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Located in the north of England, Leeds is considered to be the UK's favourite city. Leeds is full of exciting places to visit, things to do, lively Leeds events and the best shopping facilities in the area. Full of countless Leeds tourist attractions and Leeds landmarks, such as Leeds museums, gardens, country houses, historic buildings and guided tours of Leeds, by bus, foot or boat, Leeds attracts literally thousands of tourists and visitors each year.

Leeds has several helpful Leeds tourism and tourist information centres in and around Leeds city centre. These outlets provide useful tourist information, with pamphlets about Leeds tourist attractions, landmarks, restaurants, travel, sightseeing, public transportation timetables, maps of Leeds, general city tourism advice and tourist-themed brochures.




There is a vast selection of hotels and accommodation in both central Leeds and the surrounding area of Leeds, making the historic city of Leeds an accessible holiday destination for every pocket. Leeds hotels and accommodation include many impressive luxury hotels in central Leeds, town-house value hotels, award-winning bed and breakfast guest houses, cheap Leeds lodging, inns, travelodges on the outskirts of Leeds, self-catering apartments and there are even some campsites in the Leeds area. Whatever the budget, Leeds has plenty of hotels and good accommodation to suite everyone visiting Leeds.

Leeds is home to numerous tourist attractions and monuments, such as Leeds City Square - a large, public square which is well pedestrianised and surrounded by a mixture of historic and modern buildings, Leeds Waterfront - transformed into a trendy place to shop and eat after an innovative redevelopment scheme, Leeds Millennium Square - in the heart of Leeds city centre, this vast Leeds square can accommodate more than 20,000 people and includes the famous Nelson Mandela Gardens, The Victoria Quarter - home to an enormous array of shops, fashion outlets and highly regarded Leeds restaurants and the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway - on the outskirts of Leeds, providing scenic journeys into the Yorkshire Dales.

Other popular tourist attractions in Leeds include the Leeds Tropical World - featuring one of the largest collections of tropical and exotic plants in the United Kingdom, Lightwater Valley Country Theme Park - close to Leeds, with an exciting rollercoaster and numerous fast, thrilling rides, Harewood House - a grand, 18th-century manor house, with spectacular gardens and many seasonal Leeds events, the Royal Armouries - one of the most eye-catching, modern landmarks in Leeds, with large collections of military artefacts, Temple Newsam - a historic mansion housing, with a large collection of spectacular paintings, landscaped gardens and parkland and summer concerts, and Leeds Sunday Funday - a popular event for children in Leeds city centre a with entertainers, puppet shows, face painting, music and theatrical shows. More information on Leeds Tourist Attractions and Leeds Landmarks.

Leeds also has a number of excellent art galleries museums in Leeds city centre, providing interesting information on the history of Leeds and many other exhibitions. Some of the major museums in Leeds include the Thackray Medical Museum - celebrating the wonders of surgery through the ages, and recently awarded a Gold Award for Small Visitor Attraction of the Year,
the 18th-century Bronte Parsonage Museum - once home to the famous Bronte sisters, the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television - full of vast collections of memorabilia from television programmes and films, the Ilkley Manor House and Museum - a grand, Elizabethan manor house with ruined remains of an important Roman fortress and collections of Roman artefacts, and the impressive Eureka Museum for Children - with an enormous number of themed-interactive exhibits.

There are also many interesting and charming towns and cities nearby worth visiting during your stay in Leeds, such as York, Clapham, Grassington, Harrogate, Haworth, Holmfirth, Ilkley, Masham, Ripon, Skipton, Wetherby and Whitby. Many of these towns nearby York hold regular markets and are full of historic buildings and tourist information.

With vast parks and gardens, in and around Leeds city centre, a helpful tourist information office in central Leeds, an efficient public transport system and a large airport close to central Leeds, wherever you venture in Leeds, you will always be sure of a warm Yorkshire welcome.

Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) Guide - useful Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) information.

More Leeds Information / Fast Facts and Orientation

• Country: England
• Location: West Yorkshire
• Area: 570 square kilometres / 220 square miles
• Population: 750,000
• Language: English
• Currency: pound sterling (GBP)
• Time zone: GMT / UTC and BST (British Summer Time), 5 hours from Eastern Standard Time
• Country dialling code: +44
• Telephone area code: 0113
• Religion: various religions
• Average daily January temperature: 6ºC / 43ºF
• Average daily July temperature: 19ºC / 66ºF

 
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