Leeds

Leeds is the largest city in the county of and the third largest city in , though its urban area size falls behind that of .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include North West and Central Leeds.

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Leeds is a large and diverse part of the city of Leeds, extending from Burley out as far as Guiseley and the city's airport. It is especially popular with students in areas such as Burley and Hyde Park where the accommodation is cheap and close to the university.

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Leeds city centre is the central business district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is roughly bounded by the Inner Ring Road to the north and the to the south and can be divided into several quarters.

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is an extensive area of the city of Leeds, bounded by the river Aire to the north and Fulneck, the M621 and M62 to the south. It is separated from South Leeds by Whitehall Road and from North by the river.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as South Leeds and North East.

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is the southern portion of the city of Leeds, with the river Aire to the north-east, the city centre, docks and Holbeck to the north, the M621 to the west and M62 to the south.

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Leeds is the north-eastern portion of the city of Leeds. This part of Leeds is one of the wealthiest parts of the city with many leafy, affluent districts and suburbs, as well as trendy areas such as Chapel Allerton.

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is the area of the city of Leeds between the river Aire, Easterley and Wetherby Roads, Leeds City Centre and the villages of Elmet and the Aire valley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Elland Road and Leeds City Railway Station.

Stadium
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, or Stadium, is a football stadium in , West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919.

Railway station
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Leeds railway station serves the of Leeds, in , England. It is located on New Station Street to the south of , at the foot of Park Row, behind the landmark .

Town hall
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is a 19th-century municipal building on The Headrow, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Planned to include law courts, a council chamber, offices, a public hall, and a suite of ceremonial rooms, it was built between 1853 and 1858 to a design by the architect Cuthbert Brodrick.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hunslet and Armley.

Suburb
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is an inner-city area in south Leeds, , England. It is 1 mile southeast of the and has an industrial past. It is situated in the and Riverside ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds South parliamentary constituency.

Suburb
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is a district in the west of Leeds, , England. It starts less than 1 mile from . Like much of Leeds, grew in the Industrial Revolution and had several mills, one of which now houses the .

Suburb
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is an area of 1960s high-rise housing blocks in inner-city east Leeds, , England adjacent to the city centre and St. James's Hospital.

Leeds

Latitude
53.7974° or 53° 47′ 51″ north
Longitude
-1.5438° or 1° 32′ 38″ west
Population
766,000
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
IATA airport code
LBA
United Nations Location Code
GB LBA
Open location code
9C5WQFW4+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358309
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2644688
Wiki­data ID
Q39121
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Leeds” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Leeds”
  • Amharic: “ሊድስ”
  • Arabic: “ليدز”
  • Arabic: “ليدس”
  • Arabic: “لييدز”
  • Aragonese: “Leeds”
  • Armenian: “Լիդս”
  • Asturian: “Leeds”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lids”
  • Balinese: “Leeds”
  • Basque: “Leeds”
  • Bavarian: “Leeds”
  • Belarusian: “Лідс”
  • Bengali: “লিডস”
  • Bosnian: “Leeds”
  • Breton: “Leeds”
  • Bulgarian: “Лийдс”
  • Catalan: “Leeds”
  • Cebuano: “Leeds”
  • Central Kurdish: “لیدز”
  • Chechen: “Лидс”
  • Chinese: “Leeds”
  • Chinese: “列斯”
  • Chinese: “利兹”
  • Chinese: “利茲”
  • Chinese: “里茲”
  • Croatian: “Leeds”
  • Czech: “Leeds”
  • Danish: “Leeds”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Leeds”
  • Dutch: “Leeds”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليدز”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه ليدز”
  • Esperanto: “Leeds”
  • Esperanto: “Lidso”
  • Estonian: “Leeds”
  • Faroese: “Leeds”
  • Finnish: “Leeds”
  • French: “Leeds”
  • Galician: “Leeds”
  • Georgian: “ლიდზი”
  • Georgian: “ლიდსი”
  • German: “Leeds”
  • Greek: “Leeds”
  • Greek: “Ληντς”
  • Greek: “Λιντς”
  • Gujarati: “લીડ્ઝ”
  • Hausa: “Leeds”
  • Hebrew: “לידז”
  • Hebrew: “לידס”
  • Hindi: “लीड्स”
  • Hungarian: “City of Leeds”
  • Hungarian: “Leeds”
  • Icelandic: “Leeds”
  • Ido: “Leeds”
  • Indonesian: “Leeds”
  • Interlingua: “Leeds”
  • Interlingue: “Leeds”
  • Irish: “Leeds”
  • Italian: “Leeds”
  • Japanese: “リーズ”
  • Kannada: “ಲೀಡ್ಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Лидс”
  • Kirghiz: “Лидс”
  • Korean: “리즈”
  • Kurdish: “Leeds”
  • Ladin: “Leeds”
  • Latin: “Ledesia”
  • Latin: “Leedesium”
  • Latin: “Leeds”
  • Latin: “Leodis”
  • Latin: “Loidae”
  • Latin: “Loidis”
  • Latvian: “Leeds”
  • Latvian: “Līdsa”
  • Lithuanian: “Leeds”
  • Lithuanian: “Lidsas”
  • Lithuanian: “Lydsas”
  • Lombard: “Leeds”
  • Low German: “Leeds”
  • Luxembourgish: “Leeds”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Leeds”
  • Macedonian: “Лидс”
  • Malagasy: “Leeds”
  • Malay: “Leeds”
  • Malayalam: “ലീഡ്സ്”
  • Maltese: “Leeds”
  • Manipuri: “ꯂꯤꯗ꯭ꯁ (ꯃꯐꯝ)”
  • Manipuri: “ꯂꯤꯗ꯭ꯁ”
  • Manx: “Leeds”
  • Marathi: “लीड्झ”
  • Marathi: “लीड्स”
  • Mazanderani: “لیدز”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Leeds”
  • Nepali: “लीड्स”
  • Northern Frisian: “Leeds”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leeds”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leeds”
  • Norwegian: “Leeds”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Leeds”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܠܝܕܙ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܠܝܕܣ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Leeds”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Loidis”
  • Ossetian: “Лидс”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੀਡਸ”
  • Persian: “لیدز”
  • Piemontese: “Leeds”
  • Polish: “Leeds”
  • Portuguese: “Leeds”
  • Quechua: “Leeds”
  • Romanian: “Leeds”
  • Russian: “Лидс”
  • Sardinian: “Leeds”
  • Scots: “Leeds”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Leeds”
  • Serbian: “Leeds”
  • Serbian: “Лидз”
  • Serbian: “Лидс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Leeds”
  • Silesian: “Leeds”
  • Sinhala: “ලීඩ්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Leeds”
  • Slovenian: “Leeds”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لیدز”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Leeds”
  • Spanish: “Cross Gates”
  • Spanish: “Leeds”
  • Swahili: “Leeds”
  • Swedish: “Leeds, West Yorkshire”
  • Swedish: “Leeds”
  • Swiss German: “Leeds”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Leeds”
  • Tajik: “Лидс”
  • Talysh: “Lids”
  • Tamil: “இலீட்சு”
  • Tamil: “லீட்சு”
  • Tamil: “லீட்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Лидс”
  • Telugu: “లీడ్స్”
  • Thai: “ลีดส์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Leeds”
  • Turkish: “Leeds”
  • Twi: “Leeds”
  • Uighur: “Ritis”
  • Uighur: “رىتىس”
  • Ukrainian: “Лідс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Leeds”
  • Urdu: “لیڈز”
  • Uzbek: “Lids”
  • Venetian: “Leeds”
  • Veps: “Lids”
  • Vietnamese: “Leeds”
  • Vlax Romani: “Leeds”
  • Volapük: “Leeds”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Leeds, West Yorkshire”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Leeds”
  • Welsh: “Leeds”
  • Western Frisian: “Leeds”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیڈز”
  • Wu Chinese: “利兹”
  • Yiddish: “לידז”
  • Yue Chinese: “列斯”
  • “Leeds”

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