Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in Yorkshire in the north of England. The River Aire runs through the city. In 1974 the former a 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 the new metropolitan borough. Somewhat confusingly therefore, the City of Leeds contains a number of towns including the former county borough of Leeds, which can be thought of as Leeds proper. For the purposes of this article Leeds refers to the city as it was prior to 1974 as to distinguish it from the metropolitan borough called the City of Leeds. According to the 2001 UK census the core of Leeds had a population of 429,243 while the City of Leeds had a population of 726,939 and is one of England's core cities.

Development

In recent times Leeds has seen hundreds of new developments. Some large schemes include:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• Holbeck Urban Village regeneration
• Clarence Dock
• Quarry Hill Cultural Quarter
• Leeds Metropolitan University Rebuilding
• Millennium Square
• Leeds Station modernization
• Leeds Arena
• St. James' University Hospital Oncology wing (Jimmy's)
• Harewood/Eastgate shopping quarters
• Trinity Shopping Quarter
• South Leeds Sport Centre
• Leeds University campus rebuilding, including a 20 storey building
• Metropolitan University campus relocation to Headingley.
• Leeds (Bradford) International Airport expansion

High rise schemes are making a much bigger mark on Leeds' skyline however, with 16 skyscrapers under construction or proposed, that are taller than West Riding House; Leeds' tallest building.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• Bridgewater Place www.bridgewaterplaceleeds.com (construction)
• The Plaza (construction)
• Venture Tower 1 & 2 (advanced planning)
• Criterion Place 1 & 2 (advanced planning)
• The Gateway (construction)
• Mayfair (advanced planning)
• Kite Tower
• Leeds University
• Wade Lane Apartments
• Green Bank (advanced planning)
• Clarence House (construction)
• Sweet Street (advanced planning)
• Marshall Street (planning)
• Monkbridge Forge (planning)
• West Central