198483defe462a40c557a337bf4d65fe93b7666501e1da | 268 | 51 |
Abbey House Museum is housed in the former gatehouse of Kirkstall Abbey, and includes walk-through Victorian streets and galleries describing the history of the abbey, childhood, and Victorian Leeds. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 166 | c7ce73ce2f03876b2b37f489e4b83174e9d45999f0fdd1ba9c08f1f47ed540a8 | 199 | 38 |
Armley Mills Industrial Museum is housed in what was once the world's largest woollen mill, and includes industrial machinery and railway locomotives. This museum also shows the first known moving pictures in the world which were taken in the city, by Louis Le Prince, of a Roundhay Garden Scene and of Leeds Bridge in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 167 | bcf6610fadd9f87ee18dd807273b94eac28c0ae3453323563a996898fafa4eb4 | 372 | 79 |
The Thackray Museum is a museum of the history of medicine, featuring topics such as Victorian public health, pre-anaesthesia surgery, and safety in childbirth. It is housed in a former workhouse next to St James's Hospital. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 168 | 6fe68804d7047c8e8ee5c6d7521066776c2b6982c3c1e168d7d4b646ce6a5f2e | 224 | 49 |
The Royal Armouries Museum, the United Kingdom's national collection of arms and armour, opened in 1996 in a dramatic modern building when this part of the collection was transferred from the Tower of London. It is located a short distance from the city centre at Leeds Dock. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 169 | a06c2b39ba14386ce1f9b4354be65fc33b583c5df8f14f9040ee1cdd8160bba2 | 275 | 59 |
Thwaite Mills Watermill Museum is a fully restored 1820s water-powered mill on the River Aire to the east of the city centre. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 170 | b80e39b4ea8ffc27ce3010edb9fe5a471991748ee7f2057d910457acf4164998 | 125 | 32 |
Nearby is the Leeds Museum Discovery Centre (formerly housed at the Leeds Museum Resource Centre in Yeadon), the major storage of items not currently on display in museums, and open to the public by appointment. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 171 | bd7590c836d2209125dd3aa58172a27043df413a12d86800e5ecfba7f12e61a8 | 211 | 41 |
Universities and colleges | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 172 | 03fc7b61968f4dcc2f794bac72e51bcf60a26241d076bfce619c20873aff14fd | 25 | 4 |
Further education in Leeds is provided by Elliott Hudson College, Leeds City College (formed by a merger in 2009 and having over 60,000 students), Leeds College of Building, University Technical College (UTC) Leeds, and Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 173 | 98db004f8181b1180d4814b99c299063a3c84199394c00ea917bf5c1e9bc299f | 259 | 58 |
The city is served by five universities, has the UK's fourth-largest student population and the country's fourth-largest urban economy. Institutions providing higher education include: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 174 | 6c3798b91e54d7cc337b3bf17e57168381d162f257c1bd4ca1a2b544c8934682 | 184 | 35 |
The University of Leeds, which received its charter in 1904 having developed from the Yorkshire College which was founded in 1874 and the Leeds School of Medicine of 1831; | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 175 | 368fd9c66ea4957a0c32460c4af40fb2e9a539d419429bb253cbebd8ccb7114d | 171 | 43 |
Leeds Beckett University, formerly Leeds Polytechnic, which became a university in 1992 as Leeds Metropolitan University, and can trace its roots to the Mechanics' Institute of 1824; | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 176 | 22cae77cea4adb1e4810435557d2489e7a5d49b7f0e8a9267e25c95d0063697d | 182 | 40 |
Leeds Trinity University, which began in 1966 as two teacher training colleges which merged in 1980 to form Trinity and All Saints College and became a university in 2012; | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 177 | ae5b1aeea1cee18010fc13fac763f3f4aca474d31f49b1fc7fc59e2eb00b1dff | 171 | 43 |
Leeds Arts University, formerly Leeds College of Art, which was founded in 1846 as the Leeds School of Art, and became a university in 2017; | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 178 | b89be0f9b777daa8bfbc1d329b5c0e8ef467f6409e5b12877d79bdb75e0b5b85 | 140 | 37 |
The University of Law, formerly the College of Law, which became a university in 2012 and moved to its current Leeds centre campus from York in 2014; | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 179 | 5a9a274a23c317481e04bd5f9f07fe8aed75c11ef005a8058d993276d05a9ded | 149 | 38 |
Leeds Conservatoire; | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 180 | c12876b4adc12c22c990c33d0c2c2479ce0ea99aa8fec626b463dba78ef93bf6 | 20 | 4 |
Northern School of Contemporary Dance; | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 181 | cc21faa58f750f3a7992dcf8f0b285614c295333ea8294930541e52d72bb757e | 38 | 6 |
University Centre Leeds, part of Leeds City College. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 182 | e9978877f30abe375c9b0f0a948335c3d25555e67d8a105227ddcc9e39805b95 | 52 | 10 |
The University of Leeds has about 31,000 students, of which 21,500 are full-time or sandwich undergraduate degree students, Leeds Beckett University has 25,805 students of which 12,000 are full-time or sandwich undergraduate degree students and 2,100 full-time or sandwich HND students. Leeds Trinity University has just... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 183 | 69df2a0405065203bd7dcf66ab4b2939b1c8b324db4e27b2a3b2e5c90509e875 | 438 | 111 |
Schools | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 184 | 7a7197cff87356c28ed9a1548ccba152d5e9db1e289d4df836ab73401bace066 | 7 | 1 |
At the time of the 2001 census Leeds had a population of 183,000 young people aged 0–19 of whom 110,000 were attending local authority schools. In 2008 Education Leeds, a non-profit company owned by Leeds City Council, provided for 220 primary schools, 39 secondary schools and 6 special inclusive learning centres. Unde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 185 | ca0b4cdbeb67b1facddecaa31f1dd0ba90ac29191a4925bb8da6c2722f02cd0c | 1,080 | 264 |
Leeds was one of a number of local authorities to try the three-tier system with first, middle and secondary schools. It reverted to the two-tier system in 1992. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 186 | a66ccedb293ae6401acbef880c2bcc85414c6d475034ab49aa5d7372a3e14871 | 161 | 39 |
Culture and community | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 187 | 0faa94f061031edcd8136af7fba16f2b6fe7d0b649eeecff64efb826ebeb19db | 21 | 3 |
In 2018, Leeds embarked on a five-year cultural investment programme, culminating in a year of cultural celebration in 2023. In 2023 the city will hold an international cultural festival which will harness the energy, creativity and momentum of the bid to be European Capital of Culture 2023, from which Leeds and other ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds | 8262427 | 188 | 48707c242bec4cd244ef4aeff297bc8c619810ae1876ff7c0993c477a9dbe9ff | 422 | 93 |
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