Guided walking tour of out-of-the-way and out-of-the-ordinary features of Leeds city centre and their link to the city's development.
Hidden Gems and Curious Corners is a walking tour of Leeds city centre on Tuesday 20 October, starting at City Square (LS1 2HA) near the Joseph Priestley statue. It's led by the organiser, who takes you to the out-of-the-way and out-of-the-ordinary features of the city centre and shows how they relate to its development. The route isn't fixed; it varies according to the weather, what's happening in the city on the day, and the interests of the people on the tour.
There's a bit of a milestone to the timing. 2026 marks 400 years since Leeds was granted a royal charter, which widened the area under the Corporation's power. The city crest, with its three owls and a sheep, dates back to that charter, so it's a good time to be looking at how the city grew. The organiser also draws on the 1891 Ordnance Survey of Leeds and OpenStreetMap, which they call a 'cartographical wikipedia' of crowd-sourced knowledge. Between the old maps and the new, you get a sense of how the city has shifted over the centuries.
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It's a morning thing, starting at 11:00. Tickets are £7.21 to £13.70 via Eventbrite, and you'll meet the group at City Square, near the Joseph Priestley statue.
