Guiseley is another town-turned-suburb, although it is still more-or-less surrounded by green belt. It is in the City of Leeds, although...

Pudsey is the penultimate stop on our tour of the City of Leeds, and a market town that, in spite of merging into adjacent suburbs of...

Our next stop in the City of Leeds is at Bramley, another medieval village turned suburb. It is named in the Domesday Book as Brameleia...

The Leeds-Bradford line splits into two as it runs between the two cities for which it is named; we first take the northernmost branch to...

Horsforth, like Headingley, is a former village turned leafy suburb of Leeds; unlike Headingly, it hasn’t been overrun by students, and...

Headingley is a large and leafy suburb of Leeds, which like most suburbs started out as a village and is mentioned in the Domesday Book...

Burley is just a stone’s throw from Leeds City Centre, less than hour’s walk along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Like most suburbs, it...

The market town of Morley may be located in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, but it has definitely retained its own identity and...

Having returned to Leeds, we now head along the Huddersfield Line, to stop off at a couple of stations before the line leaves the City of...

Our final stop on the Selby Line (for now, at least) is Micklefield, a former mining village that is fast becoming another detached...

Next along the line from Cross gates is Garforth, a medium-sized town mentioned in the Domesday Book as Gereford and Gereforde (the name...

Cross Gates is a suburb of Leeds, but unlike many it isn’t an ancient village. Instead, it seems to have largely been a cross roads...

Where to begin with Leeds? Located near the site of a Roman ford across the River Aire (the name Leeds derives from a Brythonic word,...

Woodlesford is located about six miles from Leeds city centre. It has existed since at least the twelfth century, and was originally...

The City of Leeds includes Leeds itself and sits in the top right-hand corner of West Yorkshire, with the City of Wakefield below it, the...