Events
One-off unique themed tours and tour events
JUNE AND JULY 2025
Leeds Beer & Food Tour
Saturday 19th July : 12-4pm
At each stop you can expect a carefully selected dish, thoughtfully paired with a local beer.
Leeds Food Tours X Leeds Beer Tours Collab
An exclusive collaboration, taking you to four handpicked venues that showcase Leeds' exciting culinary landscape & its rich pub & brewing culture.
Join Leeds Food Tours & Leeds Beer Tours on an exclusive, one-off food & beer tour! Four special venues have been handpicked to showcase the city's rich pub & brewing culture, alongside the exciting culinary landscape.
£75 per person inclusive of food and drink
Delivered by ToursofLeeds and LeedsFoodTours
Leeds Civic Trust Tours
Leeds Civic Trust host an extensive calendar of tours and events throughout the year.
Upcoming tours include:
Heritage Bus Tour – See Your City:
Saturday 7 June. 10:30-12:30 / 13:30-15:30
Join us for a nostalgic journey through Leeds as part of Leeds Civic Trust’s 60th birthday celebrations! The Leeds See Your City Tour offers a unique opportunity to rediscover the city’s history and development, all while travelling aboard a vintage 1962 Leeds Daimler Double Decker bus, complete with a 1960s style packed lunch to enjoy during the tour!Six Decades, Six Arcades:
31 July 17:30-19:30
Join Leeds Civic Trust Director Martin Hamilton in visiting six post-war shoppingLady Lane from the 18th to the 21st Century:
17 July 11:30-13:00
This walk looks at changes in this area of Leeds between the 18th and 21st century. We will look at different religious faiths, the cloth trade, and the manufacture of suits and tailoring in the former workhouse on Lady Lane.
Delivered by Leeds Civic Trust
Leeds' Queer History Tour - LS6 Ticket
Discover Leeds' hidden queer history on a group walking tour of LS6.
Sunday 22nd June 2pm
Saturday 12th July 2pm
Queer history is all around us. The building we walk past on the way to work might have witnessed the first meeting of a campaign group; the bus stop we use every day might be remembered fondly as the site of someone’s first kiss. But like many marginalised experiences, too often this history remains invisible.
On this walking tour Kit Heyam will take you on a tour of Woodhouse and Hyde Park's queer history highlights. From early Pride to squats, from wartime genderqueers to gay hotlines, you'll see the city and its past in a new light.
Running time approx. 1 hour.
Ticket holders meet at the The Bookish Type (77a Great George Street) 15 minutes before the walk starts.
£8 pp
Delivered by The Bookish Type
Gledhow Valley
Beck, land, woods and people through time
Gledhow Valley – beck, land, woods and people through time
Sunday, July 13 · 2:30 - 3:30pm
After the popular Green Fair 2024, Gledhow Valley Road will again be closed to traffic for a few hours on a summer Sunday.
As part of celebrating this green corridor in north Leeds, I’ll lead a tour lasting about an hour which will help you understand some main points about the way the landscape has changed through time, includng the importance of Gledhow Hall.
£5 per person + Eventbrite fee
Delivered by Leeds City Walking Tours
Walking Windrush:
A Black History in Leeds Sketch Walk
Tuesday the 24th of June at 5.30pm
Our next Sketch Walk will be an opportunity to celebrate the legacy of the Windrush generation and their descendants on Windrush Day.
77 years on from the arrival of Empire Windrush, we want to mark this anniversary by getting to know the local history of racial justice in our city, led by local historian and artist, Clifford Stead.
We’ll be meeting on Tuesday the 24th of June at 5.30pm in Leeds city centre (starting point TBC)
Hosted by Leeds Sanctuary
Temple Newsom House
Chippendale Tour
Take a tour with our resident Chippendale expert to discover his furniture at Temple Newsam
Join a guided tour of the Chippendale collections on display at Temple Newsam and explore the history of the Yorkshire-born furniture maker with our team member, who is also a member of the Chippendale Society!
See fine examples of furniture and decorative arts, and uncover materials from the archives – not on regular display.
This tour includes general admission to Temple Newsam House.
Thu 12 Jun: 14:00 - 15:00
Thu 19 Jun: 14:00 - 15:00
Thu 26 Jun: 14:00 - 15:00
£15 for adults. Concessions available.
Delivered by Temple Newsom House - Leeds Museums and Galleries
Heritage Tour of
Leeds Central Library
Leeds Central Library, Ground Floor Atrium, Leeds, LS1 3AB
Wed 18 Jun 2025 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Wed 16 Jul 2025 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
“Join us for an entertaining trip behind the scenes of our magnificent Grade II* listed building. Find out about the architecture, history and famous visitors, as well as visiting some secret corners! Tours last approximately 1 hour and leave from the ground floor atrium, outside the Lending department.”
Tickets cost £5 and booking is required
Delivered by Leeds Libraries
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