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Back and Forth – 1960s & 1970s Photography Trail

To celebrate our 60th anniversary, we are pleased to present a city centre photography trail, showing street scenes from 1960s & 1970s Leeds.

‘Back and Forth’ is a six stop photography trail showing street photography from the 1960s and 1970s. Swing by the locations below and search for our photograph in their window. The photographs show the location on the trail 50-60 years ago. Spot the similarities and the differences in what you see around you, and what you see in the photograph.

The trail will run until mid-September 2025. The stops on the trail are:

Titanic: A Voyage Through Time

Titanic: A Voyage Through Time in Leeds offers an extraordinary virtual reality (VR) journey into history’s most famous ship! 

Dive to the wreckage as it rests today, then travel back to 1912 to experience the Titanic as a passenger. 

Walk the Grand Staircase, meet the people who shaped its story, and witness history firsthand in this breathtaking, immersive adventure!

Pyramid Summer Exhibition

Come along to Pyramid's summer exhibition at HEART in Headingley. This group exhibition showcases new, summer-inspired work by Pyramid artists.

Pyramid is dedicated to being as sustainable as possible in our arts practice and this project is no exception. All of the art on canvas has been created using canvases donated to us by Pinot and Picasso.

Heritage Open Days - Leeds Local History Open Day

Let us take you on a journey through the history of Leeds and highlight treasures from our library collections. Pop along to the 2nd floor of Leeds Central Library to explore collections dating from the 17th century in our Heritage Open Day showcase event. Focusing on this year's Architecture theme, we will transport visitors through the history of Leeds and explore the city's buildings and green spaces. Librarians will handpick their favourite examples, from historic maps to beautiful prints and everything in-between.

Literature in Leeds: Prose, Poetry and Plays

A community display celebrating Leeds writers, from historical fiction to thought-provoking poetry, and plays written for stage and screen. Featuring objects which have inspired the authors, and exploring some of the independent bookshops in the city and surrounding areas.

Bringing together loans from writers, from notebooks and word processors to items that have inspired them, to writing implements from our own collections, and objects related to themes in their works.

Friends of Beckett Street Cemetery 40th Anniversary Display

Beckett Street Cemetery is one of the oldest municipal cemeteries in England and a Historic England Grade II Listed Park & Garden.

In 2025 the Friends Of Beckett Street Cemetery celebrate their 40th anniversary with a display which gives an opportunity for visitors of all ages to explore aspects of the social history of Leeds from the Industrial Revolution to the Victorian era, and beyond.

The Quirky Wedding Fayre at New Craven Hall

Ready to shake up wedding planning? Welcome to The Quirky Wedding Fayre, the ultimate alternative wedding fair where tradition takes a backseat and personality shines!

Tired of seeing the same old wedding suppliers offering cookie-cutter packages? Frustrated by the side-eye when you mention you want something a little different? Yeah, us too! That’s exactly why we created The Quirky Wedding Fayre—a vibrant, fun-filled event where individuality shines. Think live music, street food, circus performers and more!

The Quirky Wedding Fayre at The Faversham

Ready to shake up wedding planning? Welcome to The Quirky Wedding Fayre, the ultimate alternative wedding fair where tradition takes a backseat and personality shines!

Tired of seeing the same old wedding suppliers offering cookie-cutter packages? Frustrated by the side-eye when you mention you want something a little different? Yeah, us too! That’s exactly why we created The Quirky Wedding Fayre—a vibrant, fun-filled event where individuality shines. Think live music, street food, circus performers and more!