Farnley, Leeds
Farnley is a district in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Leeds city centre, between Wortley, Bramley and the countryside around Pudsey and Gildersome, in the LS12 Leeds postcode area.

Farnley is a district in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Leeds city centre, between Wortley, Bramley and the countryside around Pudsey and Gildersome, in the LS12 Leeds postcode area. It is part of the Leeds City Ward Farnley and Wortley with a population of 24,213 according to the 2011 Census. New Farnley is a nearby commuter village.
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Worth seeing in and around Farnley, Leeds
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Elland Road
Elland Road, or Elland Road Stadium, is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919. With a capacity of 37,633, the stadium is the 14th largest football stadium in England.
3.1 km · football stadium in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 02Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in Kirkstall, north-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, England. It is set in a public park on the north bank of the River Aire.
3.7 km · Cistercian monastery in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Leeds Grand Mosque
Leeds Grand Mosque is a mosque in Leeds, England with a regular congregation of 3,000. It is located at 9 Woodsley Road, Hyde Park, Leeds, LS6 1SN West Yorkshire, England.
3.8 km · mosque in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Headingley Rugby Stadium
Headingley Rugby Stadium is a rugby league stadium in Headingley, Leeds and shares the same site as Headingley Cricket Ground. It is the home ground of the Leeds Rhinos, and is the fifth largest rugby league stadium in England.
3.9 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 05Leeds Industrial Museum
The Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills is a museum of industrial heritage located in Armley, near Leeds, in West Yorkshire, Northern England. The museum includes collections of textile machinery, railway equipment and heavy engineering amongst others.
2.8 km · museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Fulneck Moravian Church
Fulneck Moravian Church and its associated settlement were established on the Fulneck estate, Pudsey, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, in 1744 by Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, a Moravian Bishop and Lutheran priest, following a donation of land by the evangelical Anglican clergyman, Benjamin Ingham. Fulneck is now part of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire.
3.2 km · church in Leeds, UK · Wikipedia - 07Holbeck Viaduct
The Holbeck Viaduct Project is a community project that proposes bringing the Holbeck Viaduct in Leeds, England back into public use. The project is supported by a community group of the same name.
3.9 km · railway viaduct in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK · Wikipedia - 08Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Leeds
Our Lady of Lourdes Church is a Roman Catholic church in the parish of St Jeanne Jugan, Leeds. It was built by the Society of Jesus in the 1920s and it is situated on Cardigan Road in Burley, Leeds.
3.8 km · Catholic church in Leeds, UK · Wikipedia - 09Christ Church, Armley
Christ Church in Armley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is one of two Church of England churches in Armley; the other being the larger St.
1.7 km · church in Armley, UK · Wikipedia - 10Kirkstall Road Viaduct
Kirkstall Road Viaduct is a Grade II listed railway viaduct carrying the Harrogate line over the A65 Kirkstall Road, the River Aire, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Burley, Leeds, West Yorkshire. It was built in 1849 by the engineer Thomas Grainger for the Leeds and Thirsk Railway.
3.1 km · railway viaduct in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Farnley, Leeds
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 9 km · Manchester (MAN), 66 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 96 km
- Stations
- Headingley railway station, 3.7 km · Burley Park railway station, 3.7 km · Cottingley railway station, 2.9 km · Bramley railway station, 2.5 km · Pudsey bus station, 3.1 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Farnley, Leeds62 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £8–10
- Liverpool → Farnley, Leeds103 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £12–16
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Farnley, Leeds114 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £13–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Farnley, Leeds
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Farnley, Leeds. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries sail overnight from Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Kingston upon Hull.
- Get inHull is an hour by train or car from Leeds, and the ferry port is 3 miles east of Hull city centre: buses run from there to the railway station.
- Go nextLeeds is a major transport hub, so many outlying attractions can be done as day trips.
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Next door to Farnley, Leeds
Farnley, Leeds is 5 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Pudseytown in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England3.3 km
- Bramleyarea of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England2.9 km
- Gildersomevillage and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England3.4 km
- Kirkstallsuburb of Leeds3.4 km
- Armleyarea of the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK2.2 km
- Churwellsuburb in Morley, West Yorkshire, England, UK3.4 km