Vacation in leeds
by Maria Williams
LeedsIntroductionLeeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire in the north of England. The River Aire runs through the city. In 1974 the former county borough of Leeds was merged with the towns of Wetherby, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, and other surrounding areas to form a metropolitan borough - the city status of the county borough being conferred on the new metropolitan borough.HistoryLeeds was an agricultural market town in the middle ages, and received its first charter in 1207. In the Tudor period Leeds was mainly a merchant town manufacturing woollen cloths and trading with Europe via the Humber estuary. At one point nearly half of England's total export passed through Leeds. The introduction of the Leeds and Leeds Canal in 1816 and the railway in 1848 catalysed the city's industrial growth.Places of interestDespite its longtime reputation as a grimy northern industrial city, Leeds will surprise anyone with the beauty and diversity of its City Centre. Some places to visit except the museums and art galleries: * Quarry Hill Cultural Quarter * Millennium Square * Leeds Arena * Harewood / Eastgate shopping quarters (commence Late 2006/Early 2007) * Trinity Shopping Quarter (commence 2006) * South Leeds Sport CentreMuseums and Art GalleriesLeeds has a large number of museums, being the home of the Royal Armouries Museum (opened in 1996), the Leeds City Museum which is dedicated to the history of Yorkshire, the Thackray's Medical Museum and the Leeds City Art Gallery. Leeds also boasts the Grand Theatre, the City Varieties music hall and the West Yorkshire Playhouse. ShoppingWhile many cities can boast innumerable shopping centres and high street stores Leeds trademark is sophistication. It has become the shopping Mecca of the North - Gucci, Prada, D
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