Attractions in Leeds
Armley Mills Industrial Museum
Leeds Industrial Museum, Armley Mills, Canal Road, Leeds LS12 2QF
Tel (0113) 263 7861
Working machinery that turned Leeds into a great industrial City. Try to visit when the 100 year old steam engine is fired up. See also the waterwheels. The mill shows how the industrial revolution which started in Britain changed the World and made Britain a wealthy country.
The mill also contains a selection of cinema projectors. There are occasional shows at the 1920s cinema.
Leeds City Museum
The Museum has reopened in New Premices, Leeds Institute building on Millennium Square, formerly the Civic Theatre.
Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 8BH
Horsforth Village Museum
Situated on the village green. Tel: (0113) 281 9877
The history of Horsforth
Fulneck Moravian Settlment and Museum
55-57 Fulneck, Pudsey, Leeds
Tel: (0113) 257 5474 / 256 4147
Open: Easter to October Wednesday and Saturday 2-4 PM Charge made.
Tetley's Brewery Wharf
This attraction has now closed and is now a bar, nightclub and restaurants
A major £100m redevelopment, includes refurbishment of Brewery Wharf and the sites adjacent to Brewery Wharf includes 300 flats, offices, restaurants and bars, a health and fitness club and a 150 bed hotel.
Thackray Medical Museum
Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7LN
2 miles from the city centre
Allow up to 3 hours for a visit.
"From the horrors of the Victorian operating theaters to the wonders of modern surgery, the Thackray Museums galleries, collections and interactive displays bring to life the history of health and disease, treatment and cures, medical discoveries, equipment and technology."
Thwaite Mills Watermill
Thaite Lane, Stourton, Leeds LS10 1RD
Tel (0113) 249 6453
2 mile from the City Centre along Hunslet Road. This grinding mill is operated by 2 large waterwheels. Admission: Charged
Leeds City Art Gallery
The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AA
Tel (0113) 247 8248
Admission: FREE. The regions premier Art Gallery covering three floors, the Leeds City Art Gallery, houses England's best collection of 20th-century art outside of London, including collections of contemporary British sculpture, prints, watercolors, drawings and French post impressionist paintings. Next door to the Henry Moore Institute
Kirkstall Abbey
Admission: FREE
Built in 1100s next to the River Aire by Cistercian monks. Kirkstall Abbey is one of the best preserved monastic sites in the country and currently is being further restored.
Guided Tours in Summer
Bramley Falls
A large open parkland with good views, also woodland and Leeds Liverpool canal side walk. Trim trail, orienteering course and sports pitches.
Chevin Forest Park - Otley
Location: Along the ridge of the river Wharfe valley, South West of Otley. The nearest point is approx. 9 miles from Leeds.
Telephone: (01943) 465023
Usually called Otley Chevin, is 700 acres of moorland and woodland. Walking, rock climbing, horse riding and biking on the bridle ways. Spectacular views overlooking the town of Otley and the Wharfe valley, from its high vantage points. Access: Easy access to sections near to the A660 Leeds - Otley road. Even better access from Otley Old Road a country lane that runs parallel to the West of the main road.