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Leeds Industrial Museum

Leeds Industrial Museum is a museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The register lists it as a Grade II* listed building. Close by, Leeds Cathedral is 2.4 km away, one of 70 within 15 km.

Photo: Leeds Industrial Museum, RichTea (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Leeds

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Leeds

Inside Leeds

Leeds Industrial Museum is inside Leeds’ built-up area, with 21 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Leeds has 1,223 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The year in Leeds

Warm weather in Leeds runs June to September, with highs of 18–21°C.

Jan7° / 2°59 mm

Feb8° / 2°52 mm

Mar10° / 3°48 mm

Apr13° / 5°49 mm

May16° / 7°50 mm

Jun19° / 10°63 mm

Jul21° / 12°58 mm

Aug20° / 12°64 mm

Sep18° / 10°59 mm

Oct14° / 7°71 mm

Nov10° / 4°69 mm

Dec7° / 2°70 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Leeds, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Leeds. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Leeds’ full climate →

About

Leeds Industrial Museum

Articles on it exist in 4 languages.

Leeds’ listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Leeds
Official site: museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/leeds-industrial-museum-trhc

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where Leeds Industrial Museum is

Leeds Industrial Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns near Leeds Industrial Museum

Leeds is the biggest of the 3 bases nearby (536,262 people). The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Leeds

536,262 people · 45 places to visit

2 · 3.6 km south of it

Morley

32,562 people · 21 places to visit

3 · 4 km west of it

Pudsey

34,853 people · 21 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Leeds Industrial Museum is	People	Places to visit
Leeds	It’s in town	536,262	45
Morley	3.6 km south of it	32,562	21
Pudsey	4 km west of it	34,853	21

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Close to Leeds Industrial Museum

Within 15 km are 70 places, among them 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and an abbey or priory.

CathedralLeeds Cathedral2.4 km away 2

Abbey or prioryKirkstall Abbey (Ruins)2.5 km away 3

Art galleryLeeds Art Gallery2.3 km away 4

MuseumRoyal Armouries3.5 km away 5

Historic houseHarewood House11 km away 6

MuseumNational Science and Media Museum11 km away · 442K visitors a year (2015)7

MuseumLeeds City Museum2.4 km away 8

CathedralBradford Cathedral11 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Leeds Industrial Museum

Where is Leeds Industrial Museum?

Leeds Industrial Museum is in Leeds, West Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Leeds Industrial Museum?

Museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Leeds Industrial Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Leeds, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Leeds Industrial Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Leeds Industrial Museum?

Within 15 km: Leeds Cathedral (2.4 km), Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins) (2.5 km), Leeds Art Gallery (2.3 km) and Royal Armouries (3.5 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Leeds Industrial Museum: RichTea, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Cathedral: Jungpionier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins): JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Art Gallery: Frank Watkins, British (fl.1859–94) (ILN staff illustrator), by T.D. Nettleton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Armouries: Tim Marchant, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Harewood House: Sirenuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Science and Media Museum: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds City Museum: Andrew roberts uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bradford Cathedral: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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