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Leeds canal
Leeds, England
Leeds, England

Leeds canal

Length6.1 mi
Elev. Gain55.8 ft
Est. Steps14000
Trail
Created by Jak

Leeds canal Introduction

Leeds canal is a 6.1 mile (14,000-step) route located near Leeds, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 55.8 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
Leeds canal

Attractions Near Leeds canal

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Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills

Tourist Attraction
The Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills is a museum of industrial heritage located in Armley, near Leeds, in West Yorkshire, Northern England. The museum includes collections of textile machinery, railway equipment and heavy engineering amongst others.The Grade II* listed building housing the museum was once the world's largest woollen mill.

Armley asbestos disaster

Place
The Armley asbestos disaster is an ongoing health issue originating in Armley, a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Described by Dr. Geoffrey Tweedale as a "social disaster", it involved the contamination with asbestos dust of an area consisting of around 1,000 houses in the Armley Lodge area of the city.

Leeds Central railway station

Place
Leeds Central railway station was a terminus railway station in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was opened in 1854 as a joint station between the London and North Western Railway, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, the Great Northern Railway and the North Eastern Railway. It replaced the cramped LNW terminus at Wellington Street, which had opened in 1848 with the line to Dewsbury.

Brick Man

Place
Brick Man was an Antony Gormley sculpture proposed in the 1980s for the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.A male human figure standing over 100 feet (30 m) high, it would have stood on a triangle of land bounded by railway lines in the Holbeck area of the city, greeting travellers arriving at Leeds railway station.

Armley Canal Road railway station

Place
Armley Canal Road railway station was a station on the former Midland Railway between Leeds and Shipley. It served the Leeds suburb of Armley in West Yorkshire, England until closure in 1965.

Granary Buildings, Leeds

Place
Granary Buildings is a heritage listed building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Tower Works

Place
Tower Works is a former factory notable for its three listed towers. It is located on Globe Road in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, next to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The Italianate towers of the factory are a distinctive landmark on the Leeds skyline.The factory was founded by T.R. Harding to make steel pins for carding and combing in the textile industry, and the original buildings, by Thomas Shaw, were erected in 1864–66.

Leeds University Union

Place
Leeds University Union (LUU) is the representative body for the students at the University of Leeds, England.It is led by a group of student sabbatical officers known as the Student Executive, and supported by around 140 full-time staff members, with up to 500 student members of staff at peak times, as well as hundreds of dedicated volunteers.

Kirkstall Power Station

Place
Kirkstall power station was a coal-fired unit opened in 1930, serving the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.It was situated in Kirkstall by the River Aire north west of Leeds and had its own wharf for delivery of coal via the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Temple Works

Place
Temple Works is a former flax mill in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was designed by the engineer James Coombe a former pupil of John Rennie; the painter David Roberts; and the architect Joseph Bonomi the Younger. It was built in the Egyptian Revival style for the industrialist John Marshall between 1836 and 1840 to contain a 240 horsepower double-beam engine by Benjamin Hick (B.

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Annele
2024/08/03
Sandie
2024/11/19
Charlotte
2025/01/22
jamjam
2025/06/21
jamjam
2025/07/26
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026

Route Details

Length

6.1 mi

Elev. Gain

55.8 ft

Est. Steps

14000
Created by
Jak
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