page_title: Tourism in Leeds
section_title: Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Tourism in Leeds / Attractions
caption_attribution_description: English: Main stairwell, Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds. Credits I took this picture myself User: Lofty
context_page_description: Leeds in West Yorkshire, England is a tourist destination.
  In the 2017 Condé Nast Traveler survey of readers, Leeds rated 6th among The 15 Best Cities in the UK for visitors. Lonely Planet named Leeds as one of the top 10 cities to visit in 2017.
context_section_description: Major national and regional attractions include the Royal Armouries, the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Harewood House, which was voted one of the best large visitor attractions in the Excellence in England Awards for Tourism 2003. Leeds is also the only city outside London to have both its own opera and ballet companies – the Opera North and Northern Ballet Theatre. Leeds Civic Trust offers walking tours of the city.
  Readers of TripAdvisor rated the following as the top four things to do in Leeds: Roundhay Park, Royal Armouries Museum, City Varieties Music Hall, Abbey House Museum. Favourite architectural buildings were Leeds Minster, Harewood House, Thornton's Arcade and Leeds Civic Hall.
caption: Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds: Looking up the main stairwell
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