Armouries Square

Armouries Square is a large public square in central Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, adjacent to the Royal Armouries Museum, after which it is named.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Armouries Museum and Leeds Dock.

Royal Armouries Museum

Museum

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The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a national museum that holds the National Collection of Arms and Armour. It is part of the Royal Armouries family of museums, with other sites at the Royal Armouries' traditional home in the Tower of London, and the National Collection of Artillery at Fort Nelson, Hampshire.

Leeds Dock

Marina

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Leeds Dock is a mixed development with retail, office and leisure presence by the River Aire in central Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has a large residential population in waterside apartments. Leeds Dock is situated 380 feet west of Armouries Square.

Leeds Discovery Centre

Museum

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Leeds Discovery Centre is the purpose-built display storage facility built for Leeds Museums & Galleries in 2007. It was funded by Leeds City Council and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Leeds Discovery Centre is situated 1,000 feet south of Armouries Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Richmond Hill and Quarry Hill.

Richmond Hill

Suburb

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Richmond Hill is a district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The district lies a mile to the east of the city centre between York Road, East End Park and Cross Green. The appropriate City of Leeds ward is Burmantofts and Richmond Hill.

Quarry Hill

Neighborhood

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Quarry Hill is an area of central Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is bounded by the Leeds Inner Ring Road in the east and north and the Leeds – York / Hull railway in the south. The area falls within the City and Hunslet ward of Leeds City Council.

Central Leeds

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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 River Aire to the south and can be divided into several quarters.

Armouries Square

Type: Pedestrian zone
Description: public space in Leeds
Category: square
Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.79143° or 53° 47′ 29″ north

Longitude

-1.53218° or 1° 31′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C5WQFR9+H4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 587042845

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=pedestrian

Wikidata ID

Q42888030

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In Other Languages

“Armouries Square” goes by many names.

Portuguese: “Praça das Armaduras”

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