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Kirkstall Abbey

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Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Phone:
+44 113 378 4079

Hours:
Sunday10am - 4:30pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am - 4:30pm
Wednesday10am - 4:30pm
Thursday10am - 4:30pm
Friday10am - 4:30pm
Saturday10am - 4:30pm


Kirkstall is a north-western suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the eastern side of the River Aire. To the west is Bramley, to the east is Headingley, and to the north are Hawksworth and West Park. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 21,709. Kirkstall is around 2 miles from the city centre and is close to the University of Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan University. Its main visitor attraction is Kirkstall Abbey. Another landmark is St. Stephen's Church designed by the architect Robert Dennis Chantrell. Richard Oastler, a reformer and fighter for children's rights, is buried in a crypt under the church's east end. In the 12th century Cistercian monks founded Kirkstall Abbey, a daughter house of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. The Abbey House Museum opposite the abbey tells the story of the community and the town. Henry De Lacey, Baron of Pontefract, gave the land for the foundation of the abbey, and Kirkstall has a few roads named in his memory. The Abbey Light Railway, which connected the grounds of the abbey with the Bridge Road commercial area, was closed down in 2012. The Kirkstall Festival is an annual event, held in the abbey grounds on the second Saturday in July since 1981. It is a festival of music, local arts and crafts, and is organised by volunteers of the KVCA . Kirkstall is part of the Leeds West parliamentary constituency, whose MP is Rachel Reeves of the Labour Party, first elected in 2010.
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