Leeds Kirkgate Market

The Leeds Kirkgate Market, often known as the Leeds City Market or simply the Kirkgate Markets is a large market hall in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The original markets was the birthplace of Marks & Spencer. The markets opened in 1822 and moved to their current home in 1900. The market hall has been extended several times and also incorporates an outdoor market.

It is the largest covered market in Europe.^[1]^[2] There are 800 stalls and the market attracts over 100,000 visitors a week.

Entrance from Vicar Lane
Inside the Edwardian hall
Inside a later hall
Butchers row

Leeds Kirkgate Market Media

The Centenary Clock, marking the Marks & Spencer connection.
The 1904 Hall of the Kirkgate Market in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Taken by Flickr user:Tim Green aka atouch on Monday the 27th of February 2012)
A view from the 1981 hall through to the 1976 hall.
Fish and Game Row was refurbished in the 1995 round.
Butchers' Row, 1875 Hall, Kirkgate Market, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Taken on the afternoon of Saturday the 22nd of September 2012.
The Outdoor Market with 2016's Victoria Leeds in the background

References

↑ "Lovely, lively Leeds". Retrieved 6 June 2016.^{[dead link]}
↑ Foundation, Internet Memory. "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives". Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[1] "Lovely, lively Leeds". Retrieved 6 June 2016.^{[dead link]}

[2] Foundation, Internet Memory. "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives". Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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