LEEDS CITY CENTRE
We visit LEEDS CITY CENTRE in West Yorkshire, England for a walking tour to see what Leeds has to offer, from shops to bars and restaurants, corn exchange, town hall and more. Come with us!
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Leeds City Centre has a reputation for great shopping, fantastic old shopping arcades, great city centre bars, and of course hundred and hundreds of great shops.
We start our Leeds tour at Leeds Railway Station and the Queens Hotel on Wellington Street. From there we cross over into City Square for a look at the great outdoor restaurants here.
From City Square we head across Park Road and down Boar Lane where we see Leeds City Centre coming to life. Ahead of us is Leeds Corn Exchange but rather than visit there now we take a walk up Briggate, one of the main shopping streets here in Leeds City Centre.
Briggate is thriving as usual, and we stop to check out some street performers before heading into one of the old shopping arcades that are just fabulous to walk through.
We then come onto New Market Street and head into Leeds Corn Exchange before heading up into Leeds Kirkgate Market, onto Vicar Lane and and into some of the other arcades like The Victoria Quarter and County Arcade.
Other Leeds places we visit in this walking tour are Kirkgate, Albion Street, Bond Street and Commercial Street, before heading up to The Headrow.
On The Headrow we pass Broad Gate and St John's Shopping Centre in Dortmund Square as well as The Light before we reach Leeds Art Gallery and Leeds Town Hall in Victoria Square.
Finishing off our Leeds Walking Tour we take a walk around the beautiful Park Square and check out St Paul's House before coming to an end at Box Leeds on Infirmary Street.
Some of the things Leeds is famous for:
1) Millennium Square.
2) Leeds Victoria Quarter.
3) Royal Armouries Museum.
4) Party at a music festival.
5) Emmerdale Studio Experience.
6) Leeds Corn Exchange.
7) Thackray Medical Museum.
8) Leeds City Centre.
9) Leeds United Football Club
10) Leeds Arena concerts
Quite a tour of Leeds!
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Englands 3rd largest city (fact) leeds is a very underrated place. Its actually the 2nd largest financial centre after london and currently one of the most happening cities in the uk with mass development, currently over 25 cranes up in the cc with numerous skyscraper buildings over 30floors under construction or planned to go up. The city has a very modern wealthy feel to it with a good mix of old architecture and new buildings that mix well.
Good info thank you!
@@GimbalWalkTV thanks, the skyline of leeds is changing rapidly atm.
@@easydrive3662 Yeah true!
It's a one horse town
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I walk through city square every week day morning. Do I appreciate the grandeur, no I do not! Going to pay more attention tomorrow because it’s vlogs like yours that make you appreciate how great your city is. Love the time you have taken to showcase Leeds in all its glory
Thank you so much Laura! 👍👍❤️
As a born and bred Londoner, who has always thought that "my city" was the centre of the universe, and everywhere else was just grass and yokels, I was astonished the first time I went to Leeds, about 30 years ago. It is a properly impressive and beautiful city, that feels wealthy, and important.
I wouldn't go back to London for all the tea in China.
I live in Halifax and its a nice journey on the train to Leeds. I remember in the 1980's seeing pop stars buying clothes from Leeds city centre. Lovely people in Leeds and a great place to visit.
Very true
I live here and I'm proud to say, with no bias at all, it's the best city in england bar none.
Massive leeds fan from Sweden. Been a fan since 97/98 season. Still is and i remember the ups and downs very well unfortunately. I was wondering if it's easy to get work and apartment in Leeds ? Always wanted to move to Leeds or around. Love this vid. Peace and love from Sweden
Generally it’s a pretty walkable city and they are installing trams at some point so it’ll become even easier to get around in the future. It can be pretty pricey to live there but a good wage will afford you a good flat near the centre and Leeds has pretty good wages.
I remember visiting the burton clothing factory (long gone) and a company that supplied drive belts for mills ! Drove past a famous hospital the locals called it Jimmy’s.
That's the one!
Great video i didnt know that leeds has so much to offer. Makes me want to visit the city maybe also Bradford greetings from Eindhoven the Netherlands 🇳🇱
I wouldn’t recommend going to Bradford. It has some nice buildings but is a horrible city. Stick to Leeds - that’s where even people from Bradford go!
Been to Leeds countless times, but you made it seem like I've hardly visited the place! Great video.
Thanks a lot!
I'm not from Leeds, but lived 20 miles away until I moved overseas. What I love about the city is the fact that apart from it being a buzzing wealthy city, unlike other comparable cities it has managed to maintain it's reputation for being a very friendly place. Leeds has so much to offer, first rate restaurant's, upscale shops and everyday shops, great nightlife and some lovely suburbs, yet all this is within a short journey to the stunning scenery of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and other historic places such as York and Knaresborough.
A really great video! Just showing what an incredibly vibrant place Leeds is and the fantastic architecture, parks and pedestrian areas. Lived here all my life bar one year and `I love it!
love this city so much! lived there for 4-5 years when I was in uni but covid happened so had to move back to wales, cannot wait to move back to the city someday. go to visit every few months and stay in park plaza hotel, such an amazing hotel!
Plenty of shops stunning arcades lovely buildings both old and new could spend time in Leeds long time since I've been must go again
Lived in Leeds 94 to 2005 and I think it's still one of my spiritual homes. Despite all the changes, it still looks very familiar. Wish we could have seen the City Varieties and the Merrion Centre! Thank you for a wonderful tour. Keep up the good work.
Years back living in Huddersfield Leeds was my favorite city for shopping those stone buildings are so indestructible, often we don't appreciate what the country has to offer.
Leeds by far one of the BEST cities in England, and I biased cuz I’m from Leeds :))
Sort of a fun fact, Leeds is the biggest city in Western Europe without a light rail network! The public transport is purely buses and some inner-city trains to the suburbs!
Thank you so much for this more in depth walk around Leeds. I’m the agoraphobic who left a comment 8 months ago on your other Leeds tour. Not being able to get into Leeds , this was just perfect. Thank you again, and hope your fancy white trainers are comfy 🤗
Thank you so much They’re very springy but need breaking in a bit I think! Hope you are well Have a lovely week! Ps LEEDS IS AMAZING!
@@GimbalWalkTV …I expect with the amount of walking you do, they’ll be less springy soon 😂 I’m doing ok thanks, managing to get into my garden, so improving daily 🤗 thank you
Thank you kindly for your wonderful walking tour of lovely Leeds. I must go there sometime.
You should!
Very nostalgic tour-thanks for posting. Towards the end at 59:59 you passed what was then known as Atlas Chambers, the building on the corner of King Street and St Pauls Street. I started work there in September 1971 and it's truly impossible to comprehend the scale of the change to the city centre. You didn't have time to explore all the other stuff going on in this dynamic young city (Arena Quarter, Wellington Place, South Bank, Leeds Dock/Armouries) there's enough there for another video. All good stuff!
Thank you so much Paul Lots more to film in Leeds so I"ll be back soon!
i hadn't realised what a great city leeds is .brilliant atmosphere.
Great isnt it!
This was great in every way. Loved the great camera and the pace of things. I used to take the train from Harrogate to shop at Schofield's dept store and have a nice lunch. Thanks for the updated look at Leeds.
Thank you so much ❤️❤️
Another nice walk, it's a lot of years since I've been to Leeds and it looks a brilliant place to to look round. They seem to have got the balance right between shops and high end shops and foodie places and bars. It reminds me of Nottingham.
Agreed - I was well impressed
My home town prior to moving to Bridlington 20 years ago. Many thanks to you Neil ..
Thanks Karen!
Your channel is really calm and relaxing. It's great to see places i have never been but now makes me want to visit them even more. Thankyou.
So nice of you thank you!
very true
Any place I search for, you’ve been! Thanks so much for showing us so many great places! Keep it up!
Ha ha thank you! 👍👍❤️
Great walk around a great city, liked the angel pub, there's about four more ginnel pubs 👍
They’re great those little pubs Wish I’d had time to find them all!
Great video of my home city, Leeds born and bred and very proud to be 😍. I live just a mile ouside the City Centre and you showcase the city very well. Love your videos 😀
Thank you so much What a great vibrant city
More pride flags than the yorkshire or UK flag ....
Another great & fantastic video of LEEDS CITY CENTRE🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
Thanks Michael! Have a great day mate 👍👍❤️
The arcades are wonderful especially County Arcade, I was admiring Thorntons Arcade then I noticed Anne Summers shop at the top. There goes the neighbourhood.
Great city love staying there. Some really good bars loads shops whats not to like
Totally agree
Shops and bars
Hey Neil great walk love Leeds mate great place and wonderful bulidings too 😊💯
Thanks 👍 Great shops!
Thanks for this video of leeds great stuff .
Our pleasure!
Love your videos....keep up the good work.
Thank you!
Great filming. Leeds is beautiful
Agreed!
A great walk around Leeds. We were wating for the arcade you mentioned at the beginning only to realise you meant shopping arcade. But did you know there is a fantastic place in Leeds called The Arcade Club. 3 floors of modern and retro arcade games all set to free play. We have been twice and due to go again on the 20th August (my birthday). We love it sooooo much and travel all the way from Dartford in Kent to visit it.
Never knew that! Is it in the city centre?
@@GimbalWalkTV It's about 2.5 miles as the crow flies from the city centre in an area called Kirkstall. If you love your retro arcade games then this is the place to go for the day. £16 to get in and all the games are set to free play. 3 floors of modern, retro and console video games. Look it up and see if you can do a Gimbal walk around it LOL. Love your videos by the way, keep up the good work.
Leeds is a big place to walk round and it is nice and sunny
So true!
Had a feeling it was yous filming Victoria quarter I'm a subscriber I was the security guard in County arcade another great video keep up the great work with your videos it helps to find new places to visit
Ah thank you! The one thing that honestly made my day was that the security let me film the arcades without hassling me - I was fully expecting to get kicked out and would have understood if asked to stop or leave but thankfully managed to get shots of the beautiful arcades
Leeds is a great place to live as central for many interesting places to visit.I m not into shopping so much but do love the architechture and restaurants here. I am also into visiting nearby places such as York,Halifax,Hebden Bridge and Scarborough etc etc.Yorkshire people are the friendliest in the world so worth a visit for that alone.My whole immediate family s from Yorkshire too!
So true!
spent a month there, it's been 12 days since I left the city, already missing it. Though I must say, the weather wasn't always as great as in this video
Excellent. So much better than the leeds I left 45 years ago . Impressed.
Getting better too!
@@GimbalWalkTV I remember Quarry Hill flats , Delrio Coffee Bar , the Swimming baths . I was born in sherburn in elmet nr leeds but moved to Canada 45 years ago . I have only returned to the uk once but couldn't return home because of the train strike. I'm returning again in May and will definitely pay a visit to leeds. I also bought clothes in Brills and Cecil Gs of leeds . Great expensive clothing stores. 👌
Apart from the arcades,attention should be given to the squares ..the most beautiful is park Square but others are Dennison square,bordered by Clarendon road and burley road,queen's square,Woodhouse square,Swarthmore square,and millennium square
Well said
This is lovely!!
Thank you!
Good vid. Do a part 2 where you walk further in the city centre to Leeds Dock and Royal Armories area. I think people (not yourself) forget that Leeds City Centre is actually the 2nd largest in the UK (London isn't considered a city centre as the whole wider area and then the city of London) after Birmingham.
Will definitely be doing another part to this one for sure
The market is the largest indoor market in Europe, there is also an outdoor market as well. The only other place in the world to have a Bank of England (exit 2 on the inner ring road). Leeds is well worth a visit, its a great city, pity you missed the City Varieties old Music Hall, but that the thing with Leeds there is so much to see and do, Trinity shopping Centre is huge and its all within walking distance from Leeds Station, a superbly modernized station., somewhere to just stop and see the world go by.
My hometown ❤️
Great city!
Every time I see that Burger King in Leeds I think, used to be Geordie Jeans...back in the day. Nice video.
Thanks Dave ❤️👍👍
Nice city.
It sure is!
Leeds is such an underated City.
It is!
Its really not. Everyone rants and raves about it.
My city, its been transformed completely from when I was young and it was basically a car park with some derelict buildings...!
Great Show!!
Thanks Jon!
I visited Leeds 14 years ago and I would love to visit again!!! Hope I don't get lost obviously a lot has changed!!
It seems to change every time I visit!
@@GimbalWalkTV Wowww improvements every time!!
Great to see The Amazing Lucy in the first few minutes
Enjoyed seeing Leeds nothing like I thought it was
Lots of great shopping!
Lol what did you think it was like?
@@heroicDale coal smoke , whippets & toothless simpletons probably lol the latter can still be found in abundance in & around the inner city .
My destination English city🏴🏴
Awesome video thanks
Thank you 🙏
Love Leeds 🇬🇧💯🇮🇹
Same ❤️❤️
Very beautiful
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More lovely old buildings, along with some rather strange seating. Colourful , but strange. Thank you for another great video Neil. Like the new trainers, hope they are as comfortable as the old ones.🤣👍
Just breaking them in Sandra - they're like walking on trampolenes currently!
@@GimbalWalkTV 🤣🤣🤣
I’m new to the city and I still don’t have any friends. Is anyone here looking for taking in a newcomer into your friendsphere?
bella città
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i like Leeds,nice ! i like UK !
Very!
Very nice and beautiful Leeds city. 👌. I like very much.
It really is!
Honestly surprised videos like this haven't caught things like cons/ furmeets ^^ but I used to go to college in leeds, I liked how the area around trinity/ the street going upwards always has some sort of entertainment (or at least has recently,)
謝謝！
太感謝了。你真是太好了。 你讓我的一天過得很開心 ❤️
Did anyone notice @ 1.29, three ladies? The girl on the right is the simply briliant piano player Lucy, with her mother and a friend, that must have been the day that the "Piano" was filmed at Leeds Station. If you want an emotional musical experiance take look at Lucy's performance in the "Piano" on KZhead.
I live in Italy, & i've never been 2 UK, but i always wanted 2, i watched many videos of many britsh cities : Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham,Brighton ,& honestly ,i don't understant why Italy is named the most beautiful country?
Какой красивый город.
It is!
How come you know every single street? Lol. It was nice!!
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My city
Great for shopping and live music
@@GimbalWalkTV Leeds is know for alot of buskers & entertainment. I was suprised they let you film inside the victoria quarter. Thanks for showcasing my city 😊
I have not been to Leeds, since pre-covid days
It's great for shopping!
@@GimbalWalkTV We did some shopping in Leeds, and visited the Royal Armouries Museum
I have a Wall Desk that has a label that says The Queens Hotel, Leeds
Interesting - I wonder when that was in the hotel?
Leeds looks very quiet for 2pm on a Friday.
If I remember correctly it had just stopped raining
The new Channel 4 headquarters at 2:16
Ha didn’t know that - thank you!
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Thanks Theo!
I was in leeds in June and the only thing i was disappointed with was the market which has been run down
Yeah
@Paul Mcdonnell What did they change about it? (I'm not from Leeds so dont' know)
@Paul Mcdonnell I think the council have an ulterior motive, the market sits on prime land and they know they will get top dollar for it if they sell it to a developer. Now where that money will end up is in certain back pockets.
What place is Leeds please put the name of the place always
Yorkshire
Would you recommend Leeds
Yes definitely - especially if you like shopping or nightlife
@@GimbalWalkTV love amuments
I'm too old for it to affect me and I do understand how important it is for the City's future to attract incoming investment from around the world. I just pray to God that one day we don't become a northern version of London. I fear that utter greed will make it inevitable 😞
City all angle showing buitiful showing vedio
Thank you 👍
Where in uk is leeds city
North - Near Sheffield and Manchester
Look for hell in the bible, it's just found the corner from there
upper tiddlesworth region
and if you want to see the REAL Leeds in all its down at heel glory, ignore the polished turd that is the city center and go for a trek around the inner city suburbs , here you will get a good sense of the shocking levels of Child poverty/income inequality & also just how f@cking depressing the place really is beneath all the finery & hipster crap-
But the north of England is so much developed too but we outside the uk always here that the north has always been neglected and is the poorest region in uk
Yes true
Kwame, it is the poorest and neglected....city centers are decent if your loaded
Great video but too much colour renditioning, makes it look like a hot climate lol
Yeah messed this one up! 🤣
@@GimbalWalkTV It's ok it makes my home city look great.. I live in Northern Thailand now so good to see my city looking less Victorian with the extra colour.
@@thinkaboutit6832 Well there's defintielyt lots of colour in this one - I pushed it up to 100% by accident 🤣
Please feture Devon ,eastbourne thanks.
Yes will do!
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Thank you!
i was terrified that i was gonna see myself
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Jokes on you, I live there
Eh?
Hi Tim my son and i want to move to Leeds from Bournemouth, What is a nice area to live but the rent is reasonable and cheap?
@@susanbenham8709 low rent and nice area aren't necessarily going to go together, but there are lots of nice areas. Leeds is massive so lots to pick from. Meanwood is a nice area that is seen as up and coming at the moment so that might be cheaper. Chapel allerton, Allwoodley, Adel, Horseforth- all lovely but might be more expensive, but even in those areas it deepnds where as to what rent will cost. I would avoid Chapel town, Harehills, Beaston, Pudsey. Kirkstall is also nice (has the abbey) but is very mixed as to nicer and less nice areas so you might find a cheaper place there. I would also avoid Headingly, its a lovely area but full to bursting with student accommodation so it is loud and a bit frantic at night. There are also plenty of lovely little towns that join on to Leeds but are further out if you don't mind more distance, like Shadwell and Otley. My knowledge is more of north leeds but i know a bit about other areas, especially where to avoid.
@@susanbenham8709 I wouldn't ask Tim he seems to have a bit of a chip on his shoulder, to the east of the city you could try Whitkirk, Manston cross gates or Garforth, leeds is like any other big city in the North it's not without its problems, hope you find what you're looking for 👍
Leeds city centre is a no go area for me and my disabled wife, especially as leeds city council have decided cars are not wanted in the city cutting off access to lots disabled people.
That's a real shame as I found it really easy to navigate and pretty flat!
You can drive right past the city centre…
The original war memorial was designed and sculptured by the famous Eric Gill...our pacifist councillors at the time spirited away covertly the angelic sword -brandishing figure stop and replaced it with a drooping duplicate holding an olive branch..they have consistently lied about its whereabouts and deny all knowledge...the markets by common consent never recovered from the fire in 1976,it lost its spirit and character...they never cease to manhandle the magnificent town hall which from being opened in 1856 until circ 1990 has sporadically been swathed in covering and scaffolding, The only thing that needs to be renovated are the lions whose ferocity must have ensured their inviolability
Another city lost to me-cc-a
The library /gallery area has been defaced once more by the council's peculiar fondness for brashly coloured furniture ..I think they are ineptly drawing upon an assumed politically correct colour code which connects it with effeminacy and it's concomitants You will notice our diverse foreign legion spreading themselves upon the grass in lovely park Square,designed as a place of tranquility and peace . "Just their way,what's wrong with that...they're doing no harm..etc...but it was our way,once...we were doing no harm. ..what was wrong with us...?
There's far too much street furniture on the streets these days
it's impressive the way and the quality you film - only english towns retain some originality - the rest is borehood
Ok
Why are you using filters? Leeds doesn't look this clean in person it's a very mucky place to live
Shush now silly
google it buddy, you're right , its the UK's 4th most filthy litter strewn city graffiti is everywhere!!
on a cold wet day Leeds looks like somewhere in Russia
@@trippy1198Everywhere? Have you been to Rome or Paris?
@@trippy1198 no doubt: there are many beautiful places in Russia.
I think anyone who wants to go on a tour around Leeds city must be on drugs.
Ok
Take it your from Manchester
@@johnmackintosh3952 i agree with him and I'm from Leeds (lol)
Leeds is an awful place.
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i agree, been here 50 years - the only people that sing its praises are middle class students, free loading immigrants & exiled southerners its lost all its soul, quirkiness & dare i say its yorkshire'ness just another extension of whats going on in London gentrification gone mad!!
What a sad life you must lead. I’ve been here 67 years and it has always been a fabulous city to live, work & play in.@@trippy1198
It looks so dull and small