Leeds Library
The Leeds Library is the oldest surviving subscription library of its type in the UK. It was founded in 1768, following an advertisement placed in the Leeds Intelligencer earlier that year.Photo: Mdbeckwith, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Library
- Description: oldest surviving subscription library in Britain
- Also known as: “The Leeds Library”
- Address: 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, LS1 6AL
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trinity Leeds and Leeds City Varieties.
Trinity Leeds
Shopping center
Photo: Pinnacle Leeds, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trinity Leeds is a shopping and leisure centre in the city centre of Leeds, England, named after the adjacent 18th-century Holy Trinity Church. Developed by Land Securities and designed by Chapman Taylor, it opened on 21 March 2013, with over 130,000 recorded visitors on opening day. Trinity Leeds is situated 350 feet southeast of Leeds Library.
Leeds City Varieties
Theater building
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Leeds City Varieties is a Grade II* listed music hall in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Leeds City Varieties is situated 640 feet northeast of Leeds Library.
Briggate
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Briggate is a pedestrianised principal shopping street in Leeds city centre, England. Historically it was the main street, leading north from Leeds Bridge, and housed markets, merchant's houses and other business premises. Briggate is situated 470 feet east of Leeds Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leeds and Central Leeds.
Leeds
Photo: Lad 2011, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leeds is the largest city in the county of West Yorkshire and the third largest city in Britain, though its urban area size falls behind that of Manchester.
Central Leeds
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 River Aire to the south and can be divided into several quarters.
Arena Quarter
Quarter
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arena Quarter is a mixed city centre development with residential, retail and office developments in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is located in Leeds city centre and the area is best known for housing Leeds Arena.
Leeds Library
- Categories: subscription library, library building, charitable organization, and education
- Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.79747° or 53° 47′ 51″ northLongitude
-1.54446° or 1° 32′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C5WQFW4+X6OpenStreetMap ID
node 920423335OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryWikidata ID
Q6515993
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Leeds Library” goes by many names.
- Slovenian: “Knjižnica v Leedsu”
- Slovenian: “Leeds Library”
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