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- Leeds, urban area (from 2011 built-up area), city, and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northern England. It lies along the River Aire about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Manchester.
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Leeds. Leeds is a city [a] in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines.
23 hours ago · Plymouth Argyle head coach Wayne Rooney during their match with Leeds United (Image: PA) Wayne Rooney expects Leeds United to be scrapping it out for automatic promotion this season. The former Manchester United striker made the admission after watching his Plymouth Argyle outfit be brushed aside with a minimum of fuss at Elland Road today.
1 day ago · Leeds, urban area, city, and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northern England. It lies along the River Aire about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Manchester. It is the largest city in Yorkshire and one of Britain’s major cultural centers.
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Leeds, [7] also known as the City of Leeds, is a metropolitan borough with city status in West Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Garforth, Guiseley, Horsforth, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Rothwell, Wetherby and Yeadon. [8]
Leeds is the UK’s fastest growing city and is the main driver of a city region with a £64.6 billion economy, a combined population of 3 million and a workforce of 1.37 million.
Mar 14, 2021 · Leeds began as a Saxon village. By the time of the Domesday Book (1086), it had a population of around 200. By the standards of the time, Leeds was quite a large village. Many were much smaller. Then in 1207 the Lord of the Manor, Maurice De Gant, founded a new town at Leeds.
Dec 8, 2022 · 19 January 2023. The population passed 810,000. Between the last two censuses (held in 2011 and 2021), the population of Leeds increased by 8.0%, from around 751,500 in 2011 to around 812,000 in...
