A city, up close

Leeds grew into one of the largest wool and textile centres in the world during the Industrial Revolution, and its Victorian arcades — including the ornate Victoria Quarter, with its stained-glass ceiling — are among the best-preserved shopping arcades in England. Kirkgate Market, one of the largest indoor markets in Europe, has traded since the 1850s, and the city's mix of grand Victorian civic architecture and converted canalside mills reflects that industrial wealth.

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