Leeds

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

Leeds is a city in West
Yorkshire in the
North of England.
The population of the
city is 700,000,
making it the third
biggest in the UK by
population.

Question 2

Migration to Leeds

Answer 2

Lots of job opportunities and universities

Question 3

City challenges

Answer 3

Social: House prices have increased along with
greater house shortages. Health and education
is worse in some areas of the inner city
compared to the suburbs.

Economic: Closure of the textile factories
caused large scale unemployment. In Beeston
and Holbeck, 38% of children live in poverty
and 4.3% of people claim unemployment
benefits.

Environmental: Urban sprawl has led to
increased pressure and decline of greenfield
sites around the city. Dereliction in the city
centre due to deindustrialisation.

Question 4

City’s importance

Answer 4

-Home to the largest financial legal centre in the uk after London
- Leeds Bradford’s airport connects Yorkshire to Europe and the wider world
- 3 universities within the city
- high quality of life and more affordable housing than London

Question 5

Citys opportunities

Answer 5

Social: Large cultural mix – West Indian
Carnival August Bank Holiday. Shopping e.g.
Trinity and Victoria Gate. Leeds Football Club.

Economic: Leeds is the UK’s fastest growing
city which creates job opportunities. Channel 4
have recently relocated 200 jobs to the city.

Environmental: 22% of Leeds is made up of
green space. Key green spaces include
Roundhay Park, Otley Chevin and Temple
Newsham.