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October/November/December

Built on textile industry wealth, the city’s streets are still home to inviting pubs that take pride in Yorkshire tradition. After flashing some Christmas cash in the city’s Victorian arcades, take time to discover Whitelocks, tucked away in a yard off busy Briggate, or The Adelphi, where historic Leeds Bridge meets the regenerated waterfront. Warm up in the cosy booths of The Victoria Hotel, behind Leeds’ imposing town hall. Or check out the stylish icons of a more modern city: beer connoisseurs’ haunt North Bar and the ever-hip Norman.
Meanwhile, wrap up warm for nocturnal arts festival Light Night (10 October) and the Christkindelmarkt German market (14 November - 21 December).

Leeds International Film Festival

4 - 16 November 2008
Leeds’ 22nd annual cinematic extravaganza has a programme packed with blockbusters, cutting-edge world cinema and cult favourites. All-night marathon Night Of The Dead VIII (15 November) promises a gory treat for horror fans who dare to stay up late...

Leeds Shopping Week

3-10 October 2008, city wide
From designer to high street, Leeds’ fashion stores show off the style sense that won the city the tag “Knightsbridge of the North”. With catwalk shows, competitions, makeovers and special offers, the week kicks off the Christmas shopping season with a touch of glamour.

Leeds Lights Switch-On, Victoria Gardens

6 November 2008
Free entertainment accompanies the dazzling illumination ceremony, when over 15 miles of roads in and around the city centre are lit up. Enjoy live music, guest celebrities, popular children’s TV characters and fireworks outside Leeds Art Gallery.

5 things to see and do in Leeds from...

Tropical World

All aboard HMS Tropical World for a tropical island adventure. Disembark onto the sandy white beach before forging inland to the rainforest with its exotic animals and waterfalls tumbling into jungle pools.
Thackray Museum

From a Victorian operating theatre to the wonders of modern surgery, the museum brings life to the history of medicine. Try on a pregnancy empathy belly and find out what your brain smells like.
Royal Armouries Museum

Experience over 3,000 years of history through over 8,000 spectacular arms and armour exhibits in stunning surroundings. Spectacular displays, live interpretations and much more help complete the picture.
West Yorkshire Playhouse

Thriving focal point for local communities and a theatre of the highest standard for audiences throughout the region and beyond. Approximately a third of its 16 yearly productions are world or British premières.
Harewood House

Built by Edwin Lascelles between 1759 and 1771, Harewood House is a fine example of the English country house. A great family day out with adventure playground, gardens, bird gardens, boat trips, events and exhibitions.

Comprehensive guide and accommodation ideas for Leeds.

Near the station

The Corn Exchange – Call Lane, LS1 7BR

Home to some of the north’s leading independent retailers, this grade 1 listed building is also a centre for culture. As well as being the perfect place to buy fashion, music, gifts and home products, it also hosts exhibitions, fashion shows and music events.

Victoria Quarter – The Headrow, LS1 6AZ

This is where cosmopolitan vibrancy and Victorian architecture meet to create a unique shopping experience offering exclusive fashion, beauty and lifestyle stores.

Granary Wharf – Canal Basin, LS1 4BR

With its waterfront location in the heart of the city and nestling beneath totally refurbished railway arches, this is a stimulating place to shop, featuring many specialist stores such as Beer Paradise and waterbed experts, Dream Merchants. The Festival Market Place offers a range of unique goods including jewellery and
hand-painted silk.

Sous le Nez En Ville – The Basement, Quebec House, Quebec Street, LS1 2HA

The most acclaimed wine bar and restaurant in Leeds, this 15-year-old venue offers an extensive and unusual wine list and an imaginative menu.

Room – Bond House, The Bourse Courtyard, Boar Lane, LS1 5DE

Just a one minute walk from the station, Room is a modern restaurant lounge bar offering good quality unpretentious food which is served without attitude by a friendly team.

Chino Latino – Park Plaza Hotel, LS1 5NS

Super-chic pan-Asian cuisine, housed in the luxurious Plaza Hotel in Leeds City Square, Chino Latino is the model of modernity, with its glossy crimson, gunmetal grey and cream décor, Latino cocktail bar, and stunning Japanese-leaning, pan-Asian menu.

Whitelocks – Turks Head Yard, Briggate, LS1 6HB

A late Victorian gem with etched glass and brass fittings provides a comfortable retreat for some real ale and hearty bar food.

The Arts Café – 42 Call Lane, LS1 6DT

For excellent hot chocolate and a great laid back atmosphere, the Arts Café is the place to head. You may even come away with one of the paintings hanging on the walls, as many of them are for sale.

Fab Café – 46 Woodhouse Lane, LS2 8PL

An eccentric bar that’s big on retro kitsch. Plentiful memorabilia ranges from the Daleks to Dangermouse. Music also adds to the nostalgic fun.

Millennium Square

This is the cultural heart of Leeds city centre where something’s sure to be happening whenever you turn up. The ideal venue for outdoor theatre and orchestral performances, as well as fairs and markets, this impressive and lively civic space is the city’s first new public square in over 60 years.

Leeds City Art Gallery – The Headrow, LS1 3AD

A lively, well lit gallery displaying traditional prints, watercolours and sculptures, as well as contemporary works.

The Henry Moore Institute – 74 The Headrow, LS1 3AH

This award-winning retro-futuristic black marble building houses galleries and a sculpture reference library. Temporary exhibitions are hosted on the ground floor.

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