 | Widely regarded as the commercial capital of Yorkshire, Leeds is a city that can be found in West Yorkshire on the banks of the River Aire in the north of England.
As the commercial capital Leeds is great for shopping, and offers plenty of opportunities to indulge your shopping desires.
Kirkgate Market, housed in a beautiful Edwardian building, is the largest in market in the north of England. Here you'll find all the typical market items such as clothes, fruit, veg, meat, household items and so on, but there are also a few surprises like afro hair stalls and hairdressers, home decoration stalls that sell paint and lino, and speciality food stalls.
Alternatively you may prefer to spend your money in exclusive boutiques, if so you should head to the Victoria Quarter, a beautiful but budget-breaking place to shop. It was created using polished mahogany, rich marble, wrought iron, and gilded mosaics, and is regarded as the premiere place to shop in the north. Here you'll find Vivienne Westwood, Ted Baker, Karen Millen and other shops in a similar league, as well as the first Harvey Nichols store outside London.
If your budget averages out as somewhere in between these two shopping extremes then you won't be disappointed as the city boasts all the main high street shops, including TopShop, Gap, New Look, Boots, Waterstones, WH Smith and HMV to name just a few.
As well as shopping. Leeds is also known for its sporting achievements. Although the football team is no longer in the top flight, they are still well supported at their home games at Elland Road. Leeds also boasts two rugby teams, the Leeds Rhinos Super League heavyweights and the Leeds Tykes rugby union team. There's also the top class Yorkshire County Cricket Club who play at Headingley Stadium.
With all the shopping and the sport going on in Leeds you may wonder if there's anything else going on. Well just check out City Visitor for more information about Leeds. Postcodes for Leeds begin with the letters LS and as well as Leeds itself the LS postcode includes Wetherby, Pudsey, Ilkley, Tadcaster, and Otley so if you need to find anything in these areas, City Visitor has got it covered. |
