Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Leeds, United Kingdom

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Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 5.3 km
Ascend 78 m
Descend 76 m

Explore Leeds in United Kingdom with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in LeedsIndividual Sights in Leeds

Sight 1: Leeds Museums Discovery Centre

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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. The facility stores over one million objects in climate-controlled conditions and hosts regular tours.

Wikipedia: Leeds Discovery Centre (EN), Website

514 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Royal Armouries

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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. The Royal Armouries is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Wikipedia: Royal Armouries Museum (EN)

1072 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 3: Leeds Playhouse

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Leeds Playhouse Anthony Robling / CC BY-SA 4.0

Leeds Playhouse is a theatre in the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1990 in the Quarry Hill area of the city as the West Yorkshire Playhouse, successor to the original Leeds Playhouse, and was rebranded in June 2018 to revert to the title "Leeds Playhouse". It has two auditoria and a studio space, hosts a wide range of productions, and engages in outreach work in the local community.

Wikipedia: Leeds Playhouse (EN)

416 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Leeds Rifles War Memorial

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The Leeds Rifles War Memorial is a First World War memorial outside Leeds Minster on Kirkgate in Leeds, West Yorkshire in northern England. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, one of 15 instances of his War Cross and the only one commissioned by a regiment. The memorial, dedicated to members of the Leeds Rifles who fell in the First World War, was unveiled on Remembrance Sunday, 13 November 1921, and is today a grade II listed building.

Wikipedia: Leeds Rifles War Memorial (EN)

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Minster Church of St-Peter-at-Leeds

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Leeds Minster, or the Minster and Parish Church of Saint Peter-at-Leeds is the minster church of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It stands on the site of the oldest church in the city and is of architectural and liturgical significance. A church is recorded on the site as early as the 7th century, although the present structure is a Gothic Revival one, designed by Robert Dennis Chantrell and completed in 1841. It is dedicated to Saint Peter and was the Parish Church of Leeds before receiving the honorific title of "Minster" in 2012. It has been designated a Grade I listed building by Historic England.

Wikipedia: Leeds Minster (EN), Website

567 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: Leeds Bridge

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Leeds Bridge is a historic river crossing in Leeds, England. The present cast iron road bridge over the River Aire dates from 1870. It is Grade II listed.

Wikipedia: Leeds Bridge (EN)

573 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel

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Mill Hill Chapel is a Unitarian church in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella organisation for British Unitarians. The building, which stands in the centre of the city on City Square, was granted Grade II* listed status in 1963.

Wikipedia: Mill Hill Chapel (EN)

500 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Park Square

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Park Square is a Georgian public square in central Leeds, West Yorkshire. The square is grassed over and is a traditional Georgian park. The square is in Leeds' financial quarter and is surrounded by Georgian buildings, which are occupied as offices, many by barristers and solicitors.

Wikipedia: Park Square, Leeds (EN)

1512 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 9: Temple Works

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Temple Works is a former flax mill in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was designed by the engineer James Coombe a former pupil of John Rennie; the painter David Roberts; and the architect Joseph Bonomi the Younger. It was built in the Egyptian Revival style for the industrialist John Marshall between 1836 and 1840 to contain a 240 horsepower double-beam engine by Benjamin Hick. Temple Works is the only Grade I listed building in Holbeck.

Wikipedia: Temple Works (EN)

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