--- title: "Leeds West Yorkshire – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Leeds West Yorkshire from Manchester, Greater Manchester, Liverpool and Nottingham, Leicestershire: every way compared, with today's…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/leeds-west-yorkshire" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/leeds-west-yorkshire.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Leeds_CBD_at_night.jpg" --- ![Leeds West Yorkshire](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Leeds_CBD_at_night.jpg) # Leeds West Yorkshire Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. [Plan a trip to Leeds West Yorkshire](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Leeds%20West%20Yorkshire) [From Manchester, Greater Manchester](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manchester%2C+Greater+Manchester&to=Leeds+West+Yorkshire) ## Every way there - Manchester, Greater Manchester → Leeds West Yorkshire 60 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £7–9 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manchester-greater-manchester-to-leeds-west-yorkshire) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manchester%2C+Greater+Manchester&to=Leeds+West+Yorkshire) - Liverpool → Leeds West Yorkshire 104 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · £11–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/liverpool-to-leeds-west-yorkshire) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Liverpool&to=Leeds+West+Yorkshire) - Nottingham, Leicestershire → Leeds West Yorkshire 97 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £11–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nottingham-leicestershire-to-leeds-west-yorkshire) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nottingham%2C+Leicestershire&to=Leeds+West+Yorkshire) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Leeds West Yorkshire, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Leeds West Yorkshire](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/leeds-west-yorkshire) What Leeds West Yorkshire has - Y Scheduled flights Leeds, West Yorkshire (LBA), 11 km - N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country - Y Ferries Leeds Water Taxi Dock, 1 km; sailings estimated - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Morley, 7 km. 53.797°, -1.544° 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. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. Leeds expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries by becoming a major production and trading centre. It was awarded a city charter in 1893 by Queen Victoria. Get in ## Getting to Leeds West Yorkshire 1. Leeds Bradford Airport 2. Leeds Railway Station See ## Worth seeing = = South across the river from The Call the area around Leeds Dock has some interesting development of cafés, restaurants, shops and apartments as wells as the Royal Armouries Museum and Salem Chapel. = = Home to the Town Hall, the fantastic Art Gallery, Henry Moore Institute and Millennium Square, this grand corner of the city is where many of the main tourist draws are to be found. Do ## Things to do There are four theatres in central Leeds providing a range of entertainment including opera, amateur dramatic and contemporary performance art. Leeds is a great place to see up-and-coming live music talent, and has seen the formation of successful bands such as Corinne Bailey Rae, Kaiser Chiefs and Sunshine Underground. The city is home to many live performances from big-name stars, mostly at outdoor concerts. 1. The White Rose Way Take several days, or spread each leg over a number of day walks to complete the 104 miles of the White Rose Way from Leeds to Scarborough Watch cricket at Yorkshire Cricket Ground in Headingley. Eat ## Where to eat There are many restaurants in central Leeds that everyone can find something to their taste and budget. There are all the usual chains (many of which have several branches in the city) and a huge variety of one-off places, including many award-winners. How locals move ## Getting around Leeds West Yorkshire the local way - Get in Ferries sail overnight from Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Kingston upon Hull. - Get in Hull 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 next Leeds is a major transport hub, so many outlying attractions can be done as day trips. From [Wikivoyage: Leeds](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Leeds), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Leeds), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/leeds-west-yorkshire, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. 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