Location
The best place in Britain to live (The Urban behaviours Study 2004)
One of Europe’s top cities for business (Cushman Wakefield 2006)
Visitor city of the year (The Good Britain Guide 2005)
Leeds is well located and has excellent
transport links across the country, with fast trains to both London and
Edinburgh. Leeds Bradford Airport also provides access on an international
level and Leeds consequently attracts students from as far afield as Europe,
the Middle East, the Far East etc.
Students
The UK’s most female friendly city (Vauxhall ‘Tigra Town’
Research 2006)
The best university destination (The Independent 2005)
The most cost effectives place to study in Britain (RBS Student Living
2007)
Leeds has the second largest student
population outside London with a current figure of over 200,000 students.
The University of Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan University, plus a number
of other specialist colleges such as Trinity & All Saints College
and St James Teaching Hospital.
Leeds is a vibrant and exciting City
with a strong student presence and a diverse range of student accommodation.
Whether you wish to live in student halls, or require a student house,
student flat or even a student room share, Leeds has an excellent selection
within the main student areas – Hyde Park, Headingley and Burley.
Outdoors
The city is also surrounded by beautiful countryside with the Yorkshire
Dales being right on your doorstep. If you fancy venturing slightly further
a field there are plenty of country houses and walks contained in the
Yorkshire area. There is Harewood House located on Harewood Estate, Kirkstall
Abbey (dating from medieval times and Jacobean), and Temple Newsam House
home to paintings from the City Art Gallery. If you are into hiking Leeds
is the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales, try ‘The Dales Walk’
for the best view of the North countryside.
Entertainment
The number one city for clubbing (Mixmag Dance Music Awards 2004)
The best city for restaurants (Conde Nast Traveller Magazine 2004)
One of the UK’s top cities for restaurants (Which? Good Food Guide
2007)
Leeds has a large student population
and one of the main reasons for this is the City’s excellent nightlife!
With a thriving club scene, pubs and bars to suit all tastes, restaurants,
cinemas, theatres, galleries, music festivals and much, much more! There’s
just not enough hours in the day to fit it all in! The Grand Theatre is
home to Opera North, where you can see ballet, numerous west-end musicals
and the best in performing arts. There is also The Civic Theatre, the
famous City Varieties Theatre, and in complete contrast West Yorkshire
Playhouse, which is innovative and definitely worth a visit.
Shopping
The UK’s best shopping destination (Rough Guide to Britain 2006)
Leeds is a first class shopping destination.
There is a large and varied selection of shops, from the exclusive boutiques
in the Victoria Quarter, to the prestigious Harvey Nichols and the high
street favourites.
Sports
Leeds is a fantastic sporting city! For football fanatics there’s
Leeds United, and for Rugby and cricket enthusiasts there’s Leeds
Rhinos, Leeds Carnegie and the Yorkshire Cricket Team. Headingley Stadium
is home to Yorkshire Cricket Club, Leeds Rhinos Rugby League and Leeds
Carnegie Rugby Union.
Headingley
due to its high ratio of quality bars,
pubs and restaurants has long been the location of choice for students.
There is a diverse range of properties from stone built terraces to large
detached properties and Headingley provides all the amenities that you
would normally find in a city centre. Headingley is student central and
there is a huge selection of great bars, pubs and restaurants to choose
from. You will find all the sporting action you want, right on your doorstep.
Hyde Park
is an ideal location for students
due to its proximity to both universities. The park itself is popular
with students and local residents alike and for the more energetic types
there’s also a skate park and football pitches. Hyde Park Corner
offers a diverse range of shops, bars, restaurants and cafes and yet is
only a five minute walk from Headingley. Hyde Park has a small selection
of shops including newsagents, convenience stores, a range of boutique
shops for retro clothes, barbers, furniture shop and much more. There
are several takeaways, pubs and cafés.
Burley
has an excellent range of properties
including terraced housing, flats and a number of new developments. Located
just a few minutes from the both the hustle and bustle of Leeds City Centre
and Headingley, Burley also benefits from being close to the Cardigan
Fields Complex where a Vue cinema, restaurants, bowling alley and Virgin
Active gym can be found. Burley is ideally located for regular bus routes
to and from the Universities and even has its own train station making
it a few minutes from the hustle and bustle of Leeds City Centre. However,
it is just a 15 minute walk from the centre.