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Traffic passing past Leeds city centre is diverted away from the main areas by the Leeds Inner Ring Road, an urban motorway passing the East, North and West of the city centre. Much of the Inner Ring Road is in tunnels so not visible to passing pedestrians. All major routes into Leeds head towards the city centre.
The LS postcode area, also known as the Leeds postcode area, [2] is a group of 29 postcode districts in England, within six post towns. These cover northern West Yorkshire (including Leeds , Wetherby , Pudsey , Otley and Ilkley ) and some parts of North Yorkshire (including Tadcaster ).
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%
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. Since boundary changes made before the 2010 general election , the constituencies are Elmet and Rothwell , Leeds Central , Leeds East , Leeds North East , Leeds North West , Leeds West , Morley and ...
Neville Street, near Leeds railway station, has been measured as the most polluted street outside London. [160] [161] A Clean Air Zone, throughout north Leeds and the city centre, was proposed in 2018. The plan, similar to the London Low Emission Zone, would charge a daily fee for driving "older models of buses, taxis and HGVs" in the zone. [162]
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 Grand ...
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 ...
Leeds, [7] also known as the City of Leeds, is a metropolitan borough with city status in West Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Leeds and the towns of Farsley , Garforth , Guiseley , Horsforth , Morley , Otley , Pudsey , Rothwell , Wetherby and Yeadon . [ 8 ]