Leeds Kirkgate Market

Grade I listed architectural structure in Leeds, United Kingdom

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.

Leeds Kirkgate 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.

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  1. "Lovely, lively Leeds". Retrieved 6 June 2016.[permanent 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)