The Headingley Hideaway guidebook
Entertainment
Original retro cinema showing the latest blockbusters. A charming little step back in time and a really nice alternative to today's soulless multiplexes.
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Cottage Road Cinema
Cottage RoadOriginal retro cinema showing the latest blockbusters. A charming little step back in time and a really nice alternative to today's soulless multiplexes.
Our local art house cinema, with its original vintage charm still intact. It's right in the heart of Leeds' most popular student area, so the streets are often a bit messy. Don't let that put you off, though. This little gem is definitely worth a visit!
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Hyde Park Picture House
73 Brudenell RdOur local art house cinema, with its original vintage charm still intact. It's right in the heart of Leeds' most popular student area, so the streets are often a bit messy. Don't let that put you off, though. This little gem is definitely worth a visit!
The best live funk, soul, blues and jazz music in Leeds - in a fantastic hidden-away speakeasy club you enter through a gentlemen's barbershop.
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The Domino
7 Grand ArcadeThe best live funk, soul, blues and jazz music in Leeds - in a fantastic hidden-away speakeasy club you enter through a gentlemen's barbershop.
Live theatre in three great spaces under one roof... plus a restaurant, café and cool spots for watching the world go by and working on your script!
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Leeds Playhouse
Quarry HillLive theatre in three great spaces under one roof... plus a restaurant, café and cool spots for watching the world go by and working on your script!
Leeds' traditional-style theatre programmes mostly touring musicals and some theatre.
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Grand Théâtre de Leeds
46 New BriggateLeeds' traditional-style theatre programmes mostly touring musicals and some theatre.
This little theatre is legendary - most famous for playing host to the long-running Good Old Days TV show. If you're too young to remember, give it a Google! If you're here in late November to early January, try and get a ticket for the annual Rock 'n' Roll panto - always a fun show with a cast of amazing actor-musicians.
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City Varieties Music Hall
Swan StreetThis little theatre is legendary - most famous for playing host to the long-running Good Old Days TV show. If you're too young to remember, give it a Google! If you're here in late November to early January, try and get a ticket for the annual Rock 'n' Roll panto - always a fun show with a cast of amazing actor-musicians.
Food scene
Salvo's is our local award-winning Italian. It was voted the UK's best neighbourhood Italian restaurant on Gordon Ramsay's TV show The F Word and it's been in the Dammone family since 1976. Need we say more?
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Salvo's
115 Otley RdSalvo's is our local award-winning Italian. It was voted the UK's best neighbourhood Italian restaurant on Gordon Ramsay's TV show The F Word and it's been in the Dammone family since 1976. Need we say more?
The Hungry Bear
An unexpected gem in Meanwood with great food and wine.
Catch is the new incarnation of the legendary Bryan's chippie in Headingley. Sit in or takeaway, it's not just fish 'n' chips these days either. It's a proper seafood restaurant with fresh catch from just two fishing boats on the east coast of England.
Catch Seafood Headingley
9 Weetwood LnCatch is the new incarnation of the legendary Bryan's chippie in Headingley. Sit in or takeaway, it's not just fish 'n' chips these days either. It's a proper seafood restaurant with fresh catch from just two fishing boats on the east coast of England.
This local favourite is owned by Stewart, who also sells organic fruit and veg and fresh cakes made and delivered daily by local home bakers. It's small inside, but very welcoming... and hugely popular as a result.
Dare Cafe
49 Otley RdThis local favourite is owned by Stewart, who also sells organic fruit and veg and fresh cakes made and delivered daily by local home bakers. It's small inside, but very welcoming... and hugely popular as a result.
A cosy bar we enjoy going to, mostly frequented by local 30-something hipsters, but equally welcoming for boomers!
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Alfred
6 Stonegate RdA cosy bar we enjoy going to, mostly frequented by local 30-something hipsters, but equally welcoming for boomers!
Outdoors
Right on our doorstep! Whether you like a morning run, a brisk refreshing walk or a relaxed stroll, the park's super handy. Great if you like a bit of a forage too, and there are tennis courts and a small cafe.
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Parc de Meanwood
8 Tannery SquareRight on our doorstep! Whether you like a morning run, a brisk refreshing walk or a relaxed stroll, the park's super handy. Great if you like a bit of a forage too, and there are tennis courts and a small cafe.
Take a walk or a cycle along the canal from Leeds Dock to Thwaite Mill and back, then swing into North Star's Noisette Café for great coffee, cake and fresh local food. If you're lucky, you might bump into Steph from Channel 4's The Steph Show, which is filmed at the Dock.
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Leeds Dock
Take a walk or a cycle along the canal from Leeds Dock to Thwaite Mill and back, then swing into North Star's Noisette Café for great coffee, cake and fresh local food. If you're lucky, you might bump into Steph from Channel 4's The Steph Show, which is filmed at the Dock.
Neighbourhoods
Headingley is what you might describe as a Bohemian suburb in north Leeds, close to the universities and Headingley Stadium (Leeds' home of all things cricket and rugby). It's popular for its independent cafés and bars and its two olde worlde cinemas - Hyde Park Cinema and Cottage Road Cinema, and there are quite a few second-hand shops that are definitely worth moseying around.
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Headingley
Headingley is what you might describe as a Bohemian suburb in north Leeds, close to the universities and Headingley Stadium (Leeds' home of all things cricket and rugby). It's popular for its independent cafés and bars and its two olde worlde cinemas - Hyde Park Cinema and Cottage Road Cinema, and there are quite a few second-hand shops that are definitely worth moseying around.
Sightseeing
One of Leeds' most famous landmarks that often has outdoor summer theatre and concerts. And there's the museum just across the dual carriageway too.
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Abbaye de Kirkstall
Abbey RoadOne of Leeds' most famous landmarks that often has outdoor summer theatre and concerts. And there's the museum just across the dual carriageway too.
Shopping
The historic oval Corn Exchange building is home to a host of Leeds' independent shops selling jewellery, clothing, gifts, guitars and more. If you're looking for some 'proper Yorkshire' gifts to take home, don't miss The Great Yorkshire Shop. And even if you do, you'll find it online at https://thegreatyorkshireshop.co.uk/
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Leeds Corn Exchange
Call LaneThe historic oval Corn Exchange building is home to a host of Leeds' independent shops selling jewellery, clothing, gifts, guitars and more. If you're looking for some 'proper Yorkshire' gifts to take home, don't miss The Great Yorkshire Shop. And even if you do, you'll find it online at https://thegreatyorkshireshop.co.uk/
City/town information
The great thing about Leeds is it's big enough to feel like a proper city, but small enough to explore thoroughly in a few days. To say Leeds folk like a good night out is an understatement - there is a vibrant bar and restaurant scene here, with something for every taste and budget. People come from all over the north of England for a day out round the shops, especially the lovely arcades off the main Briggait pedestrian shopping street right in the heart of town.
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Leeds
The great thing about Leeds is it's big enough to feel like a proper city, but small enough to explore thoroughly in a few days. To say Leeds folk like a good night out is an understatement - there is a vibrant bar and restaurant scene here, with something for every taste and budget. People come from all over the north of England for a day out round the shops, especially the lovely arcades off the main Briggait pedestrian shopping street right in the heart of town.