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14 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Leeds, England

Updated September 28, 2026
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Kirkstall Abbey.

Kirkstall, England

Kirkstall Abbey

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.
Lawnswood Cemetery.

Leeds, England

Lawnswood Cemetery

This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.
The horned helmet.

Leeds, England

Horned Helmet of Henry VIII

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.
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Hyde Park Picture House

Leeds, England

Hyde Park Picture House

The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.
A stairwell display.

Leeds, England

Royal Armouries Museum

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.
St Aidan’s Walking Dragline

Leeds, England

St. Aidan's BE1150 Dragline

The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.
‘Winifred the Elephant’

Leeds, England

'Winifred'

In a small courtyard resides this large mural that draws inspiration from Leeds and its history.
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Hyde Park Picture House is the last cinema in the world to be lit by gas lamps.

How to Ensure the Last Gas-Lamp Theater in the World Doesn’t Blow Up

Though safe today, antique lights once posed risks of poisoning, suffocation, asbestos, radioactivity, and explosions.
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