Leeds Museums Discovery Centre
Leeds Museums Discovery Centre is a museum storehouse in Leeds. Management falls to Leeds Museums & Galleries. Our list has 64 more places within 15 km; first among them is Leeds Cathedral, at 1.7 km.
Museum in Leeds
Inside Leeds
Leeds Museums Discovery Centre is inside Leeds’ built-up area, with 21 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month in Leeds
In Leeds the warm season is June to September, with highs of 18–21°C.
Leeds Museums Discovery Centre
Articles on it exist in 2 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Leeds Museums & Galleries
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Leeds
Before you go
Leeds Museums Discovery Centre and what surrounds it
Find Leeds Museums Discovery Centre in orange; each number is a place listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Leeds’ built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
Among the 3, Leeds is the biggest, home to 536,262 people. Each town here links to its own guide.
Nearby, too
A visit can add 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery, from 64 places within 15 km.
CathedralLeeds Cathedral1.7 km away2
MuseumRoyal Armouries400 m away3
Art galleryLeeds Art Gallery1.7 km away4
Abbey or prioryKirkstall Abbey (Ruins)6.1 km away5
MuseumLeeds City Museum1.8 km away6
Historic houseHarewood House12 km away7
MuseumNational Science and Media Museum15 km away · 442K visitors a year (2015)8
CathedralWakefield Cathedral12 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Leeds Museums Discovery Centre
Where is Leeds Museums Discovery Centre?
Leeds Museums Discovery Centre is in Leeds, West Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Leeds Museums Discovery Centre?
Museum storehouse in Leeds, England, United Kingdom.
Who runs Leeds Museums Discovery Centre?
Leeds Museums & Galleries.
When is the best time to visit Leeds Museums Discovery Centre?
June to September are the warmest months in Leeds, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Leeds Museums Discovery Centre?
Within 15 km: Leeds Cathedral (1.7 km), Royal Armouries (400 m), Leeds Art Gallery (1.7 km) and Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins) (6.1 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 Museums Discovery Centre: Lajmmoore, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leeds Cathedral: Jungpionier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Armouries: Tim Marchant, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leeds Art Gallery: Frank Watkins, British (fl.1859–94) (ILN staff illustrator), by T.D. Nettleton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins): JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leeds City Museum: Andrew roberts uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Wakefield Cathedral: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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