🎅Merry Christmas from Leeds Civic Trust! 🎄 🦉 A warm welcome to everyone who has been gifted a Leeds Civic Trust membership for Christmas! We're looking forward to having you with us in 2026 💙

😬 Need a last minute Christmas gift? Give the gift of a Leeds Civic Trust membership! Gift membership is the perfect gift for any Loiner (a person who lives in Leeds!) Buy your gift membership today and your gift receiver will get their welcome pack in the post in the new year. 👉zurl.co/V0HoJ

💤The Leeds Civic Trust office is now closed until Monday 5 January for Christmas and New Year. 🎄We hope you have a wonderful Christmas, however you celebrate. See you in 2026!

Have just nipped into the beautiful Leeds Central Library to collect my Chapel Allerton history book, written by the very affable Steven Burt and edited by @leedstours.bsky.social . It's a hefty tome @leedscivictrust.bsky.social #chapelallerton #leeds #localhistory #publiclibraries

🔵 Our 206th blue plaque for Walter Farquhar Hook has now been affixed to the exterior of Leeds Minster for all to see. 🔗Read more about Walter Farquhar Hook here: zurl.co/zSQHN

🚊The announcement that the first lines in a new West Yorkshire mass transit network may not appear until the late 2030s, several years later than originally planned, has caused great consternation. 👉Read our article about the decades long quest for mass transit in Leeds:🔗zurl.co/d725c

As a long-standing supporter of Mass Transit in Leeds & West Yorkshire, we are once again disappointed that the proposed initial routes, including routes linking Leeds to Bradford & St James Hospital to South Leeds, have been further delayed. Statement🔗zurl.co/pGFFp

📰The second edition of our members' magazine, The Owl, has landed! Leeds Civic Trust members will receive their copy in the post before Christmas. 🔗Sign up to be a member and get the Winter 2025 edition here: zurl.co/lCVSc

The speakers for our 2026 Future Leaders Lunches are: Alison Lowe OBE @westyorkshireca.bsky.social Jamie Jones-Buchanan CEO @leedsrhinos.bsky.social Tom Wright, Artistic Director at Leeds Playhouse Mike Birch, Director of Mass Transit @westyorkshireca.bsky.social Join us: zurl.co/pCGtV

We want to know your thoughts about Leeds' heritage. By heritage we mean our buildings, landscapes and objects, stories, festivals, traditions and beliefs. This is your opportunity to say what you value and what about Leeds is important to you. Take the 6 minute survey: zurl.co/qQY3g

📸 Here's a beautiful photo of our office in the early 1970s when it was home to the Normandy Cafe. We were delighted to be visited by the family who ran the Normandy Cafe earlier this year. Our upstairs offices were once their family's flat above the cafe!

Having lunch by the Roger Stevens Building. If this doesn't win Leeds best building of the last 60 years, I'll eat my hat.

A grave memorial to Susannah Marlaw who was married to William Darby known as equestrian performer & circus proprietor Pablo Fanque. Fanque was the first recorded Black circus owner in Britain. His grave is the small stone at the bottom front of the photo. The grave memorial is in Leeds General /1

Thank you @leedscivictrust.bsky.social and everyone else involved for a very informative and interesting lunchtime today at the unveiling of the blue plaque of Dr Walter Hook at Leeds Minster. We enjoyed it very much. Thank you once again!

Blue plaque’s up at Gipton Old Fire Station! With thanks to @leedscivictrust.bsky.social

📣VOTE FOR LEEDS' BEST BUILDING OF THE LAST 60 YEARS📣 We asked the public to nominate their favourite Leeds building of last 60 years for the People's Choice Award at the 2025 @leedsarcawards.bsky.social . Vote for your favourite from the top 10. 🔗 zurl.co/Uy2y4

📣5 days left to nominate a building for the 2025 @leedsarcawards.bsky.social People's Choice Award! Nominate your favourite building in Leeds built in the last 60 years for this special prize. 🔗zurl.co/LRGBY

Thanks to @leedscivictrust.bsky.social and #HeritageOpenDays managed an interesting talk and partial tour of recently trestored Ledston Hall, #Yorkshire www.countrylife.co.uk/property/led...

A wonderful tour around the Leeds Central Library as part of the @leedscivictrust.bsky.social Heritage Open Days. Lovely to see some of the areas that the public are not normally allowed access to and to also learn so much history about this beautiful building #Leeds #Heritage #Yorkshire #Library

We're getting super-excited for our Heritage Open Day event next weekend, supported by @leedscivictrust.bsky.social. We'll have an interactive #minbeast trail plus loads of #familyfriendly activities including building #habitathouses from recycled materials, seed ball making and #naturegarden design

⏰One week until Heritage Open Days 2025! 🎉The festival runs 12-21 September and sees 299 FREE events take place in Leeds. 🔗You can find a list of all the Leeds events on our website, along with our digital Heritage Open Days booklet: zurl.co/AhqTF

🏆The @leedsarcawards.bsky.social are back for 2025! 🎨We’re hosting an exhibition revealing the shortlisted entries for each category at Leeds Corn Exchange , 12 – 19 September. 👉Nominate your favourite building constructed in Leeds between 1965 and 2025 for our People’s Choice Award.

There are so many quirky landmarks hidden away in the suburbs of Leeds, like this beautiful 1842 aqueduct built to carry drinking water from Eccup Reservoir. Taken with an Olympus Pen EE3 and Ilford XP2. #leeds @leedscivictrust.bsky.social #35mmfilm #realphotography @ilfordphoto.com

📣More Heritage Open Days booklets have been dropped off to all Leeds Libraries, museums and galleries! 🔗 zurl.co/uKecK

Oooh, this is near me. I love a Blue Plaque and this one is well deserved.

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🔵For Heritage Open Days 2025, we are delighted to unveil our 204th Blue Plaque to celebrate Gipton Fire Station, a vital part of East Leeds’ history that served the community for nearly eight decades and is now repurposed as a Community Hub. 🔗zurl.co/EdMlL

📰Leeds Civic Trust members receive our monthly newsletter, 'Outlook', which contains the latest news in the world of planning, development & transport; our latest events and a whole host of guest articles. 👉Join our 800 members and sign up here zurl.co/3KHIG

🦉 You can pick up our Heritage Open Days booklet in any Leeds Library, Museum, or Gallery. You'll also see them dotted around your community hubs and cafes! 💻 You can also flick through the digital version of our booklet on our website: zurl.co/D4M3G

We're delighted to unveil our 203rd blue plaque for TV Harrison Sports Ground. This ground has been used for organised sport since the 1850s. After a campaign to save the ground from redevelopment, Leeds United purchased the site to protect it for sport. 🔗zurl.co/X75Gs

🚨You have 4 more days to register your events for HODs 2025! 🏰The festival runs 12-21 September and sees hundreds of FREE events take place across the country. 👉Find out more about what's on in Leeds on our website: 🔗 zurl.co/maVHD

A very informative and interesting tour by the @leedscivictrust.bsky.social this evening. To celebrate 60 years, we explored six arcades in Leeds City Centre. I love County Arcade, it is a personal favourite and the architecture is simply beautiful. #Leeds #Yorkshire #shopping

🤔 Ever wondered what 6000 Heritage Open Days booklets look like? Wonder no more! We'll be sending our Heritage Open Days booklets out to our members in the post very soon. Not a Leeds Civic Trust member? Get a booklet at Kirkstall Festival on 12 July 🔗zurl.co/s0Lnw

📹A few months ago, we hired an intern to carry out an oral histories project. 🎤Our intern Sakshi is interviewing Leeds Civic Trust members, volunteers and stakeholders to create a video documentary about our work over the last 60 years...

📚Historian Steven Burt and Urban Geographer Rachael Unsworth are publishing a book on the history of Chapel Allerton. They are campaigning for 400 people to reserve a copy of the book. 🔗Reserve a copy and watch two promotional online lectures here: zurl.co/5EX8n

🚍Inside the 1960s Daimler bus we toured in on Saturday were several signs that were on display at the time the bus was decommissioned. By stunning coincidence, one sign mentioned Leeds Civic Trust! We were the publishers and vendors of 'A Guide to Walks on Footpaths in Leeds'.

We ventured across Leeds on a 1960s Daimler bus, from Leeds City Centre, to Kirkstall Abbey, to Middleton Railway, getting expert commentary from our trustee & historian Clifford Stead on developments in Leeds over the last 60 years & plans for the future.

A great trip on the @leedscivictrust.bsky.social Heritage Bus Tour. Leeds City - Kirkstall Abbey - Leeds City - Middleton Railway, to munch our way through a 1960s style packed lunch 🥪 🍏 Brilliantly guided, history shared & news of new developments + a talk from the team at Middleton Railway. #leeds

Our exhibition is up until 28 June in Kirkgate Market on Butchers Row (near George Street entrances)

Leeds General Infirmary’s beloved Audrey has got a new home 🌱 Having been housed at the location since the 1970s, Audrey the #monstera is now located in Tropical World’s Rainforest Canopy area ready to start her new life. Learn more 👉 news.leeds.gov.uk/news/plantas...

🐻Could you create a funded art installation at the Bear Pit? 📣Applications are open for Compass Festival 2026. Compass Arts are interested in projects which invite members of the public to experience this new cultural site. 🔗 zurl.co/L7F23

Making things happen - currently on display in Leeds market, courtesy of @leedscivictrust.bsky.social

Really annoyed I couldn't get down to the market today to meet Tony after the help he's given with the research. Bloomin' sniffly cold 😫. Definitely worth a visit though - development of last year's project with more context re opposition and ideas that didn't happen.

Giant shopping mall scheme to eat city

Just one of many LOP pieces now on display in the market, this one from 1988 ⬇️

Anyone interested in recent(ish) #LeedsHistory should check out this new @leedscivictrust.bsky.social exhibition in Kirkgate Market. As well as some fascinating photos, there's contemporary coverage of Leeds Development Corporation from Leeds Other Paper and Kirkstall Matters. Great stuff.

📣LAST FEW TICKETS Heritage Bus Tour: See Your City This heritage bus tour is a recreation of the popular 'See Your City Tours' run by Leeds City Council until 1974 to show off the city to local ratepayers. 📆Saturday 7 June ⏰10:30 / 13:30 🎫£14/£17 🔗zurl.co/8IRWj

🎉We're proud to have funded 6 projects in the second round of our Community Heritage Fund programme, in collaboration with @leedscommfound.bsky.social Yorkshire Contemporary are transforming a plot of land adjoining Rowland Road Working Men’s Club into an accessible, green play space.

📣Our blue plaques celebrate Leeds' history. We need your help to ensure their future! A Blue Plaques Fund has been launched that will be used to install new plaques, restore existing ones, and promote Leeds’ heritage. 👉Click here to become a donor: 🔗zurl.co/4UXx0

🤝Under 30s Membership🦉For the reduced rate of £15 per year, under 30s members receive all our usual member benefits PLUS an exclusive limited edition Leeds Civic Trust 60th anniversary tote bag AND can bring a friend to one of our events for free. 👉Sign up on our website:🔗 zurl.co/UucO4