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We hope you find our City Guide to life in Leeds, a flagship City in Yorkshire of interest.
Leeds is a vibrant city with a rapidly expanding economy. Leeds was recently voted the UKs best city for business and also the safest City in England for women. Leeds has a growing reputation as a cultural centre to rival that of Manchester. It is the second largest metropolitan district in the UK. Leeds rail station is the largest outside of London and c110,000 people commute to Leeds every day.
The city has excellent shopping, with the centre boasting over two miles of traffic free shopping: everything from designer to high street and unique boutiques. It is famous for being the first city outside of London to play host to Harvey Nichols. Main shopping areas of the city include Victoria Quarter - the designer haven, the Corn Exchange, a plethora of boutiques, and Briggate, the main shopping High Street. There is also the famous Leeds Kirkgate markets, which holds bi-weekly farmers markets.
As well as being a shop-a-holics heaven, Leeds is also a cultured city with art galleries, museums and grand country houses -The Royal Armouries, Harewood House, Tropical World, Roundhay Park, Kirkstall Abbey, Temple Newsam and Thackray Medical Museum are a few of the sights. For more extreme entertainment you must find our more about Xscape for adventure activities. For the theatre goers among you, the West Yorkshire Playhouse stages more productions each year than any other theatre outside of London.
Wherever you are in Leeds you will not be short of a fine place to eat, with every type of restaurant imaginable. Leeds Waterfront has been transformed into a trendy place to eat. As for socialising - live music, late-night bars and a vibrant club scene means if you want to be up all night, you can be!
Leeds is one of the least expensive cities in the United Kingdom to live in. In May 2008, according to research the average house price was £ 169,440. A number of areas within the city stand out:
City Centre: there has been a huge expansion of housing in recent years particularly on the popular waterfront where there are a number of very competitively priced flats as well as some very exclusive apartments and penthouses.
Headingley: is the 'student and young professional capital' of Leeds. Housing is a range residential family housing to older terraces and social housing estates. Headingley has excellent amenities.
Horsforth: is a very popular area of Leeds and is reflected in house prices being above average.
Chapel Allerton, the 'mature headingley': is fast becoming one of the most sought after areas in Leeds. It has a diverse population with a vibrant centre of designer shops and some very popular restaurants and bars.
