Explore Leeds

Leeds is a city located in West Yorkshire, England. There are various exciting places to visit and some of the major tourist attractions are Royal Armouries, Henry Moore Sculpture Centre, West Yorkshire Playhouse and the award winning Harewood House, which was voted one of the best large visitor attractions in the Excellence in England Awards for Tourism 2003. More information on Leeds can be found in Leeds City Council and City of Leeds websites.

University of Leeds offer excellent services to the international students. Their International Student Office provides an updated international student guide and a pre-arrival guide, both of which contain useful information for new students. You can also book the Meet and Greet service, where the International Student Welcome Team will collect you from your arrival point and take you to your accomodation or help you with any problems.

Royal Brunei Airlines do not have direct flight to Leeds but some of the cheapest ways to get to Leeds from London Heathrow is by coach (National Express) and if you are entitled to a Young Persons Railcard, you can get very cheap train tickets (GNER).

Leeds/Bradford International Airport is the nearest airport in Leeds. It is around 30 minutes by taxi from the city centre. There are many companies that offer cheap flight tickets to and from Leeds if you are thinking of travelling around Europe or within UK such as Ryanair, Jet2, Thomsonfly and BMIbaby.

Googlemaps, Multimap and MapQuest can help you find locations, addresses and directions to your required destination around UK.

Travelling in Leeds is easy. Information about transport in Leeds can be found in Leeds Travel Info website. If you want to know more about bus and train services in leeds, go to WY Metro. The train and bus/coach stations are located at the heart of the city centre.

The following websites provide you with useful information on coach and train services for travelling around UK:

Coach - National Express

Train - GNER

There are also several taxi companies that operate 24 hours and more information can be obtained in City Visitor website. However, the following are some of the numbers that you should keep in your contact list:

Amber cars: 01132311366

Blue line: 01132445566

Parkways: 01132744441

City cabs: 01132469999

Royal cars: 01132305000

There is a wide range of accomodation that are either owned by the university or private agencies. University accomodation, UNIPOL and House Hunting websites can help you find suitable accomodation in Leeds.

However, you can always contact current students in Leeds via bruleeds@googlemail.com to help you with this.

There are many halal restaurants and food in Leeds but it is advisable for you to always ask whether they serve halal food because some restaurants serve both halal and non-halal food. Here is a list of names and contact details and some may provide delivery service too:

Flames Fast Food Restaurant - 0113 245 3058

Charco's Restaurant - 01132170809

Akbar's Restaurant - 01132456566

Malik's Restaurant - 0871 2077952

Fortune Cookies Chinese Cuisine Takeaway - 01132442228

Angelos Pizzeria - 01132450003

Melano Pizza - 0113 242 5672

Romee'z Pizzas - 01132416800

Lucky Dragon - 01132759913

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