Kirkstall
Kirkstall is a north-western suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the eastern side of the River Aire.
Kirkstall is a north-western suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the eastern side of the River Aire. The area sits in the Kirkstall ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds Central and Headingley parliamentary constituency, represented by Alex Sobel. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 21,709.
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Worth seeing in and around Kirkstall
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.
- 01University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science.
3.4 km · university in Leeds, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Leeds Beckett University
Leeds Beckett University, formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University and before that as Leeds Polytechnic, is a public university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has campuses in the city centre and Headingley.
3.7 km · university in Leeds, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Headingley Stadium
Headingley Stadium is a stadium complex in Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Linked by a two-sided stand housing common facilities, it comprises two separate grounds: Headingley Cricket Ground and Headingley Rugby Stadium.
1.3 km · sports ground in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 04Kirkstall 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.
600 m · Cistercian monastery in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Headingley Cricket Ground
Headingley Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in the Headingley Stadium complex in Headingley, Leeds, England. It adjoins the Headingley Rugby Stadium through a shared main stand, although the main entrance to the cricket ground is at the opposite Kirkstall Lane end.
1.3 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia - 06Leeds Art Gallery
Leeds Art Gallery in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a gallery, part of the Leeds Museums & Galleries group, whose collection of 20th-century British Art was designated by the British government in 1997 as a collection "of national importance". Its collection also includes 19th-century and earlier art works.
4 km · municipal art gallery in England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Leeds Arts University
Leeds Arts University is a specialist arts further and higher education institution, based in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with a main campus opposite the University of Leeds.
3.4 km · university in Leeds, West Yorkshire · Wikipedia - 08Leeds School of Medicine
The School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Leeds, in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The School of Medicine was founded in 1831.
3.7 km · medical school at the University of Leeds · Wikipedia - 09Leeds Civic Hall
Leeds Civic Hall is a municipal building located in the civic quarter of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It replaced Leeds Town Hall as the administrative centre in 1933.
3.8 km · municipal building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Leeds 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.
2.5 km · mosque in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kirkstall
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 7 km · Manchester (MAN), 68 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 98 km
- Stations
- Headingley railway station, 500 m · Burley Park railway station, 1.6 km · Bramley railway station, 2.6 km · Horsforth railway station, 4 km · Kirkstall Forge railway station, 1.9 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Kirkstall57 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · £7–9
- Liverpool → Kirkstall44 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £8–10
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Kirkstall101 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £11–15
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kirkstall
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 Kirkstall. 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 Kirkstall
Kirkstall is 4 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Leedsmetropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England3.9 km
- Horsforthsuburb and civil parish within the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England3.4 km
- Headingleysuburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England1.7 km
- Bramleyarea of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England1.8 km
- Armleyarea of the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK2.2 km
- Burleyarea of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England2.1 km