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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.

Roundhay's Hidden Gem

St John's Church was originally built for the Nicholson family who lived at the Mansion in Roundhay Park. Although rather off the beaten track, the stories of some of the people buried there offer unusual insights into the history of North Leeds

Adel St John's Conservation Area Walk

Join local historians Wendy Grisedale and Val Crompton for a guided walk around the Adel Conservation Area.

This flat circular walk lasts about one and three-quarter hours and includes Adel Church and the Old Adel Rectory, York Gate House, Long Causeway and old cottages, old Adel Smithy and the old Adel School building. The walk will end at Adel Church which will be open for those who wish to visit between 13.45 and 16.00

The architecture of landscape: Humphry Repton's commission for Benjamin Gott

Humphry Repton was the leading landscape gardener of his generation; discover the legacy of his work at Armley for Benjamin Gott.

Gotts Park Mansion was the home of Benjamin Gott, owner of Armley Mills and a leading figure in the Industrial Revolution. The Mansion is set in stunning parkland designed by Humphry Repton and is now the clubhouse for a golf course. 

Your guides will be Clive Walton who is Head Greenkeeper, Secretary and Director of Gotts Park Golf Club and Dr Patrick Eyres author of 'On the Spot: The Yorkshire Red Books of Humphry Repton'.

The Architecture of Landscape: Humphry Repton's Commission for John Blayds Esq

Dr Patrick Eyres will talk about the work of Humphry Repton at Oulton Hall.

Dr Patrick Eyres is the author of 'On the Spot: The Yorkshire Red Books of Humphry Repton, Landscape Gardener'. Repton was renowned for creating the Red Book - his unique mode of presenting design proposals in the form of exquisite one-off artworks exclusively for his patron.

Architecture and Faith Connections: Jamia Masjid Abu Huraira (Mosque)

This splendid mosque, built in 2018, with one of the largest chandeliers in Leeds, invites you to discover the architecture and the faith, customs and culture of Islam. Timed to allow a follow on visit to the nearby GNNSJ Gurudwara (Sikh).

The tour will explain the history of this impressive mosque, the high quality of the building materials used, the symbolism on the bronze doors and throughout the building. There are five floors used for prayers which can accommodate 1000 people each Friday. The main floor has the aforementioned chandelier.

A walk around the Headingley Hill and Hyde Park Conservation Areas

Discover the fascinating character and history of the buildings, places and people who lived in Headingley Hill and Hyde Park in the cAompany of Tony Ray, a retired Town Planner.

Explore the Conservation Areas to view listed buildings (some 'at risk') and other heritage assets including green spaces. You will be encouraged to consider sympathetic and 'out of character' elements and opportunities for enhancement.

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