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Abbey House Museum to remain open following public consultation: AHM-2

04 Feb 2025

Abbey House Museum to remain open following public consultation

Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall is to remain open following a passionate response to a public consultation, it was announced today.

Leeds City Council has been consulting on the attraction’s future as the authority explores a range of proposals to address unprecedented financial pressures.

And after considering almost 10,000 responses, the council has taken the decision to withdraw the proposals as part of its budget plans for the coming year, which will be presented to the council’s executive board next week.

Abbey House Museum Museums and galleries Council budget

Consultation launches on travel improvements to A61 junctions and B6481 Pontefract Road: A61-14

04 Feb 2025

Consultation launches on travel improvements to A61 junctions and B6481 Pontefract Road

The second stage of consultation has launched today to improve two key roads linking Leeds to Wakefield and Pontefract.

Connecting Leeds

Parking charges at Leeds parks set to fund better parks facilities: Roundhay Park

03 Feb 2025

Parking charges at Leeds parks set to fund better parks facilities

Parking charges at five Leeds parks will be introduced on 10 February, to fund necessary maintenance and better facilities at the parks.

Parks and countryside

Museum project breathes new life into precious antique plants: image00036

29 Jan 2025

Museum project breathes new life into precious antique plants

Hundreds of thousands of antique plants and flowers carefully preserved for centuries will be given new life thanks to a fascinating environmental history project in Leeds.

The city’s vast collection of precious herbarium sheets was collected by botanists and horticulturalists over the past 200 years, with many of the fragile plants gathered in parks and grassland in east Leeds.

Stored at the Leeds Discovery Centre, the plants are now set to be studied by people living and working in the same area where they once grew, connecting their communities and ecosystems through time.

Museums and galleries Arts

Work poised to start on affordable extra care housing scheme in Leeds: Middlecross 1

28 Jan 2025

Work poised to start on affordable extra care housing scheme in Leeds

Construction work is set to begin on an extra care housing scheme that will make a hugely-positive difference to life in a Leeds community.

Housing

Otley Bridge: Oak tree to be removed from this Friday (31 January): Otley Bridge cropped

28 Jan 2025

Otley Bridge: Oak tree to be removed from this Friday (31 January)

Leeds City Council is proposing to remove the two trees near to Otley Bridge from this Friday (31 January) so work can begin to replace the deteriorating pedestrian footway.

Transport Highways Infrastructure Road closures

Leeds inventor’s 70s superbike conquers the cobbles at Leeds museum: image00048-2

28 Jan 2025

Leeds inventor’s 70s superbike conquers the cobbles at Leeds museum

A pedal-powered prototype designed by a Leeds inventor to take on the toughest terrain has been put through its paces at a Leeds museum.

The hulking Fen Easy Rider bicycle was made in the late 1970s to tackle the rugged roads bordering parts of the British countryside, and gives a remarkable insight into the fascinating story of Leeds pioneer Henry Brown, who recently died at the age of 102.

Leeds Industrial Museum Museums and galleries Arts

Enchanting exhibition invites visitors into the world of storybooks: PXL 20250123 111432662

27 Jan 2025

Enchanting exhibition invites visitors into the world of storybooks

Cherished childhood stories are being retold to visitors thanks to a nostalgic new exhibition in Leeds.

The Story Time exhibition at Abbey House Museum features a huge variety of historic books and games, each exploring the magical world of children’s stories.

Abbey House Museum Museums and galleries Arts

Historic character of Morley celebrated with a newly combined and enlarged conservation area: Morley Queen Street-2

21 Jan 2025

Historic character of Morley celebrated with a newly combined and enlarged conservation area

Protection for Morley’s unique architecture and historic character was increased on Tuesday 21 January as a newly combined and enlarged conservation area and management plan was adopted.

Morley Town Deal

Ultimate 80s celebration returns to Millennium Square: 80s Classical 2023 ©Danny Payne (28)

21 Jan 2025

Ultimate 80s celebration returns to Millennium Square

Leeds City Council and Opera North are thrilled to announce the return of the hugely popular 80s Classical, taking place on Saturday, July 26, 2025 on Millennium Square.

Celebrating its sixth sensational season, the event welcomes iconic artists including Kim Wilde, Roland Gift (of Fine Young Cannibals), Go West, and Jaki Graham, promising an evening filled with nostalgia, incredible music, and unforgettable memories.

Millennium Square Events

Son of ‘Britain’s Schindler’ helps mark Holocaust Memorial Day on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation: Leeds HMD 2025

21 Jan 2025

Son of ‘Britain’s Schindler’ helps mark Holocaust Memorial Day on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

The son of the man dubbed ‘Britain’s Schindler’ will deliver the keynote speech at this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day civic event as Leeds marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Events Lord Mayor of Leeds