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Leeds railway station. Leeds city centre is served by Leeds railway station. The station is one of 20 in Great Britain to be managed by Network Rail. It is the busiest English station outside London, and the UK's second busiest station outside London after Glasgow Central. [9] The station serves national, regional and suburban railway services.
Description: Map of West Yorkshire, UK with the following information shown: . Administrative borders; Coastline, lakes and rivers; Roads and railways; Urban areas; Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 170%
Appearing on maps in 1560, the Headrow once formed the northern edge or "head" of medieval Leeds' boundary, hence its name. To the east the street crossed Sheepscar Beck, a tributary of the River Aire now culverted, and continued, known as "The Street", to York. In the 17th century it was renamed Parke Lane, Burley Bar, Upper Head Row and Lower ...
The metropolitan borough is divided into 33 wards, each of which elects three members of Leeds City Council. The ward boundaries were last reorganised in 2004. A map of the wards is available on the council website, [1] as is a postcode-to-ward tool. [2] Leeds is represented by eight Members of Parliament.
The street runs east from City Square to a junction with Briggate, Lower Briggate and Duncan Street. Lower Basinghall Street and Albion Street lead off its north side, while Mill Hill, New Station Street and Trevelyan Square run off its south side. The north side of the street is dominated by the Trinity Leeds shopping centre. [1]
It ends at a major junction with the Leeds Inner Ring Road, where it merges with New Briggate, and the two continue together as North Street. Listed buildings on the west side of the street include the early-19th century General Eliott pub, [ 5 ] early-20th century 49-51 Vicar Lane, [ 6 ] the Victoria Leeds complex of arcades, [ 7 ] and the ...
Mabgate is an inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England and the name of one of its streets. In Leeds City Council's Mabgate Development Framework (2007), "the area is bounded to the west by North Street; to the east by Macaulay Street; to the north by Mushroom Street and to the south by the New York Road". [1]
The following is an outline and topical guide of Leeds: Leeds is a city [a] in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. Coat of Arms of Leeds City Council