Through Leeds City Centre runs the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and River Aire. This waterfront has played an important role in the history of the city, from goods shipping across the North of England, to the creation of Leeds as a major Victorian industrial centre, to modern businesses, homes and cultural spaces.
Join the Leeds illustrator meet-up, Brew, to explore Light Night Leeds.
Please meet outside Water Lane Boathouse at 6pm. If you're arriving late, please follow Brew's Instagram for updates on where to find the meet-up group.
The group will go for a wander around Light Night Leeds exploring all the wonderful and exciting installations. Then they will end the evening with a drink at the Tetley.
Join Canal Connections for a fun-filled day of spectre spotting and spooky crafts.
Get creative making ghostly visions, adding to our haunted house plasti-scene and finding the ghosts lurking along the River Aire on our special spectre spotting trail.
All land-based activities are free of charge.
Crafts suitable for children and adults aged 4 and over.
Weather and canal conditions permitting, there will be a ghost-spotting boat trip lasting 45 minutes. The fare for this is £5 per person including children.
Come and visit Leeds Central Library this Halloween and try your hand at our ghost trail, created by local illustrator Simon Smith.
Inspired by a very spooky scrapbook in our collections, Simon has created illustrations to accompany 16 ghost stories.
Come and discover the Miser of Bramley or the Ghost of Gipton Wood. Grab an activity sheet and hunt for these images in the Local and Family History Library then use the QR codes to read the full tales of terror.
Free to take part, accessible during library opening hours.
Sounds Like Home creates sonic connections to distant hometowns through a series of sound stations.
Join one of the collective listening walks to discover these sounds from far away places, reflecting on ideas of migration, home and belonging.
Building on relationships artist Alisa Oleva developed during her residency in Leeds last year, the project began as one-to-one walks with people who moved to Leeds from other countries.
Take a journey of discovery around Leeds City Centre, seeing the highlights that Leeds has to offer
Visit beautiful heritage places such as the Town Hall, Corn Exchange and Kirkgate Market and see how they blend with Leeds' modern cosmopolitan culture of shops, bars and restaurants. Plus, see some of the secrets that Leeds keeps along the way! All whilst hearing interesting tales of the people and places that have made Leeds what it is today.
This tour is perfect for visitors to the city, and residents who want to know more about where they live.
Leeds has a rich pub and brewing heritage and this journey takes guests on a 300+ year travel through time.
The tour begins with a visit to The Tetley and the story of Tetley Brewery, one of Britain's largest in its prime.
This is followed by a trip to the Adelphi, a late Victorian-built pub with wonderful original architecture and an opportunity to see how a Leeds-based brewery operated in the 1950s.
The tour then heads on to the Duck and Drake, where guests can join in an activity followed by hearing the history of the pub, first opened in the early 19th century.
Join us at Kirkstall Valley Farm to follow Tractor Keith's Pumpkin Trail meeting lots of engaging characters on your way. You might even see Tractor Keith!
Make your way to the pumpkin field and pick your perfect pumpkin before taking it to the barn to carve.
Lots of games and activities to enjoy whilst you're there.
We are thrilled to announce Nubian Noire's joint collaboration with The National Archive - the largest archive in the United Kingdom, official archive and publisher for the UK Government, and for England and Wales.
Do you live in the Leeds 7, 8, and 9 areas of Leeds? Are you passionate about Black History Studies? Would you like to learn and expand your knowledge whilst gaining new skills?
If this sounds like you... great!
Come with us on an enchanting Christmas journey as Thackray is transformed into a stunning winter wonderland throughout December.
‘Twas the night before Christmas
When all through the land
The sick were still cared for, by an NHS hand.'