List of places of worship in the City of Leeds
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This article lists open, former and demolished places of worship situated within the boundaries of the City of Leeds.
Open places of worship[edit]
Aberford[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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St Ricarius Church | Main Street LS25 3BR | Church of England | II | 1861 | The church is of Norman origins but was rebuilt in 1861. Part of the benefice of Aberford with Micklefield.[1] |
Adel[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Adel Methodist Church [2] | Holt Lane LS16 7NX | Methodist | 1964 | Hall built in 1938. The church is part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit. | ||
St John the Baptist Church | Church Lane | Church of England | I | 1170 | ||
Quaker Meeting House [3] | New Adel Lane LS16 6AZ | Quaker | 1868 | Local stone with attached warden's cottage |
Allerton Bywater[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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St Mary the Less | Station Road WF10 2DH | Church of England | 1865 | Part of the parish of Kippax with Allerton Bywater and, from June 2017, part of the United Benefice of Allerton Bywater, Kippax and Swillington.[4] Some of the stained glass came from the church of St Aidan, Great Preston (now closed).[5] |
Alwoodley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Alwoodley Park Methodist Church [6] | The Lane LS17 7BX | Methodist | 1956 | The church is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit [7] | ||
St Barnabas' Church [8] | The View LS17 7NA | Church of England | 1963 | Part of the Moor Allerton and Shadwell Team Ministry.[9] | ||
St Paul the Apostle | 1 Buckstone Crescent at junction with King Lane, LS17 5ES | Roman Catholic | 1953 | Part of the Parish of Saint John Mary Vianney.[10] The former church building is now used as a church hall. | ||
Wigton Moor URC [11] | High Ash Drive LS17 8RE | United Reformed Church | 1968 | The church was founded in 1967 as a combined Congregational and Presbyterian congregation, before formation of the United Reformed Church. The church is a member of CTMAS (Churches Together in Moor Allerton and Shadwell).[12] From 7 May 2022 it has been served by the Leeds URC Partnership's Ministry Team.[13] Original plans for the High Ash estate in the 1960s included space for a church to be built with a synagogue immediately adjacent, but the proposed synagogue congregation withdrew at an early date.[14] |
Armley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Christ Church | Armley Ridge Road, LS12 3LN | Church of England | II* | 1872 | It is featured in the BBC Domesday Project.[15] | |
Church at Amen Corner (Leeds Apostolic Church) | Armley Ridge Road, LS12 2RD | Pentecostal Evangelical | At the corner where Armley, Bramley and Kirkstall meet.[16] Morning Services (10:30am) are held weekly in the Yoruba language and Afternoon Services (4pm) are in English.[17] | |||
Church of the Venerable Bede | Stanningley Road, Wyther, LS13 4AU | Church of England | 1937 | Designed by Gribbon, Froggit and Brown,[18] the church was opened in 1937 by C. H. Tetley of the brewing family. The tower has a single 1.5 cwt bell believed to have come from St. Stephen's Church in Burmantofts.[19] | ||
Emmanuel Earth Ministries | Mistress Lane LS12 2LJ | Evangelical | Building formerly The Redeemed Evangelical Mission | |||
HM Prison Armley[20] | 2 Gloucester Terrace LS12 2TJ | Non-denominational[21] | II* | 1847 | The prison chapel is located within the "Inner Range", a Grade II* listed building designed by William Belton Perkin and Elisha Backhouse, constructed in 1847.[22] | |
Sri Guru Nanak Sikh Temple | 62 Tong Road LS12 1LZ | Sikh | Originally the Mount Pisgah United Methodist Free Church, built in 1868,[23][24] later Mount Pisgah Methodist Church, part of the former Leeds West Methodist Circuit.[25] | |||
St Bartholomew's Church | Wesley Road LS12 1SR | Church of England | II* | 1877 | Noted for its Schulze organ. The outline of the previous church (demolished 1909) can be seen in the grounds. | |
St Bartholomew's Church Hall | Wesley Road, LS12 1SR | 1968 | The Church Hall was opened by Jimmy Savile. It is used for various purposes including worship by Lighthouse Chapel International (Pentecostal). | |||
Wesley Road Chapel | Wesley Road | Methodist, Baptist and United Reformed | Sunday worship is shared with Lower Wortley and Whingate Methodist Churches. Part of the Leeds South and West Circuit.[26] | |||
West Leeds Christadelphian Hall [27] | 118 Town Street LS12 3JG | Christadelphian | 1970[27] | |||
Whingate Methodist Church and Community Centre [28] | 61 Whingate LS12 3EJ | Methodist | 1988 | Part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit. The original church was built in 1879.[29] Merged in 2022 with Lower Wortley and Wesley Road Methodist Churches.[30] |
Arthington[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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St Mary and St Abanoub Church [31] | Arthington Lane, LS21 1PL | Coptic Orthodox | II | 2007 (1864) | Redundant C of E St Peter's Church, designed by George Gilbert Scott, built 1864, taken over and renamed in 2007.[32] It serves a congregation living in West, North and East Yorkshire.[33] |
Bardsey[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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All Hallows Church | Church Lane LS17 9DH | Church of England | I | 825 | Earliest parts from 825. Upper tower is Saxon (10th century), church enlarged 1100 to 1400.[34] The Church of St Mary Magdalene in East Keswick is part of the same parish. |
Barwick-in-Elmet[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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All Saints' Church | Main Street LS15 4HR | Church of England | II* | 14th century | The oldest part is 14th century; the tower is 15th century. Part of Elmete Trinity Benefice (which consists of the parishes of All Saints, Barwick in Elmet, St Philip's, Scholes and St Peter's, Thorner).[35][36] | |
Barwick Methodist Church [37] | The Boyle, LS15 4JN | Methodist | 1900 | The church is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit,[7] formerly Leeds East Circuit.[38] |
Beeston[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Beeston Hill United Free Church [39] | Malvern Road LS11 8PD | Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed | 1974 | The church is a Local Ecumenical Partnership with members from the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed churches. It is part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit and the URC Yorkshire Synod. From 7 May 2022 it has been served by the Leeds URC Partnership's Ministry Team.[13] | ||
City Evangelical Church [40] | Malvern Street LS11 8SX | Evangelical | 1901 | Originally a Baptist Chapel, now part of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches and a member of the Yorkshire Gospel Partnership.[41] | ||
Gurdwara Guru Nanak Nishkan Sewak Jath (GNNSJ)[42] | 78 Lady Pit Lane LS11 6DP | Sikh | 1986 | Former Ringtons tea-packing factory, purchased by the Sikh community and converted into a Gurdwara in December 1986. The building is built on the birthplace of Ringtons' founder, Samuel Smith.[43] | ||
Jamia Masjid Abu Huraiara | 1 Hardy Street LS11 6BJ | Islam Sufi - Bareilvi | 1986 | Based in 1897 building of former Leeds Co-operative Society. Opened as Kashmir Muslim Welfare Association in 1986. Upper floor for worship, others for community events. | ||
Masjid-e-Umar | 29 Stratford Street, LS11 6JG | Islam Deobandi | 2011 | On the corner of Stratford Street and Lodge Lane. | ||
Masjid Ibraheem | 4 Woodview Rd, LS11 6LE | Islam Sunni - Deobandi | 2015 | |||
St Andrew's Methodist Church [44] | Old Lane LS11 8AL | Methodist | 1956 | The church is a twentieth-century brick building and is part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit. | ||
St Anthony of Padua Church | Old Lane LS11 7AA | Catholic | 1904 | The church was designed by Kelly and Birchall, with addition of a bell tower and narthex in 1966.[45] Now part of the parish of St. Maximillian Kolbe.[46] | ||
St Luke's Church | Malvern Road LS11 8PD | Church of England | II | 1872 | Gothic revival, gritstone, designed by Richard Adams of Leeds architects' firm Adams and Kelly | |
St Mary's Church [47] | Town Street LS11 8SY | Church of England | II | 1886 | Part of the Parish of Beeston, along with Cottingley Church.[48] Construction began in 1877 and was completed in 1886. | |
United Reformed Church in South Leeds [49] | Dewsbury Road LS11 5HT | United Reformed Church | Now used as a charity shop, with monthly services. Other services are at the United Reformed Church in South Leeds in Belle Isle.[50] |
Belle Isle[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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St John and St Barnabas Church | 175 Belle Isle Road, LS10 3DN | Church of England | 1938 | C of E parish church of Belle Isle and Hunslet. Anglo Catholic churchmanship. Brick built 1938 to replace two churches in Holbeck, St John's Church and St Barnabas' Church, now demolished.[51] Belle Isle Library was located in the crypt until a new library was built in 1965.[52] | ||
St Peter's Church | Petersfield Avenue, LS10 3QN | Catholic | 1948 | Catholic parish church of Belle Isle since 1958, part of the parish of St. Margaret Clitherow. | ||
United Reformed Church in South Leeds [49] | Nesfield Road, LS10 3LG | United Reformed Church | 2011 | Built on the site of a 1952 Congregational Church. From 7 May 2022 it has been served by the Leeds URC Partnership's Ministry Team.[13] | ||
West Grange Church [53] | West Grange Garth, LS10 2AX | Evangelical | Independent church located off West Grange Drive, previously located on the East Grange Estate. The church is visible, but not accessible, from Belle Isle Road |
Boston Spa[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Boston Spa Methodist Church[54] | Spa Lane LS23 6AA | Methodist | II | 1847 [55] | Part of the Tadcaster Methodist Circuit,[56] close to the centre of the village. There is a Peace Garden between the church and the River Wharfe.[57] | |
Martin House Hospice Chapel | Grove Road LS23 6TX | 2005 | Designed by Wildblood MacDonald Architects of Wetherby and opened in 2005,[58] it replaced the previous chapel which was lost when Whitby Lodge, a separate unit for teenagers and young people, was built.[59] | |||
St Mary the Virgin | High Street LS23 6DR | Church of England | II | 1814 | Part of the Lower Wharfe parish and of the Benefice of Bramham,[60] located at the western end of the village. |
Bramham[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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All Saints' Church | Back Lane | Church of England | II* | 1150 | The church is part of the Benefice of Bramham and has an Anglo-Saxon oval churchyard [61] |
Bramhope[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Bramhope Methodist Church | Eastgate LS16 9AA | Methodist | II | 1895 [62] or 1896 [63] | The church is part of the Wharfedale and Aireborough Circuit [64] The Historic England site referring to the National Heritage List for England states that the foundation stones bear a date of 1895.[62] | |
Bramhope Puritan Chapel | Otley Road LS16 9JE | Puritan, later Church of England | I | 1649 | The chapel was built by Robert Dyneley of Bramhope Hall, at his own expense. It is now maintained by Bramhope and Carlton Parish Council. Not used for regular worship but available for weddings, funerals and blessings.[65] | |
Bramhope Scout Campsite | Occupation Lane LS16 9HR | Non-denominational | There is an outdoor chapel within the grounds of the campsite.[66] | |||
St Giles' Church [67] | Church Hill LS16 9BA | Church of England | 1881 | Built plot of land formerly called Cripple Garth, referring to a "cripple" meaning a hole in a stone wall which would allow sheep to pass through, but not cattle.[68] Designed by Richard Adams and John Kelly and built by local contractors. Freeman of Otley (masons) used millstone grit from nearby quarries on the Chevin. The roof has Westmorland slates. The church was dedicated on 28 November 1881.[69] |
Bramley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Christ the King [70] | King's Approach LS13 2DX | Catholic | 1928 [71] | |||
Hunters Greave Scout Activity Centre | Pollard Lane Newlay LS13 1EQ | Non-denominational | There is a chapel on site.[72] | |||
St Margaret's Church [73] | Newlay Lane LS13 2AJ | Church of England | 1958 | Situated on the Moorside Estate in Bramley. St Margaret's and St Peter's both form the parish of Bramley, part of Churches Together around Leeds 13.[74] | ||
St Peter's Church | Hough Lane LS13 3JF | Church of England | St Margaret's and St Peter's both form the parish of Bramley, part of Churches Together around Leeds 13.[74] | |||
Trinity Methodist Church [75] | Upper Town Street LS13 2EP | Methodist | 1967 | Redeveloped 2009, part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit. The first Methodist Chapel in Bramley was built in 1777, on the site of the existing Church.[76] |
Burley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Calvary International Christian Centre [77] | Calvary Cathedral, 53 Cardigan Lane, LS4 2LE | Non-denominational | II | 1898 | Formerly Burley Methodist Church, which closed in June 2012.[78] Built in Gothic Revival style. | |
Leeds Chinese Christian Church | 155 Kirkstall Rd LS4 2AG | Independent | 1990 | |||
Makkah Jamia Masjid | 36 Thornville Road, LS6 1JY | Islam | 2003 | Between Brudenell Road and Royal Park Road | ||
Our Lady of Lourdes Church | Cardigan Road LS6 1LU | Catholic | 1930 | Built by the Society of Jesus as Sacred Heart Chapel, and handed over to the Diocese of Leeds in 1947, renamed 1954, and part of the parish of St Jeanne Jugan since 1997 | ||
St Matthias' Church | St Matthias' Street, LS4 2DZ 53°48′25″N 1°34′45″W / 53.806972°N 1.579264°W | Church of England | II* | 1854 | The church was completed in 1854; the north aisle and the west porch were added in 1886. Leeds healing rooms, affiliated to the International Association of Healing Rooms, are based in the church centre.[79] | |
Winners Chapel [80] | Burley Hall, 49-51 Cardigan Lane LS4 2LE | Part of the Living Faith Church Worldwide | II | Former Methodist Sunday school (1904) and Church Hall. Winners Chapel in Leeds held its first service on 5 September 2010.[81] |
Burmantofts[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Bridge Community Church [82] | Rider Street LS9 7BQ | Pentecostal | 2016 | Bridge Community Church is the operational name for Bridge Street Pentecostal Church. The church traces its origins back to a pastoral appointment at Mount Tabor Mission in 1910.[83] | ||
Hope City Church [84] | 32 York Road LS9 8SY | Pentecostal | 2008 | Part of the Megacentre building, the former Leeds City Council Library HQ building. Previously met at the Leeds Hilton Hotel.[85] | ||
Living Hope Church [86] | The Place, Saxton Lane LS9 8HE | Evangelical (Non-denominational) | Image shows the frontage on Marsh Lane. HQ of Living Hope Church International. | |||
St Agnes' Church[87] | Stoney Rock Lane LS9 7UQ | Church of England and Baptist | II | 1889 | Church of England parish church, now united with Baptist congregation. | |
St Patrick's Church | Torre Rd LS9 7QL | Catholic | 2001 | The modern church moved from an 1891 building on Rider Street now occupied by Leeds Playhouse |
Calverley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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St Wilfrid's Parish Church [88] | Town Gate LS28 5NF | Church of England | II* | 1154 | The tower is from 1154, the rest mainly 13th and 14th century. The tower has an unusual crooked arch and houses examples of Saxon gravestones.[89] | |
Calverley Methodist Church | Carr Road LS28 5PQ | Methodist | II | 1872 | This church, located on the corner of Carr Road and Chapel Street, is part of the Bradford North Methodist Circuit.[90] |
Chapel Allerton[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Chapel Allerton Hospital Chapel | Chapeltown Road LS7 4SA | Non-denominational | The chapel is located on the third floor of the north wing.[91] | |||
Chapel Allerton Methodist Centre | Town Street LS7 4NB | Methodist | 1878 | This former church now serves as a 'church centre' for Chapel Allerton Methodist Church. Chapel Allerton Baptist Church ("Chapel A") regularly meets there for Sunday worship.[92] | ||
Chapel Allerton Methodist Church [93] | Town Street LS7 4NB | Methodist | 1983 | The church is situated on Town Street and was completed in 1983, replacing another church also on Town Street, still standing and used as the church centre. The church is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit.[7] In January 2005 Chapel Allerton Methodist Church signed a local ecumenical covenant with St. Matthew's Parish Church. Grace Gospel Church, whose members are of Ethiopian and Eritrean origin, also meets here.[94] | ||
St Matthew's Church [95] | Wood Lane LS7 3QF | Church of England | II* | 1900 | The church was designed by George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907) and built on land gifted by a parishioner in 1897.[96] In January 2005 St Matthew's signed a local ecumenical covenant with Chapel Allerton Methodist Church. Russian Orthodox church services also take place here.[97] |
Chapeltown[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Chapeltown Community Church | Avenue Hill, LS8 4EX | II | 1906 | Formerly Trinity United Reformed Church, now a community church. The foundation stone was laid by Henry Robinson, Mayor of Kensington. Listed building status includes the neighbouring Sunday School building.[98] The United Reformed Church is now part of Trinity United Methodist/URC Church in Harehills.[99] | ||
Church of God of Prophecy | Austin Burke Memorial Centre 196 Chapeltown Road LS7 4HZ | Pentecostal | 1992 | Purpose-built church and community centre, hence no religious symbols inside. Congregation formerly in Baptist Chapel, Meanwood Road. Part of Region 5 of the Church of God of Prophecy in the UK.[100] | ||
Gurdwara Guru Kalgidhar Sahib | Cowper Street, LS7 4EE | Sikhism | 2008 | Moved from 128 Chapeltown Road (the first Gurdwara in Leeds) to larger premises on Cowper Street [101] | ||
Holy Rosary Church | Chapeltown Road LS7 4BZ | Catholic | 1937 | An earlier church of the Holy Rosary was built in Barrack Street in 1886. The present church, which was designed to seat 500 people in the nave and transepts and cost £12,300, was opened by Bishop Henry Poskitt of Leeds on 30 September 1937. It was reordered around 1987 to create a smaller nave and a narthex.[102] Part of the parish of Mother of Unfailing Help. | ||
Leeds Islamic Centre | 46 Spencer Place LS7 4BR | Muslim | 2001 | The site was originally the Chassidishe Synagogue.[103] | ||
Our Lady of Czestochowa and St. Stanislaw Kostka | Newton Hill Road LS7 4EY | Polish Roman Catholic | 1976 | The church is a Polish language Roman Catholic church. Entrance as postcode but faces Chapeltown Road. | ||
Ramgarhia Board Gurdwara | 8-10 Chapeltown Road LS7 3AP | Sikh | 1987 | Former post office. Replaced the building at 138 Chapeltown Road. Opened by Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.[104] | ||
Roscoe Methodist Church [105] | Francis Street LS7 4BY | Methodism | 1974 (replacing an earlier building) | The church is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit.[7] | ||
Sikh Temple | 192 Chapeltown Road LS7 4HZ | Sikhism | 1999 | Replaced the former Union Chapel on the other side of the road.[106] | ||
Wesleyan Holiness Church | Laycock Place LS7 3JA [107] | Wesleyan Holiness Church | 1982 | This is the only Wesleyan Holiness Church in Yorkshire |
City Centre[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Holy Trinity Church (Church of the Holy Trinity) | Boar Lane LS1 6HW | Church of England | I | 1727 | Parish Church in the Parish of Leeds City, along with Leeds Minster. It was built in 1722–7, but the steeple dates from 1839. Now used by the Riverside Church.[108] | |
Jamyang Buddhist and Meditation Centre[109] | 12 York Place LS1 2DS | Tibetan Buddhist | 29 September 2018 | In the basement. Moved from 31 St Paul's Street. | ||
Leeds Cathedral (Cathedral Church of St Anne) | Great George Street LS2 8BE | Catholic | II* | 1904 | Officially the Cathedral Church of St Anne, commonly known as Saint Anne's Cathedral, is the Cathedral of the Diocese of Leeds, part of the parish of Mother of Unfailing Help and the seat of the Bishop of Leeds. | |
Leeds General Infirmary Chapel [110] | Great George Street LS1 3EX | Non-denominational | I | 1868 | In the centre of the (Grade I listed) old buildings of the LGI, dedicated to St Luke. | |
Leeds Minster (Minster and Parish Church of St Peter at Leeds) | Kirkgate LS2 7DJ | Church of England | I | 1841 | Formerly Leeds Parish Church, before becoming a Minster in 2012. Now an important church for the new Diocese of Leeds, though neither a cathedral nor a pro-cathedral. | |
Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel | 36 Lower Basinghall Street LS1 5JA | Unitarian | II* | 1848 | Faces onto City Square, about 200 yards to the north of the current Mill Hill | |
St George's Church | Great George Street LS1 3BR | Church of England | I | 1838 | Near to Leeds General Infirmary. Its spire was blown down in 1962 and replaced in January 2006. |
Clifford[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Clifford Methodist Church [111] | Nursery Way LS23 6HF | Methodist | 1848 | The church is situated on Nursery Way close to the centre of the village and is part of the Tadcaster Circuit.[56] It incorporates the Methodist church which recently closed in neighbouring Bramham. Though similar in age to the other churches in Clifford, it is not a Listed Building. | ||
St Edward King and Confessor | Chapel Lane LS23 6HU | Roman Catholic | II* | 1859 | Building began in 1845 on the site of a former Wesleyan Chapel, consecrated 1859, tower finished 1866.[112] Unusually for an English village, the Catholic church is the "dominant building".[113] | |
St Luke's Church | Bramham Road LS23 6SL | Church of England | II* | 1842 | At the western end of the village, part of the New Ainsty Deanery in the Diocese of York. |
Collingham[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Collingham Methodist Church [114] | Harewood Road LS22 5BL | Methodist | The church is part of the Tadcaster Methodist Circuit.[56] It is also known as "The Ramblers' Church".[115] | |||
St. Oswald's Church | Church Lane LS22 5AU | Church of England | II | Parish church of Collingham with Harewood.[116] |
Colton[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Colton Methodist Church [117] | Chapel Yard/Meynell Road LS15 9AH | Methodist | 1980's [118] | The church was in the former Richmond Hill Methodist Circuit, later renamed Leeds East Circuit,[38] and is now part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit;[7] it is also part of Churches Together in Leeds 15. |
Cookridge[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Cookridge Methodist Church [119] | Tinshill Road, LS16 7DF (corner with Otley Old Road) | Methodist | 1962 | Architects: W F Dawson and Bennett. The church was part of the Leeds (Headingley and West) circuit [120] and is now part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit. | ||
Grace Community Church (Leeds North) [121] | Cookridge Village Hall 45 Moseley Wood Walk LS16 7HQ | Non-denominational | Part of the Yorkshire Gospel Partnership.[122] | |||
Holy Trinity Church [123] | Tinshill Lane, LS16 7LW | Church of England | 1962 | Architects: Jones, Stocks & Partners |
Cottingley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Cottingley Church [124] | 115 Cottingley Approach LS11 0HJ | Church of England, United Reformed Church and Methodist | 1981 | Shared church also serves as a community centre. Part of the Anglican parish of Beeston, along with St Mary's, Beeston, and also part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit (formerly Leeds South Circuit). Pastoral support is provided by the URC minister.[48][125][126] |
Cross Gates[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Christ Church | Sandiford Close, LS15 8EY | Evangelical | 1960 | On the corner with Manston Gardens. The Free Church of England (Evangelical Connexion) | ||
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | Kingswear Parade, LS15 8LH | Mormon | On the corner with the Ring Road A6120 | |||
Cross Gates Methodist Church [127] | Austhorpe Rd LS15 8QR | Methodist | 1893 | Designed by architect G F Danby, opened 13 May 1893, replacing the former Wesleyan church on an adjacent site.[128] Opposite the Cross Gates Centre and is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit (formerly Leeds East Circuit).[7][38] | ||
St James the Great Church [129] | Church Lane, Manston, LS15 8JB | Church of England | II | 1913 | Replaced smaller 1847 building, in Decorated Gothic style by Leeds architect H. S. Chorley.[130] | |
St Theresa of the Child Jesus Church | Station Road, LS15 7JY | Catholic | 1953 | The church is situated opposite Cross Gates railway station and since 2011 has been part of the parish of Blessed John Henry Newman.[131] |
Cross Green[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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St. Hilda's [132] | Cross Green Lane, LS9 0DG | Church of England | II | 1882 | Building fund opened in 1845.[133] Built by Yorkshire architect J. T. Micklethwaite for Anglo-Catholic worship.[134] Church is affiliated to the Mission Society of St. Wilfrid and St Hilda and to Forward in Faith.[135] |
Drighlington[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Drighlington Methodist Church [136] | King St BD11 1EL | Methodist | 1996 | Part of the North Kirklees and Morley Methodist Circuit. | ||
Moorside Church[137] | Moorside Road BD11 1JB | Evangelical | ||||
St Paul's Church | Whitehall Road East BD11 1LJ | Church of England | II | 1876 | Designed by architect William Swinden Barber. Part of the United Benefice of Drighlington and Gildersome.[138] |
East End Park[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Wat Matchimaram | Londesboro Grove (entrance) / Londesboro Terrace (postal address) LS9 9NE | Buddhist | 22 April 2016 [139] | Temple and residence for Thai monks. Formerly Mencap support centre: the rest of the building is still used as Mencap's Hawthorn Family Support Centre.[140] Looks out onto East Park Parade. |
East Keswick[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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East Keswick Methodist Church | Main Street LS17 9EJ | Methodist | 1891 | Part of the Tadcaster Methodist Circuit.[56] Built "To The Glory of God", and as a memorial to Joseph Laurence, whose academy trained young men for the Methodist Ministry.[141] | ||
St Mary Magdalene Church | Moor Lane LS17 9ES | Church of England | 1957 | Built as a Chapel of Ease to the Parish Church in Harewood, now part of the parish of Bardsey.[34] |
Farnley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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St Makarios the Great (formerly St Michael and All Angels) Church | Lawns Lane LS12 5ET | Romanian Orthodox | II | 1885 | Formerly Church of England until 2010. The Anglican congregation relocated to St Michael's Community Church which meets in Hillside Community Centre.[142] The building transferred to the Romanian Orthodox Church on 20 October 2011, an iconostasis (rood screen) consistent with the style of the building and the existing furniture was sculpted in oak in Romania and was installed on Good Friday in 2013, and repairs were completed in July 2015.[143] The parish covers Yorkshire and Greater Manchester and falls under the jurisdiction of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe based in Paris.[144] | |
St Wilfrid's Church | Whincover Drive LS12 5JW | Roman Catholic | 1957 | The church has been used by St. Mary's Syro Malabar Catholic Mission since 18 October 2015.[145] |
Farsley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints | 80 Priesthorpe Road LS28 5JR | Mormon | 1989 [146] | On the junction of Priesthorpe Road and the A6120 Leeds Ring Road | ||
Church of St John the Evangelist [147] | New Street LS28 5DJ | Church of England | II | 1843 | On the junction of New Street and Old Road. The church has a stained glass window which depicts the figure of Christ in Australian shepherd's garb.[148] Supported by the Friends of St. John's, a secular society working to conserve the historic building and its heritage.[149] | |
Farsley Community Church [150] | Back Lane LS28 5EU | Methodist/Baptist | 1827 | After the Baptist Church on Bryan Street, Farsley closed down in 2004, the local Baptist congregation signed an agreement with the Methodist church on Back Lane to allow them to share the facilities and use of the church.[150] Part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit, formerly part of the Leeds (Wesley) Circuit.[151] |
Fulneck[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Fulneck Moravian Church | Fulneck | Moravian Church | I | 1744 | The church is situated in the Fulneck Moravian Settlement |
Garforth[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Garforth Evangelical Church | Salem Place 1 Wakefield Road LS25 1AN | Evangelical | 1872 | Opened 1872 as a Salem Chapel (Methodist) [152] on the left, closed 1969. After commercial use, it was bought the 1980s by Garforth Evangelical Church, who added a brick extension.[153] | ||
Garforth Library | Main Street | The Dayspring Church, part of the Pioneer Church Network, worship first and third Sundays of the month at Garforth Library.[154] | ||||
Garforth Methodist Church [155] | Church Lane LS25 1NW | Methodist | 1872 | Originally a Wesleyan Chapel. Formerly known as Brunswick Methodist Church until congregations from two other Methodist churches in Garforth amalgamated as their buildings went to other uses. Part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit, formerly Leeds East Circuit.[38] | ||
St Benedict's Church [156] | Aberford Road LS25 1PX | Roman Catholic | 1998 | The first church on this site was built in 1964 but blew down the week before its official opening. A second building, made out of wood and glass, had to be demolished in 1994. The present church, designed by Vincente Steinlet, was opened on 11 July 1998.[156] | ||
St Mary's Church | Church Lane LS25 1NR | Church of England | II | 1844 or 1845 [152] | Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin. Architect G. F. Jones in Early English style. Magnesian limestone, slate roof. |
Gildersome[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Ebenezer Methodist Church [157] | Town End LS27 7HF | Methodist | 1886 | The church is part of the North Kirklees and Morley Circuit. | ||
Gildersome Baptist Church | Church Street | Baptist | II | 1866 | ||
Gildersome Meeting [158] | 75 Street Lane LS27 7HX. | Quaker | II | 1756 | There was previously a Meeting House at The Nooks in Gildersome, which was built in 1709 and had been sold by 1757.[159] | |
St Peter's Church | Church View LS27 7AF | Church of England | Part of the United Benefice of Drighlington and Gildersome [138] |
Gipton[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Church of the Epiphany | Beech Lane LS9 6SW | Church of England | I | 1938 | The church was designed by Nugent Cachemaille-Day and completed in 1938 with the construction of the surrounding estate. | |
St Nicholas Church | Oakwood Lane, LS9 6QY | Catholic | 1961 | The church is part of the parish of Blessed Edmund Sykes[160] and was built to serve the area's large Irish population. |
Guiseley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guiseley Baptist Church [161] | Oxford Road LS20 9AS | Baptist | ||||
Guiseley Methodist Church [162] | Oxford Road | Methodist | The church is part of the Wharfedale and Aireborough Circuit [64] | |||
St Oswald's Church, Guiseley | The Green | Church of England | I | Part of the parish of Guiseley with Esholt.[163] The marriage of the parents of the Brontë sisters, Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell, took place in the church on 29 December 1812.[164] |
Halton[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christ Church [165] | Chapel Street, LS15 7RW | Methodist and United Reformed Church | A Local Ecumenical Partnership church formed in 1989,[166] formerly part of Leeds East Circuit,[38] now part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit,[7] and part of the Leeds URC Partnership.[13] | |||
Kingdom Hall | 31A Chapel Street, LS15 7RN | Jehovah's Witnesses | ||||
St Wilfrid's | Selby Road LS15 7NP | Church of England | 1939 | Designed by architect A. Randall Wells, with furnishings by Eric Gill.[167] |
Halton Moor[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corpus Christi Church | Neville Road LS9 0HD | Roman Catholic | 1962 | The church was opened as a daughter church to the now closed Mount St. Mary's Church in neighbouring Richmond Hill. Clergy were from the Oblates of Mary Immaculate until 2008 [168] and the church is now part of the parish of Blessed John Henry Newman.[131] The church has a large high school, Corpus Christi Catholic College, and a primary school adjacent to it. |
Harehills[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic | 50 Gledhow Road LS8 5ES | Pentecostal | 1983 | On the corner with Gledhow Terrace. Originally built 1900 as a chapel for the Churches of Christ | ||
Jamia Tul Batool Islamic Centre and Mosque | 7 Beck Rd LS8 4EJ | Islam (Sunni) | Licensed for marriages. | |||
Markazi Jamia Masjid Bilal (Harehills Mosque) | Conway Rd, LS8 5JH | Islam (Barelvi) | 1999 | Moved from site on Harehills Place to present building off Harehills Lane. | ||
Masjid Al Towbah | 2 Whitfield Street LS8 5AJ | Islam (Salafi) | 2008 | Al Towbah Islamic Centre functions as mosque and madrasa | ||
Masjid-e-Quba | 24 Shepherds Lane, LS8 4LH | Islam (Deobandi) | 2015[169] | Al Hassan Education Centre is co-located | ||
New Testament Church of God [170] | 3 Easterly Road, LS8 2TN | Pentecostal | 1984 | Formerly the Third Church of Christ Scientist built in 1927, worship registration cancelled in November 1984.[171] The New Testament Church of God was first established in Louis Street, Harehills, in 1959 [172] and moved to this building in May 1985.[173] | ||
Shah Jalal Mosque | 25-27 Ellers Road, LS8 4JH. | Islam (Deobandi) | 2004 | Bangladeshi Islamic Society is co-located. Men only. | ||
St Aidan's Church | Roundhay Road LS8 5QD | Church of England | II* | 1894 | ||
St Augustine of Canterbury Church [174] | Harehills Road LS8 5HR | Catholic | 1936 | The chaplain to the Eritrean community in Leeds is also based here. Services held for Kerala Malayalam, Ukrainian and Zimbabwean communities and in Latin.[174] Twinned with St. Thomas More Parish, Itaka, in the Diocese of Mbeya in Tanzania.[175] | ||
St Cyprian with St James [176] | Coldcotes Avenue LS9 6ND | Church of England | 1959 | At the corner of Bellbrooke Avenue. St Cyprian's Church originally opened as a district mission church in the parish of St Agnes, Burmantofts on 3 October 1903. The first building was a wooden hut set on brick foundations. The congregation at St Cyprian's was enlarged when St James's Church at Cross York Street, Leeds, was closed in February 1949. The church was licensed for the conduct of marriage services from 1950 and the new parish of St Cyprian with St James, Harehills, was formed in April 1959. The temporary church was replaced by the new brick church of St Cyprian with St James in 1959.[177] | ||
St James' University Hospital Chapel | Beckett Street LS8 5HS | Non-denominational | II | 1861 | Part of St James' University Hospital | |
St Wilfrid's Church | Chatsworth Road LS8 3QR | Church of England | 1927 | |||
Trinity United Church [99] | Banstead Terrace West LS8 5PL | United Reformed and Methodist | 1983 | On junction with Roundhay Road. It overlooks Banstead Park and is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit.[7] The Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship also meets at this church.[178] | ||
United Afghan Community Centre and Mosque | 229 Roundhay Road LS8 4HS | Islam (Deobandi) | 2012 | First floor rooms above a shop. Men only.[179] |
Harewood[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harewood Stupa | Grounds of Harewood House | Buddhist | 2004 | Buddhist monument built by monks from Bhutan. It was formally consecrated in 2005 by Lama Baso Karpo. Many Lamas from India and Nepal have visited the stupa to make offerings and lead prayers.[180] |
Hawksworth (LS5)[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church | Hawksworth Avenue LS5 3PN | Church of England | II | 1935 | Knapped flint with sandstone dressings and a Westmorland slate roof. One of two churches in the Parish of Moor Grange and Hawksworth Wood, the other being St Andrew the Apostle. |
Hawksworth (LS20)[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hawksworth Methodist Church [181] | Main Street LS20 8NX | Methodist | 1903 | The church is part of the Wharfedale and Aireborough Circuit.[64] |
Headingley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ebenezer Chapel | 15 Grove Lane LS6 4DP | Baptist | 1967 | Ebenezer Particular Baptist Chapel, affiliated to the Gospel Standard Baptists.[182] | ||
Hinsley Hall Chapel | 62 Headingley Lane LS6 2BX | Catholic | 1998 | Though originally a Methodist college, it is now owned by Leeds Catholic Diocese, who added the chapel in 1998.[183] | ||
South Parade Baptist Church [184] | South Parade LS6 3LF | Baptist | 1909 | Opposite the junction with St Michael's Lane. Leeds Arabic Christian Fellowship also meets at South Parade Baptist Church.[185] Became Cornerstone Baptist Church in 2020, "one church with three sites", Cragg Hill in Horsforth, Headingley, and the Copperbeech Hub in Bramley.[186] | ||
St Chad's Church | Otley Road | Church of England | II* | 1868 | Parish church of Far Headingley. Part of Churches Together in Headingley.[187] It has been used on many occasions as a Yorkshire Television filming location. | |
St Columba's Church [188] | Headingley Lane | United Reformed | 1966 | Part of Churches Together in Headingley and the Leeds Partnership of United Reformed Churches.[187] "The principal facades are to the north because they were intended to face a new Headingley bypass road which was never built."[189] From 7 May 2022 it has been served by the Leeds URC Partnership's Ministry Team.[13] | ||
St Luke's Church | Alma Road | Lutheran | 1985 | Converted from a house | ||
St Michael and All Angels Church | Headingley Lane | Church of England | II* | 1886 | Headingley parish church. | |
St Michael's Parish Hall | 7 St Michael's Rd LS6 3AW | Church of England | Used by Leeds Chinese Gospel Church Strings of Life Christian Ministry for Sunday services.[190] | |||
St Urban's Church | Grove Road LS6 4AQ | Catholic | 1963 | In 2010 the parishes of St Urban's, Headingley and Our Lady of Lourdes, Burley merged as the Parish of St. Jeanne Jugan. | ||
Wat Buddharam Thai Temple[191] | 45 Cliff Road LS6 2ET | Buddhist | Formerly a hotel, the Cliff Lawn, and originally the house of a Victorian mill owner.[192] |
Holbeck[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cloverleaf Christian Centre | 18 Brown Lane West LS11 0DN | Non-denominational | 2014 | Headquarters of Cloverleaf World Ltd.[193] | ||
St. Francis of Assisi Church | Bismarck Street LS11 6TN | Roman Catholic | Part of the parish of St. Maximillian Kolbe.[194] |
Horsforth[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brethren's Meeting Room | Brownberrie Lane, LS18 5HD | Plymouth Brethren | 2007 | Brethren's Meeting Room according to sign outside. Called Horsforth Gospel Hall by the Charity Commission, Church by Leeds City Council. Replaced an earlier Gospel Hall. | ||
Central Methodist Church | Town Street | Methodist | The church was formerly a Primitive Methodist chapel and still retains internal signage pertaining to the Primitive Methodist church. The church was part of the Leeds (Wesley) Circuit [120] and is now part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit. | |||
Cragg Hill Baptist Church [195] | 18 Cragg Hill LS18 4NU | Baptist | II | 1803 | Part of Cornerstone Baptist Church in 2020, "one church with three sites", along with South Parade Baptist Church, Headingley, and the Copperbeech Hub in Bramley.[186] A member of Horsforth Churches Together. | |
Emmanuel Baptist Church | Hall Lane LS18 5JE | Baptist | 2014 | Former St Margaret's Parish Church Hall, rented from 2014, bought 2016.[196] | ||
Grove Methodist Church[197] | Town Street | Methodist | II | 1868 [198] | The church is part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit. The church is accessible from New Street. | |
Kingdom Hall of the Jehovahs Witnesses | Calverley Lane | Jehovahs Witnesses | ||||
Leeds Trinity University Chapel | Brownberrie Lane LS18 5HD | Roman Catholic | 1968 | Opened and dedicated on 13 July 1968 by Archbishop George Dwyer of Birmingham.[199] | ||
Lister Hill Baptist Church | Brownberrie Lane | Baptist | ||||
St James' Church | Low Lane | Church of England | II | 1848 | ||
St Margaret's Church | Church Lane | Church of England | II | 1877 | ||
St Mary's Church | Broadgate Lane | Roman Catholic | Part of the parish of Our Lady of Kirkstall [200] | |||
Woodside Methodist Church [201] | Outwood Lane | Methodist | The church is part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit. | |||
Willow Green Christian Fellowship | Parkside LS18 4DJ |
Hunslet[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gospel Hall | Bedford Row LS10 1BZ | Gospel Hall Assemblies | 1932 [202] | |||
Hunslet Baptist Church [203] | Low Road LS10 1QR | Baptist | 1837 [204] | |||
Hunslet Church of the Nazarene [205] | Lupton Street LS10 2QR | Church of the Nazarene | Successor to the Derbyshire Street Mission (1904) | |||
Hunslet Gathering | Involve Centre Whitfield Avenue LS10 2QE | Church of England | "A new Anglican Church" [206] or "church plant", led by St Luke's Holbeck (see Beeston above), which meets on the third Sunday of each month.[207] | |||
Hunslet Methodist Church [208] | Telford Terrace LS10 2HR | Methodist | The church is part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit. | |||
Leeds West Hunslet Salvation Army [209] | Hunslet Hall Road LS11 6QB | Salvation Army | Built prior to 1964.[210] | |||
St Mary the Virgin Church | Church Street | Church of England | II | 1864 | The spire is the only remaining original part, with the rest being rebuilt in the 20th century. John Wesley preached here on 30 July 1769.[211] |
Hyde Park[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Hallows Church [212] | 24 Regent Terrace LS6 1NP | Church of England | 1974 | Replaced an 1886 building damaged by fire. See leodis.net Part of the benefice of Leeds St. Margaret and All Hallows.[213] Open land in front of the church is being used to form All Hallows' Community Garden.[214] | ||
Bethel Apostolic Church [215] | Victoria Road, LS6 1AS | Pentecostal | II | 1886 | Stone fronted, but the body of the church is in red brick | |
Hindu Temple [216] | 36 Alexandra Rd, LS6 1RF | Hindu | 1968 | Operated by Leeds Hindu Charitable Trust | ||
Leeds Grand Mosque | 9 Woodsley Road, LS6 1SN | Islam | 1965 | The mosque was formerly Sacred Heart Catholic Church, changed to a mosque in 1994. According to a Leeds City Council planning department the building is "of a distinctive modernist design".[217] | ||
St Augustine's Church, Wrangthorn[218] | Hyde Park Terrace LS6 1BJ | Church of England | II | 1871 | Situated on the corner of Hyde Park Road and Hyde Park Terrace, funded by the Leeds Church Extension Society. Part of the benefice of Woodhouse and Wrangthorn. The parish was established in 1865.[219] |
Ireland Wood[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church | 52 Otley Old Road LS16 6HW | Roman Catholic | 1953 | Part of the parish of Our Lady of Kirkstall [200] | ||
St Paul's Church | Raynel Drive, LS16 6BS | Church of England | 1965 | Octagonal in form, funded by the Leeds Church Extension Society |
Killingbeck[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Killingbeck Cemetery Chapel | York Road | Roman Catholic | Located at centre of Killingbeck Cemetery. The cemetery was established by the Catholic Burial Board in 1895.[220] |
Kirkstall[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Vesper Road LS5 3NX | Mormon | Known as Leeds First Ward. A ward is a local congregation in the LDS Church.[221] | |||
Redeemed Christian Church of God | 15-17 Walter Street LS4 2BB | Pentecostal | Also known as the Everlasting Father's Assembly, and the building as the Land of Mercy. | |||
St Stephen's Church, Kirkstall | Morris Lane LS5 3HF | Church of England | II | 1829 | Situated on high ground overlooking Kirkstall Abbey. |
Kippax[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kippax Methodist Church [222] | Chapel Lane LS25 7HA | Methodist | 1970s | The church is part of the Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit.[223] The current building replaced the now-demolished Wesleyan Chapel on the opposite side of the road. | ||
St Mary's Church | Leeds Road LS25 7HF | Church of England | I | 1125 | Extensive 19th century restoration; part of the Team Benefice of Allerton Bywater, Kippax and Swillington. The church contains the remains of an Anglo-Danish Cross shaft.[224] |
Lincoln Green[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Achiever's Faith [225] | Cherry Row, LS9 7LY | Pentecostal | 2006 | The chapel is a room above the cafes | ||
Lincoln Green Mosque [226] | Cherry Row, LS9 7LY | Sunni Islam | 2009 | The mosque is located by the junction with Lincoln Road |
Little London[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Souls' Church | Blackman Lane, LS7 1LW | Church of England | II* | 1880 | Built by public subscription in one of the poorest districts of Leeds, and designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott.[227] | |
Little London Community Centre | Oatland Lane, LS7 1SP | Evangelical | Resurrection Power of Jesus Ministry meets on Fridays and Sundays.[228] |
Mabgate[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New City of David Ministries | 62 Mabgate LS9 7DZ | Nondenominational Christian | ||||
United Church of the Kingdom of God | 12 Regent Street LS2 7QA | Nondenominational Christian | 2015[229] | |||
Wings of Refuge Ministries | 22 Regent Street LS2 7QA | Nondenominational Christian |
Meanwood[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Holy Trinity Church [230] | Church Lane LS6 4NP | Church of England | II | 1864 | Meanwood Methodist Church now also worships at Holy Trinity Church.[231] | |
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses | Stainbeck Road LS7 2QY | Jehovah's Witnesses | ||||
Meanwood Methodist Church | Monkbridge Road, junction with Green Road | Methodist, now Iglesia ni Cristo | II | 1881, extended 1886 [232] | Formerly part of the Leeds South and West Methodist circuit, the church was closed in October 2014 and the church community now worships at Holy Trinity Church in Meanwood.[231] The building is now used by the Iglesia ni Cristo church.[233] | |
Meanwood Valley Baptist Church | c/o Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, Sugarwell Road, Meanwood LS7 2QG | Baptist | The church meets at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm Epicentre most Sunday mornings.[234] | |||
Stainbeck United Reformed Church [235] | Stainbeck Road LS7 2PP | United Reformed Church | 1931 | By the corner with Stainbeck Lane. Part of the Leeds Mission and Care Group of URC churches.[236] From 7 May 2022 it has been served by the Leeds URC Partnership's Ministry Team.[13] |
Methley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Methley Methodist Church [237] | Main Street, Mickletown, LS26 9JE | Methodist | 1888 | The church is part of the Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit.[223] | ||
Saint Oswald's Church | Church Side, LS26 9BJ | Church of England | I | 14th century | Parish church. Formerly had a spire, but this was removed for safety in 1937.[238] |
Micklefield[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Mary the Virgin | Old Great North Road LS25 4AG | Church of England | 1861 | Located in the northern part of the village known as "Old Micklefield". Part of the benefice of Aberford with Micklefield [239] and the Sherburn in Elmet Group of Parishes.[240] The church has a memorial to the 63 victims of the Peckfield Colliery disaster and a plaque dedicated to the victims' widows. On the site of a former Chapel of Ease, demolished 1860.[241] |
Middleton[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Middleton Park Baptist Church | Middleton Park Avenue LS10 4HT | Baptist | The church is situated on Middleton Park Avenue in the heart of the Middleton council estate. | |||
St. Cross Church | Middleton Park Avenue | Church of England | 1933 | Funded by the Leeds Church Extension Society, the church was opened in 1933 to serve the new Middleton council estate. In 1935 it became a separate parish rather than a mission church of St. Mary's. | ||
St. Mary the Virgin Church | Town Street | Church of England | II | 1846 | The church was completed in 1846; prior to that Middleton was in the parish of Rothwell. | |
St Phillip's Church | St Philip's Avenue | Catholic | The church is part of the parish of St. Margaret Clitherow and situated on St. Philip's Avenue to the north of the Estate. |
Moortown and Moor Allerton[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baab-ul-Ilm Mosque | 166 Shadwell Lane LS17 8AD | Muslim | 2004 | Name means "Gateway to Knowledge" and incorporates facilities for prayers, educational and social activities.[242] Next door to the Lubavitch Centre and opposite the UHC synagogue. | ||
Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue [243] | 399 Street Lane LS17 6HQ | Orthodox Judaism | 1969 | Previously located at Templar Street in the original Jewish quarter in Leeds (1874), then in St. Alban's Street until 1886, then in Upper Hope Street, then moved to Newton Road, Chapeltown (1937), then to current location in 1969.[244] | ||
Etz Chaim Synagogue | 411 Harrogate Road LS17 7BY | Orthodox Judaism | 1981 | Architect: Stuart Leventhall | ||
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church | 294 Harrogate Road LS17 6LE | Roman Catholic | 1959 | Immaculate Heart parish was the first new parish to be established in Leeds after the Second World War. Two mass centres, the Queen's Arms in Harrogate Road and the Corner House Social Club in Moortown, were previously in use and from 1945 The Grange, now part of St Gemma's Hospice, was used. The present church was consecrated in 1959.[245] Now part of the Parish of Saint John Mary Vianney.[10] | ||
Iqra Centre [246] | 4-6 Carr Manor Crescent LS17 5DH | Muslim | 2001 | A branch of the UK Islamic Mission (UKIM).[247] | ||
Lingfield Centre | Lingfield Hill LS17 7EJ | Muslim | 2016 | Community centre including prayer room for 70 worshippers, also part of the UK Islamic Mission.[248][249] | ||
Lubavitch Centre [250] | 168 Shadwell Lane LS17 8AD | Orthodox Judaism | 1986 | Opened as a cultural centre here in 1986. Date of commencement as a synagogue not known.[251] Notable for its large Hanukkah menorah. | ||
Moortown Baptist Church [252] | 204 King Lane LS17 6AA | Baptist | Corner of King Lane and Stonegate Road | |||
Moortown Methodist Church Centre [253] | Alderton Rise LS17 5LH | Currently used by Showers of Mercy Ministries International,[254] Lighthouse Chapel and Leeds Independent Seventh Day Adventist Church.[255] | 1953 [256] | Not used for Methodist services since September 2015.[257] The North Leeds Foodbank used the premises for food distribution until February 2019.[258] | ||
St Gemma's Hospice Chapel | 329 Harrogate Road LS17 6QD | Non-denominational | 1982 | The Hospice Chapel is in the main reception area: a multi-faith space open for anyone to use day or night. Regular Roman Catholic, Church of England and Methodist/Free Church services.[259] | ||
St John the Evangelist Church [260] | Harrogate Road LS17 7BZ | Church of England | II | 1853 | Part of the Moor Allerton and Shadwell Team Ministry.[9] The adjacent Church Hall, originally a school room, was built in the same style as the church but opened two years later in 1855.[261] | |
St Stephen's Church | Cranmer Road LS17 5PX | Church of England | 1954 | The church is situated off King Lane and was built to serve the Moor Allerton council estate. Part of the Moor Allerton and Shadwell parish and served by the Moor Allerton and Shadwell Team Ministry.[262] A cross outside the church commemorates a Franciscan Mission held at the church in September 1964. | ||
UHC Synagogue | 151 Shadwell Lane LS17 8DW | Orthodox Judaism | 1986 | Formerly the United Hebrew Congregation Leeds synagogue[263] |
Morley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Central Methodist Church [264] | Wesley Street LS27 9EE | Methodist | II | 1862 | The church, originally known as Queen Street Wesleyan Methodist Church,[265] forms part of the North Kirklees and Morley Methodist Circuit | |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | 63 Bridge Street LS27 OEX [266] | Mormon | ||||
Newlands Methodist Church [267] | Albert Drive LS27 8SE | Methodist | The church forms part of the North Kirklees and Morley Methodist Circuit | |||
St Andrew's Church [268] | St Andrew's Avenue, Bruntcliffe | Church of England | 1891 [269] | Part of the benefice of Morley.[270] | ||
St Francis of Assisi Church | Corporation Street, Morley | Roman Catholic | Part of the Parish of St William of York and the Leeds South West Deanery.[271] | |||
St Mary in the Woods Church [272] | Troy Road LS27 8HY | United Reformed | II | 1878 | ||
St Paul's Church | King Street LS27 9ES | Church of England | Parish legal name is St. Paul, Morley, Townend.[273] Known as "the church on the spoil heap", as the hill on which it stands is not a natural hill but the spoil heap of Morley Railway Tunnel.[274] Part of the benefice of Morley.[275] | |||
St Peter's Church | Rooms Lane LS27 9NX | Church of England | II | 1840s | The church is a commissioners' church. A charismatic/evangelical church, part of the benefice of Morley.[275] |
New Farnley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St James' and St Michael's Church [276] | Whitehall Road LS12 5AA | Church of England | 1959 | Image shows St James' church, which is now a multi-purpose community building including St James' and St Michael's church services. Part of the Benefice of Wortley and Farnley. |
Osmondthorpe[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Philip's Church | 86 Osmondthorpe Lane, LS9 9EF | Church of England | 1933 | Architect F. L. Charlton. Early English style: brick facings over reinforced concrete arched trusses. Awarded the RIBA West Yorkshire Medal in 1936.[189] The altar and interior woodwork are by Robert Thompson, the 'Mouseman'. |
Otley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Saints' Church | Kirkgate | Church of England | I | The 'Navvies Monument', a monument to the navvies who died building the Bramhope Tunnel, is situated outside the church. | ||
Beech Hill Church [277] | 20-24 Beech Hill, Westgate LS21 3AS | Evangelical | II | 2021 | Formerly Artamis Gifts, Carole's Dress Shop and Beech Hill Studios, became home to Beech Hill Church (the new name for Bethel Evangelical Church) in 2021. Listed building along with the property at 18 Beech Hill.[278] | |
Bridge Street United Reformed Church [279] | Bridge Street LS21 1RW | United Reformed | II | 1899 [280] | The church was a Congregational church, known as the Duncan Cathedral, prior to the formation of the United Reformed Church in 1972.[281] | |
Cross Green Gospel Hall | Cross Green | Brethren | This was originally a Quaker Meeting House built in the 1890s. | |||
Otley Methodist Church [282] | Walkergate LS21 1HB | Methodist | II[283] | 1870s | The church is part of the eastern cluster of Wharfedale and Aireborough Circuit.[284] As of November 2022[update] the property is for sale.[285][286] | |
Otley Spiritualist Church | New Market | Spiritualist | ||||
Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Church | Bridge Street | Roman Catholic |
Oulton[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Oulton Methodist Church | 63 Aberford Road LS26 8HS | Methodist | 1860 | |||
St John the Evangelist's Church | Leeds Road LS26 8JU | Church of England | II* | 1829 | Currently (2018) not in use due to water damage, but under repair.[287] |
Pool-in-Wharfedale[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Pool-in-Wharfedale Methodist Church | Main Street, Pool-in-Wharfedale | Methodist | The church is part of the Wharfedale and Aireborough Circuit.[64] | |||
St Wilfrid's Church | Main Street, Pool-in-Wharfedale | Church of England | II | 1840s. |
Potternewton[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Harehills Lane Baptist Church | Harehills Lane LS8 4HA | Baptist | 1928 | |||
St Martin's Church | St Martin's View LS7 3LB | Church of England | II | 1881 | The church was designed by Park Row-based architectural consultants Adams and Kelly, and built between 1879 and 1881. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Ripon on 19 April 1881. The altar came from the demolished Christ Church in Meadow Lane, Hunslet in 1973, and the stone war memorial on the south side of the churchyard came from St Clement's Church in Sheepscar in 1974.[288] | |
Three Hierarchs Church | Harehills Avenue LS8 4HD | Greek Orthodox (formerly Methodist) | II | 1906 |
Pudsey[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes | |
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Kingdom Hall | Richardshaw Lane LS28 7ND | Jehovah's Witnesses | West side, on the corner with Primrose Hill. | ||||
Pudsey United Reformed Church | School Street LS28 8PN | United Reformed Church | |||||
St Andrew's Church [289] | Robin Lane LS28 7BR | Methodist | 1901 | The church is part of the Leeds South and West Circuit and was originally a Primitive Methodist church. | |||
St Joseph's Church | The Lanes LS28 7AZ | Roman Catholic | The church is of twentieth century build and is situated on The Lanes, away from the centre of Pudsey. It serves the Catholic community living in Pudsey, Swinnow, Stanningley, Farsley, Woodhall, Fulneck and Troydale.[290] | ||||
St Lawrence and St. Paul's Church [291] | Church Lane LS28 8BE | Church of England | II | 1821 | The church is Pudsey parish church and a Commissioners' church |
Rawdon[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Friends Meeting House (Quaker) | Quakers Lane, LS19 6HU | Society of Friends | II | 1697 | ||
St Peter's Church | Town Street, LS19 6QZ | Church of England | II | 1684 | ||
Trinity Church | Aireborough New Road Side, LS19 6QZ | Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed | II | 1846 | This church is the former Benton Congregational Church (1846), being renamed in 1972 by the three groups who now share it.[292] |
Richmond Hill[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christ Temple of Worship Church [293] | 20 Shannon Street LS9 8SS | Pentecostal | Registered Charity no. 1154417 details[294] | |||
Deeper Life Bible Church | 18 Shannon Road LS9 8SS | Evangelical | 2006 | Began as a group at the University of Leeds in 1991, then used various rooms, getting its own premises in 2006.[295] | ||
Glory Fire Church [296] | Curtis House Business Centre, 4 Berking Avenue LS9 9LF | Part of the ‘Supernatural Global Network’ family of churches under the "spiritual covering" of Apostle Guillermo Maldonado and King Jesus International Ministry, Miami, USA.[297] | ||||
Newbourne Methodist Church [298] | Upper Accommodation Road, LS9 8JL | Methodist | 1971 | The church is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit (formerly Leeds East Circuit),[38] and is also used by God's International Deliverance Church (GIDC) for services conducted in Ghanaian | ||
St Saviour Church | Ellerby Road | Church of England | I | 1845 |
Rothwell[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Holy Trinity Church | Wood Lane Rothwell | Church of England | II | 1873 | There has been a church since 1150, but the current building dates mainly from 1873.[299] | |
Rothwell Baptist Church | Wood Lane, LS26 0PG | Baptist | Between Wood Lane and Haigh Road. A hall has existed there for over 90 years, but the present building dates from 2008.[300] | |||
Rothwell Methodist Church [301] | Butcher Hill, LS26 0DB | Methodist | The church is part of the Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit.[223] | |||
St Mary's Church | 40 Park Lane, LS26 0ES | Roman Catholic |
Roundhay[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leeds-Oakwood Christadelphians | North Lane LS8 2LX | Christadelphian | Mid-1960's [302] | The congregation was formed in 1940 and met initially in rented rooms in Chapel Allerton and Oakwood.[302] | ||
Lidgett Lane Community Centre | Lidgett Lane Community Centre, Lidgett Lane LS17 6QP | Nondenominational Christianity | All Nations Community Church uses a room in the Community Centre on Sundays.[303] | |||
Lidgett Park Methodist Church [304] | Lidgett Place LS8 1HS | Methodist | II | 1926 | The church is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit and the Circuit Office is based there.[7] The church produces a monthly magazine called The Link.[304] Ecumenical partnerships are in place with St Edmunds and St Andrews. | |
Oakwood Church | Springwood Road LS8 2QA | Methodist and Church of England | 1986 | A Methodist-Anglican Partnership, joint with St John's Church of England Parish, in the Methodist church building (formerly Roundhay Methodist Church) since 1 December 2013.[305] Part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit.[306] | ||
Roundhay Parochial Hall | Fitzroy Drive LS8 4AB | Muslim and Evangelical | 1928 | Hosts worship by the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Association UK on Fridays and Roundhay Evangelical Church on Sundays.[307] | ||
Quaker Meeting House [308] | 136 Street Lane LS8 2BW | Quaker | 1957 | Converted bungalow (1931) | ||
Sinai Synagogue | Roman Avenue LS8 2AN | Reform Judaism | 1960 | Designed by Halpern & Associates of London. Extended 1985. | ||
St Andrew's Church | Shaftsbury Avenue LS8 1DS | United Reformed | II | 1908 | In ecumenical partnership with Lidgett Park Methodist Church.[304] Part of the Leeds Mission and Care Group (URC) and the Leeds Dementia Alliance.[309] From 7 May 2022 it has been served by the Leeds URC Partnership's Ministry Team.[13] | |
St Edmund's Church | Lidgett Park Road LS8 1JN | Church of England | II | 1910 | In ecumenical partnership with Lidgett Park Methodist Church.[304] | |
Third Church of Christ, Scientist | Devonshire Croft, Devonshire Lane, LS8 1AY | Christian Science | 1990s |
Scholes[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scholes Methodist Church [310] | Main Street LS15 4DJ | Methodist | 1879 | The church is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit,[7] formerly Leeds East Circuit.[38] | ||
St Philip's Church [311] | Main Street LS15 4DJ | Church of England | 1966 |
Scott Hall[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Potternewton Centre | Potternewton View LS7 2DW | Baptist | Used by Chapel Allerton Baptist Church (Chapel A) as its Sunday venue since 2017; previously the church met at Chapel Allerton Primary School. Chapel A is part of the Yorkshire Baptist Association and the Baptist Union of Great Britain.[312] | |||
Scott Hall Church | 9 Scott Hall Grove, LS7 3JH | Evangelical | 1970s | Previously Scott Hall Christian Fellowship |
Seacroft[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Church of the Ascension | Ironwood Approach LS14 6EW | Forward in Faith | 1961 | It is still owned by the Church of England although they have vacated it as of January 2012 (reducing their number of churches on the estate from three to two). It is now used by Forward in Faith. | ||
Our Lady of Good Counsel | Kentmere Avenue LS14 6QY | Roman Catholic | 1954 | The parish was established as an offshoot of St Theresa's in Cross Gates in 1954. The first services were held in a builders’ canteen using the oven as an improvised altar. Later the newly-completed school hall was used. The church uses an Italian Romanesque style and was designed by Desmond Williams of architects Arthur Farebrother & Partners. It opened in 1960.[313] Part of the parish of Blessed Edmund Sykes.[314] | ||
Seacroft Congregational Church | 134 Brooklands Avenue LS14 6RS | United Reformed | 1951 | Seacroft Congregational Church is on Brooklands Avenue and was built in 1951 along with the surrounding estate. | ||
Seacroft Methodist Church [315] | 1081 York Road LS14 6JB | Methodist | 1980 | The church is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit, formerly Leeds East Circuit.[38] The new church was built as an extension to the 1874 building, which is now used by Chapel FM.[316] A community organisation, South Seacroft Friends and Neighbours shares the use of the premises.[317] | ||
St James' Church | Seacroft Green LS14 6JJ | Church of England | II | 1846 | The church sits on the village green and dates from the area's days as a village before the development of the Seacroft estate. | |
St Richard's Church | Kentmere Avenue LS14 1BN | Church of England | c1950s | The church is situated on the corner of Kentmere Avenue and Ramshead Hill. Along with St Paul's at Whinmoor it forms part of the Parish of St James. |
Shadwell[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shadwell Methodist Church | Main Street, LS17 8HN | Methodist | 1892 | The original chapel (1814) is now the library. | ||
St Paul's Church | Main Street LS17 8HD | Church of England | II | 1842 | Part of the Moor Allerton and Shadwell Team Ministry.[9] |
Sheepscar[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dunamis International Gospel Centre | Sterling House 1 Sheepscar Court Northside Business Park LS7 2BB | Pentecostal [318] | ||||
His Majesties House [319] | 8-10 Chapeltown Road | Non-denominational | Meets at Ramgarhia Sports Centre on Sunday afternoons, entrance is on Roundhay Road | |||
Leeds Central Seventh-day Adventist Church [320] | 169 Meanwood Rd LS7 1JW | Seventh-day Adventist | (1894) | Originally a Primitive Methodist Chapel, which was opened in 1894 [321] | ||
Mountain of Fire and Miracles [322] | 62B Roseville Road LS8 5DR | Non-denominational[323] | Part of Mountain of Fire and Miracles International | |||
Redeemed Christian Church of God Power Connections Church [324] | 236 Meanwood Road LS7 2AH | Evangelical | ||||
The Redeemed Evangelical Mission - City of Praise [325] | 5 Sheepscar Court, Meanwood Road LS7 2BB | Evangelical | Formerly at 12 Sheepscar Street South |
Stanningley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St John's Methodist Church | Bright Street LS28 6NJ | Methodist | 1886 | |||
St Thomas' Church | Town Street LS28 6NB | Church of England | II | 1841 | ||
The Oak Church [326] | 54, Bradford Road LS28 6EF | Evangelical | 2015 | Part of Mosaic Church, Leeds. A weekly foodbank also operates from the church building.[327] |
Swarcliffe[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Gregory's Church | Swarcliffe Drive, LS14 5AW | Roman Catholic | 1970 [328] | Since 2011 the church has been part of the parish of Blessed John Henry Newman.[131] | ||
Swarcliffe Baptist Church | Mill Green Road, LS14 5JU | Baptist | 1970s | On the corner of Mill Green Road and Mill Green Place. Part wooden and part brick. Also known as Swarcliffe Streams Baptist Church.[329] The church was established in 1957.[330] |
Swillington[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Mary's Church [331] | Wakefield Road, LS26 8DS | Church of England | II | c. 1360 [331] | Part of the Team Benefice of Allerton Bywater, Kippax and Swillington. |
Swinnow[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christ the Saviour Church [332] | 1 Swinnow Walk, LS13 4NP | Church of England | 1959 | Part of the parish of St Thomas, Stanningley | ||
St Mark's Methodist Church [333] | Swinnow Lane LS13 4RG | Methodist | Part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit |
Thorner[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Peter's Church | Church View LS14 3ED | Church of England | II* | 15th century |
Thorp Arch[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Saints' Church | Church Causeway LS23 7AH | Church of England | II | 12th century | The church is situated on Church Causeway outside of the village. It is of twelfth century origin, although most of the building dates from its restoration by George Edmund Street in 1871–72. Part of the Lower Wharfe Group of Parishes.[334] | |
HM Prison Wealstun | Church Causeway LS23 7AZ | Non-denominational | 2005 | The chapel was dedicated on 1 November 2005.[335] |
Tingley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hope Church [336] | 45 Thirlmere Drive WF3 1PU | May 2014 | Part of a church planting initiative called "Connected".[337] The address belongs to Ardsley Church of the Nazarene.[338] | |||
Tingley Methodist Church [339] | Westerton Road WF3 1BD | Methodist | Part of the Morley and North Kirklees Methodist Circuit |
Walton[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Peter's Church | Main Street, LS23 7DJ | Church of England | II* | St. Peter's, in the Parish of Lower Wharfe,[340] is part of the Benefice of Bramham in the Diocese of York. The church is believed to have been built in the year 1350.[341] |
Weetwood[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hollin House | Weetwood Avenue LS16 5NG [342] | Church of England | Home and office of the Bishop of Leeds: the chapel is occasionally available for use by church groups.[343] |
West Park[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Church of the Assumption of Our Lady | Spen Lane LS16 5EL | Roman Catholic | 1957 | Part of the parish of Our Lady of Kirkstall [200] | ||
St Andrew the Apostle | Butcher Hill, Moor Grange LS16 5HQ | Church of England | 1968 | On the corner of Butcher Hill and Old Oak Drive; part of the parish of St Mary, Hawksworth Wood and served by the Abbeylands Team Ministry.[344] There are currently no services held at this church.[344] | ||
West Park United Reformed Church | Spen Lane, LS16 5BB | United Reformed Church | 1937 | On the corner of Spen Lane and West Park Drive. Formerly West Park Congregational Church.[345] From 7 May 2022 it has been served by the Leeds URC Partnership's Ministry Team.[13] |
Wetherby[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Church on the Corner | Hallfield Estate | Church of England | 1873 | The Church on the Corner is a Church of England place of worship in the grounds of Wetherby Cemetery and built on land granted by the Burial Board.[346] It was originally a mortuary chapel. It is situated next to a near-identical chapel of rest. | ||
St James' Church | Church Street LS22 6LP 53°55′47″N 1°23′11″W / 53.9298°N 1.3864°W | Church of England | II | 1842 | St James' Church is Wetherby's parish church and the largest church structure in the town. | |
St Joseph's Church | Westgate | Catholic | 1882 | Its extension in 1987 won the Leeds Prize for architecture that year. | ||
Wetherby Methodist Church[347] | Bank Street | Methodist | 1829 | Replaced earlier chapels on North Street (now demolished) and Victoria Street (now converted to commercial premises). The church is part of the Tadcaster Circuit.[348] It was refurbished in 2012. | ||
Wetherby Salvation Army Church | Campus of Wetherby High School Hallfield Lane | Salvation Army | The buildings were formerly part of HMS Ceres. |
Whinmoor[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Paul's Church | Whinmoor Crescent LS14 1EG | Church of England | Part of Seacroft Parish [349] |
Whitkirk[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Mary's Church | Selby Road, LS15 0AA | Church of England | I | 15th Century | Parish Church. |
Woodhouse[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahlulbayt Cultural Centre | 35 Hanover Square, LS3 1BQ | Islam Shia | Formerly Hanover Square Methodist Chapel (1847).[350] Main Iraq/Iranian mosque in Leeds | |||
Blenheim Baptist Church [351] | Blackman Lane LS2 9ER | Baptist | Located at the base of Broadcast Tower, also known as "The Rusty Building", which is part of Leeds Beckett University. Replaced previous church building which closed in 2007. Twinned with First Baptist Church of Richardson, Texas.[352] | |||
Cemetery Lodge | Off Clarendon Road on the University of Leeds campus | Muslim | II | The building contains a Muslim Prayer Room for the north side of the campus. | ||
Central Leeds (Carlton Hill) Meeting [353] | 188 Woodhouse Lane LS2 9DX | Society of Friends | 1987 [354] | Replaced the former Carlton Hill Meeting House lower down Woodhouse Lane, which is now part of Leeds Metropolitan University | ||
Claire Chapel | Emmanuel Centre, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane | Christian | While the building in which it is housed is a former church, it is not as a whole a place of worship. However a small chapel has been constructed making use of one of the stained glass windows. | |||
Gateway Church, formerly St Mark's Church | St Mark's Street LS2 9AF | Evangelical | II | 2014 | Built as a Church of England Commissioners' Church in 1826, became redundant in 2005+. The church was used as the 'Parish Church of St Matthew' in The Beiderbecke Affair. Renovated and used for Gateway Church and functions including exams for the University of Leeds. | |
Greater World Sanctuary | 14 Clarendon Road LS2 9NN | Spiritualist | II | Grade II listed 19th century residence adapted for worship. | ||
Notre Dame College Chapel [355] | St Mark's Avenue LS2 9BL | Catholic | ||||
The Mount Faith Centre | The Mount 44 Hyde Terrace LS2 9LN [356] | Christian | Part of an NHS building providing inpatient and outpatient care related to mental health. Open to all for prayer and reflection, but Christian symbols and Communion is held there, according to a notice. | |||
University of Leeds Conference Auditorium | University of Leeds, Willow Terrace Road | Muslim | This facility of the University provides a Muslim Prayer Room for the south side of the campus |
Woodlesford[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Saints' Church | Pottery Lane, Woodlesford | Church of England | II | 1870 | Due to flooding at St. John's Church, Oulton, Sunday morning worship has temporarily moved to All Saints Parish Hall in Woodlesford.[357] | |
Woodlesford Methodist Church [358] | Church Street, Woodlesford | Methodist | 1817 | The church is part of the Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit,[223] formerly part of the Rothwell Circuit.[359] |
Wortley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Holy Family Catholic Church | Green Lane LS12 1HU | Catholic | 1895 | Gothic Revival red brick with slate roof by John Kelly. | ||
Lower Wortley Methodist Church [360] | Branch Road, Lower Wortley, LS12 4RN | Methodist | 1884 | Built as a United Methodist Free Church. It acts as a distribution centre for the Leeds North and West Foodbank.[361] Merged October 2022 with Wesley Road and Whingate Methodist Churches.[30] |
Yeadon[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brethren's Meeting Room | Gill Lane LS19 7DD | Plymouth Brethren | Also called Gospel Hall. | |||
New Life Community Church | Haw Lane, LS19 7XQ | Evangelical | II | 1891 | Formerly St Andrew's C of E parish church, built by Thomas Healey of Bradford in 1891 in Arts and Crafts Perpendicular style.[362] | |
St John the Evangelist Church | Barcroft Grove, | Church of England | 1844[363] | The church is a Commissioners' church with a grant of £300 designed by Walker Rawsthorne and completed in 1844. The chancel was added in 1893. | ||
St Peter and Paul Church | New Road, Yeadon | Catholic | 1955[364] | |||
Yeadon Methodist Church | Chapel Hill, LS19 7RG | Methodist | 1875[363] | The church is part of the Wharfedale and Aireborough Circuit [64] |
Former places of worship[edit]
Aberford[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Closure | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aberford Methodist Church | Main Street South, LS25 3DA | Methodist | 1912 | Replaced 1814 chapel. Sold in 2017 as a house | |||
Gascoigne Almshouses | Bunker Hill, LS25 3DF | II | 1845 | 1976 | (Now Priory Park) The almshouses had a residents' chapel at the south end (left of picture).[365][366] | ||
Lotherton Hall Chapel | Collier Lane, Aberford | 1830 | Twelfth century Norman chapel in the grounds of Lotherton Hall, which was in use until 1830 and renovated between 1913 and 1917, when it was used as part of a Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital.[367] |
Adel[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Closure | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adel Reformatory Chapel | Tile Lane LS16 8EB | Church of England | II | 1882 | 1991 [368] | The Chapel of a reformatory school operated by the Leeds Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders. Later used as a lecture room and a gym. The school was founded in 1857 and the chapel was added to the south in 1882. Derelict from the 1990s. Grade II Listed Building.[369] |
Alwoodley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Closure | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Barnabas's Church | The View, LS17 7NA | Church of England | 1930s | 1963 | Now used as a church hall; a new church was built alongside (left of this picture).[370] | ||
St Paul's Church | Buckstone Crescent, off King Lane | Roman Catholic | 1953 | 1996 | Now used as a church hall; a new church was built alongside (behind in this picture). |
Armley[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Closure | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Branch Road Methodist Chapel 1877 | Branch Road, LS12 3AQ | Methodist | 1877 | 1905 | The grey building on the left is the original, architect Thomas Howell. Replacement chapel to the right. The white addition is the entrance when it was converted to a cinema in 1910. Later a laundry, then a supermarket, currently unused.[189] | ||
Branch Road Methodist Chapel 1905 [371] | 2 Branch Road, LS12 3AQ | Methodist | II | 1905 | Replaced the chapel next door up the hill. On junction with Stanningley Road. Mike's Carpets (now MC Carpets) since 1979 | ||
Church of the Ascension | 115 Heights Drive, LS12 3TG | Church of England | 1962 | Most recent use as Family of God church | |||
Methodist Free Church, Hall Lane | Hall Lane | Methodist | 1897 | Later Armley Congregational Church, now flats. | |||
Methodist Free Church, Hall Road | Colton Street / Hall Road | Methodist | 1900 | Corner of Colton Street (left) and Hall Road (right) | |||
Southfield Primitive Methodist Chapel | Wesley Road, LS12 1UL | Methodist | 1875 [372] | Part of the former Leeds Sixth Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Church[373] and one of the chapels used when the Primitive Methodist Conference came to Leeds in 1898.[372] Now in commercial use. |
Bardsey[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Closure | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament | Keswick Lane | Roman Catholic | 2010[374] | The church was served by priests from the Oblates of Mary Immaculate based at Sicklinghall, North Yorkshire |
Barwick-in-Elmet[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Closure | Notes |
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Methodist Chapel |
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