Things to know about Leeds
Leeds is positioned in the centre of West Yorkshire and has a lot of heart.
Once the industrial capital of Yorkshire, Leeds is now a trendy, modern city with a popping arts scene and growing tech industry. Its beautiful shopping quarters, fashionable bars, and swathes of green space make it popular with young people and families alike. Outside of the urban area, over 65% of the district is green belt land – and better yet, you’re only 20 miles away from the stunning Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The city is diverse and cosmopolitan, with almost 13% of its 800,000-strong population being born overseas (only slightly below the UK-wide figure of 14%).
Life in Leeds
Do you want more information on pubic transport links? What the social life in Leeds is like? Clients we work with in the area?
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Public transport
Leeds has a big network of buses and trains which usually run from around 5am – 11pm, depending on the route. These can be used to get around the city centre or out into other parts of the city.
You can use the Journey Planner to plan your route from start to finish, including walking, trains and buses. It will tell you how long the whole journey will take.
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Social events
In Leeds, there are lots of ways to find out what’s going on including newspapers and newsletters, radio, TV, websites and social media. Here are some you could try.
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/
https://thatleedsmag.co.uk/
You can use social media sites to find out about events, ask people to recommend places to go or services to use, or to buy and sell items. Here are some you could try:Leeds Place is the biggest Facebook group for people in Leeds. You need to request to join: @leedsplace
Nextdoor is a network that allows you to connect with other people in your local area, share messages, find a tradesperson, organise events, share safety advice, report lost and found belongings, find a babysitter and more.
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Places to live
The city centre has ample high rise accommodation. great for people wanting to experience the nightlife and work in city centre. areas like 'city island', 'royal armouries' and granary wharf and Holbeck urban village very popular.
If you want a quieter existence in the suburbs, but not to too far from town then the trendy areas for young are Chapel Allerton, Roundhay, headingley and meanwood, kirkstall and horsforth. There are a lot of restaurants, bars and other fun things to do in those areas.
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Nightlife
Leeds is awash with nightlife. The big clubs are the 'mint club', 'hifi club', 'space', 'warehouse' and 'pryzm'. Live music venues, first direct arena (12k arena with all international acts), O2 academy, Leeds refectory (The whos world famous gig played here) . Greek street, call lane, vicar lane, merrion street are the drinking areas, plenty of al fresco dining throughout. happy hours in bars each and every direction from the office nightly.
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Amateur rugby, cricket and football clubs to join
Otley RUFC, Ilkley RUFC, Old Leodians, roundhagians RUFC, moortown RUFC
local cricket clubs -
alwoodley, meanwood, north leeds, scarcroft, horsforth, shadwell, bramhope. There are also quite a few village cricket clubs that play to a very high standard in a very competitive league.
