Why leeds is great

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The city is also home to Leeds Film Festival, a popular local event that showcases films you might otherwise never see.

No list, no matter how short, would be complete without a mention of the Leeds nightlife. It has grown with the city, with popular night spots like Call Lane expanding outwards to make way for new bars and restaurants.

You can drink cocktails on a rooftop terrace or in a basement bar, try beers from every corner of the globe or get a taste for local breweries, crack open a bottle of Moet or sample the unknown. Poppy Logo. FB house promo. Small but perfectly formed. Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter Share this article via messenger Share this with Share this article via email Share this article via flipboard Copy link.

Share this article via comment Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter. More Stories. Today's Best Discounts. Get us in your feed Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter. Located on Woodhouse Road in perfect walking distance from both the University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett campuses, Bakery is a student favourite for a campus lunch.

Belgrave is a great place for a chilled drink, some cheap and cheerful food half price pizza slices are on offer until the evenings every day or a night out on their rooftop terrace. Keep an eye out for the Belgrave Feast, a street food market that takes place every second Saturday of the month. LS6 is worth a mention too. Both the Dry Dock a pub in a giant, moored narrowboat and the Library are popular student pubs with cheap eats and pints. Leeds is well known for being one of the best nights out in the North.

They like to get the disco lights out and the tunes on whenever students come in in the early hours wanting their kebab fix. All offer free admission and a brilliant insight into the city and its past. This independent art house cinema is the only remaining gaslit cinema in the UK. In warm weather rare, but not unheard of up in the North , you can take a trip to Roundhay Park , a acre woodland with cafes, formal gardens, a lake and a zoo called Tropical World.