Leeds in General Reviews

I didn't realise Leeds actually had their own little section on Ciao/Dooyoo - but I'm very glad it has! Those of you who don't really know Leeds, the city I have been born and bred in, I aim to show you the beauty of the city, and that their is so much more to it than you might think! As you guys may know, I am dedicated to Leeds and ...  Read the complete review

I have lived in Leeds all my life, studied here, and have now settled here post uni. I have lived in more rural areas, out of town suburbs, studentville, and even dabbled in some almost city living. It's one of those cities that has been experiencing a boom over the last twenty or so years, overtaking the other cities of West Yorkshire to become ...  Read the complete review

Well I'm from Leeds born and bred. And I have to say fairly - not just because I come from here - that Leeds is better. Dont get me wrong I also spend a lot of time in Manchester which I always enjoy. And it's definately more cultural than Leeds. There seems to be a buzz around Manchester that Leeds doesn't have. It may even just be the trams round picadilly or something! On the other hand, Leeds is bigger/better for shopping with shops being much closer together and so many of them! Also, Leeds nightlife is better with more variety than manchester. Again the nightlife is always within easy walking distance. In terms of housing districts and people there really is nothing in it really. Same as any other city. In summary they are both fab cities with the biggest problem being the horrible M62 that divides us!

Leeds is one of the most popular university towns. It has become over the last few years the uni to be at. The halls are pretty good but the areas they are in a very dodgy. So much so in fact that there are great big spiked fences around most of them with access restricted to key card holders only. The student scene is very big in Leeds ...  Read the complete review

I lived in Leeds until I was 14, and rate it very highly as a city. Had I not grown up there, I would have definitely applied to it as one of my university choices, as it''s a fantastic, vibrant city with lots of nightlife, and even more importantly, lots of great shops! It''s one of the biggest cities in the country (I think it claims to be the ...  Read the complete review

Okay, some backround, I am 24 years old, I am a self employed Estate Agent working out of my own branch with a small team of staff and I have recently moved to Leeds to develop my small company. The reason I moved to Leeds was a concious one, I used to live in Chester and I had become extremely bored, I am not a small City kind of ...  Read the complete review

Leeds is a truely great city! A northern city but don't let that put you off, despite being only 10 miles from Bradford, it will seem like another world. Modern, wealthy and buzzing, Leeds is a cosmopolitan and diverse city with lots to offer. With the highest student population anywhere outside of London (around 80,000) the city has a ...  Read the complete review

Ok so I stole a song from New York. I'm sorry. I'm not quite sure why there's not more songs about Leeds (there's a few strange ones about the yorkshire dales but I don't really get what on earth they're on about, not being a "local"...). Maybe Yorkshire folk prefer to express themselves in more obscure ways, involving flat caps, ...  Read the complete review

Charles Dickens once wrote “…it may be observed with delicacy that you must either like Leeds very much, or not at all”. Unfortunately, he settled on the latter view and when he was having trouble with trains a few years later, he worried that he might be forced to spend the night in Leeds “which I particularly detest as an ...  Read the complete review

What does Leeds evoke for you? Perhaps just the Yorkshire accent, a music festival or TV programmes like 'Emmerdale' or 'At Home With The Braithwaites' or Mel B. Well for me, it makes me nostalgic of the time I had at uni! I went to university in Leeds for 3 years, graduating a year ago. I am now back in Brum. Quite a ...  Read the complete review

How I found Leeds. Having a long distance relationship obviously means travelling and this is how I fell upon the City Of Leeds. Now being a true “Manc” or for those of you who are not so familiar with northern lingo being a person who comes from Manchester, you may be wondering why I writing an opinion about Leeds. To be truthful ...  Read the complete review

I lived the first seventeen years of my life in Leeds and I allways found it to be a vast multi-cultural hive of thriving life and commerce not to mention its industries.A city that has great sporting teams and great individual achievers.Shopping is among the best in the world with the world renowned Leeds market & chain stores and almost any item ...  Read the complete review

I know I am a Bradfordian and Bradfordians and Loiners don't really go together, but I really can not get over how much people like Leeds! Any loiners on here, or anyone who does like the city, I just want you to know thats fine by me, personal choice and all that, but my opinion needs to be expressed also. Admittedly, credit where ...  Read the complete review

Forget London. If you want a cosmopolitan centre with every conceivable entertainment or shopping facility, visit us up here in Leeds. The city centre caters for every shopper with designer boutiques down to 'cheap shops' such as Bon March or C and A. We also have Harvey Nichols of course too, the only HN store outside of the ...  Read the complete review

Leeds is the commercial capital of Yorkshire, and it is a busy industrial town, traditionally a centre of the textile trade. If you do go there be sure to see the Town Hall, it is said to be one of the best civic centres in the north. They have a city art gallery which shows a lot of nineteenth and twentieth century paintings and sculptures. It is ...  Read the complete review

I recently visited Leeds for the first time. Leeds has had a reputation of being "rough". However, I found the place to be very hospitable, people very friendly (apart from the couple of aggressive beggars on the street and the crooked staff at the all night cafe near to the venue I am writing about) - coming from Liverpool, I think I ...  Read the complete review

In the last 10 years Leeds has been transformed from an average busy city to the rightful capital of the North. Centrally located, with excellent access by road or rail. Leeds boasts a renovated bus station that makes the public transport system a doddle. The train station has been renovated, with extra platforms added, and a ...  Read the complete review

I have lived in Leeds all my life with the exception of living away at university for 3 years. When you stop to look around you, it's only then that you really appreciate what a diverse and rich......in both the cultural and economic sense....city this is. Over the last few years Leeds has developed beyond all recognition.The ravaged dock ...  Read the complete review

YOU TELL ME WHAT YOUR LOOKING FOR, LEEDS HAS IT ALL, PREMIER FOOTBALL TEAM, SUPER LEAGUE RUGBY TEAM. CLUBS SUCH AS EUROPA,MAJESTYK,RITZ TOO MANY TO MENTION. SHOPPING FROM THE FAMOUS INDOOR MARKET TO THE EXTRAVAGENCE OF HARVEY NICHOLLS. EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM THE M1 OR M62 OR BY RAIL ITS A CITY THAT DOESNT STOP. VISIT TETLEYS ...  Read the complete review

I am myself from Norwich (see opion under other Cities) but my wife is from Leeds and we spend quite alot of time there seeing family and friends. It is a great City, with the nightlife excellent in my opinion (see my opinion of Majestics under clubbing). There are many good bars, one being the Bar on the Lane (or something like that). ...  Read the complete review