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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 / 53.806972; -1.579264 (Parish Church of St. Matthias)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 / 53.9298; -1.3864 (St. James' Church, Wetherby)
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
Methodist Chapel

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