Tourist attractions Leeds

A Citadel in grey brick and marble built on the riverbank dominated by the hall of steel a glass keep 30 metres high, the museum has housed since 1996 on six floors, a part of the armorial collection formerly in the Tower of London. The vast galler..

Harewood House (1759) is an example of Palladian architecture. The essentially neo-Classical interior is one of the finest works of architect Robert Adam (1728-92), who completed it on his return from Italy. The gallery is the most handsome room in..

A very attractive collection of English art of the 19C and 20C covering almost all schools and trends: Pre-Raphaelites, narrative paintings, vorticists, Surrealists, you will also find some French paintings (Courbet, Derain).

The transept tower (1509-1528) dominates the harsh ruins of this Cistercian abbey which was created by the monks of Fountains Abbey in 1152.

Temple Newsam is a brick house that forms three sides of a court. It was built in the late 15C and altered in the 17C. An inscription from this latter period runs round the balustrade. Inside is an outstanding collection of very well-presented decora..

Nostell Priory is a Palladian mansion (from Palladio, a brilliant 16C architect from northern Italy). It was built in 1733 by James Paine, then only 19-years-old. The house is in piano nobile design, with all the main rooms being on the one floor app..

This town hall, inaugurated by Queen Victoria in 1858 has long symbolised fierce patriotism. On good days you can see the lively chess pieces play on a «giant chessboard» traced by the sun on Victoria Square.

You will find here a series of masterpieces of sculpture (1896-1986) native to Yorkshire amongst them the ... and some works of his contemporaries.

Since its creation around 1200, Briggate has been the main commercial thoroughfare. Among the arcades, Country Arcade is the most luxurious, but you can also stroll through the very attractive covered markets, admired the Rood screen in son John's Ch..

The oldest church in the town centre was restored in 1868. This was an intelligent restoration that left the interior, constructed in 1632-1634, practically unchanged.

The Grand Theatre is a neo-Gothic building from 1878, inspired by La Scala in Milan. The theatre is the seat of the "Northern Opera".

The battlemented exterior does not give the impression of a building, part of which dates back to the 1440s; the west tower with battlements and pinnacles dates from 1493. The church, which is dedicated to St Peter, was raised to cathedral status in ..

This merchants' district, Little Germany , was named after the booming mid-19C export trade with Germany. It has been cleaned and restored to enhance the high Victorian architecture. Many of the buildings were designed by Eli Mines (1830-1899) and i..

Part of the Science Museum, this museum houses Britain's largest cinema projector and a curved screen, 16 m high and 20 m wide, designed to show the Canadian IMAX projection system. The exhibition illustrates the history of photography, the cinema an..

The fascinating little Colour Museum is housed in the headquarters of the Society of Dyers and Colourists. The only museum of its kind in Great Britain, it puts on interactive exhibitions to explain the theory and use of colour.

The Hall was given to Leeds City Council in 1968 by the Gascoigne family, who have lived in the region for a long time. It now houses items from the art collections belonging to the City of Leeds. There is furniture, sculpture and fine silver from th..

The old institute, Victoria Hall , houses the Reed Organ and Harmonium Museum: the harmonica invented in China 2,800 BC evolved into a popular 19C instrument. This very comprehensive collection includes church and chapel organs, with replacement key..

The 1853 Gallery contains work by David Hockney on three floors of the old and impressive weaving workshop that also contains a bookshop, furniture store and clothes shop, as well as the Salts Diner.

The National Coal Mining Museum for England stands on the site of Caphouse Colliery, which, until its closure in the 1980s, contributed to Britain's industrial might. There is an array of machinery around the pithead buildings as well as displays evo..

Built in 1867 in Italian style, the Wool Exchange was the centre of the world's wool trade. Brokers still meet here once a week. The statues at the entrance are those of St Blaize, the patron saint of wool combers and Edward III who did much to encou..