Abbey Street in the city of LEEDS


About Abbey Street

Abbey Street is a street located . The street has a length of approximately 125 metres.

The street is publicly maintained which means that the road is adopted and Leeds is responsible for the repair and upkeep of the highway.

The street is located within the Leeds District (B) Council's jurisdiction. They provide various services, like refuse collection, and manage council tax collection. It's situated in the region of the UK.

The road has been assigned the Unique Street Reference Number of 23000009 in the National Street Gazetteer.

It is located within the county of , situated in the region of the UK. It's 170.28 miles North from central London., 0.85 miles West from Leeds, 22.62 miles South West from York and 26 miles North West from Doncaster.

ABBEY STREET is within the Post Town of

Abbey
Religious (Aramaic)
Definition:

Road names containing the word "Abbey" are common in the UK, with 705 occurrences, highlighting the significant role religious communities have played in shaping national identity. By the Middle Ages, there was a flourishing of monastic communities, including the Benedictines, Dominicans, and Franciscans. These orders established great abbeys to house their members and practice their religious lives.

Far from leading a cloistered existence, abbeys served as seats of learning, providing alms and medical aid to the communities around them. However, the wealth and power these abbeys amassed eventually drew the envy of English King Henry VIII. He dissolved the monasteries, stripping them of their assets and leaving many of these magnificent buildings in ruins.

The word "Abbey" is derived from the Aramaic "Abba," meaning "Father." In Latin, the male head of an abbey was called "Abbas," and the female head, "Abbatissa." The term for the buildings and community overseen by an abbot or abbess was "Abbatia." After the Norman Conquest, the French form "Abbé" evolved into the English "Abbey" we use today.

In modern times, there has been a resurgence of abbeys. Notable examples include Saint Michael's Abbey in Farnborough and Douai Abbey near Newbury, continuing the legacy of these historic religious communities.

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Budget Hotel Name Distance (miles)
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Nearby Estate Agents

Estate Agents near Abbey Street
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HOPCoburg House, St. Andrews Court, Leeds, LS3 1JYVisit Website
Rosedale & Jones Property Consultants, Powered by Keller WilliamsThe Tannery, 91 Kirkstall Road, Leeds LS3 1HS
Savills LettingsWaterside Apartments Gotts Road, Leeds, LS12 1DWVisit Website
New Home Agents141 Kirkstall Road Leeds, LS3 1JJ
Hunters15 Park Place, Leeds, LS1 2SJVisit Website

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Location Details

Abbey Street
Map showing the location of Abbey Street
Latitude53.799178
Longitude-1.563306
OS Easting (X):428759
OS Northing (Y):433764
OS Grid Reference:SE288338

Roads that have a Junction with Abbey Street

StreetJunction Type
Kirkstall Road (A65)junction
Cavendish Streetjunction

Sunset and Sunrise times

Sunrise08:20
Sunset15:50

Latest Weather Conditions

Observed at Weather Station:Bingley Samos 23 December 2024 at 08:00 (12.34 miles away)
Current Weather:Cloudy
Temperature and Humidity:1.7°C (69.9%)
Wind Direction and Speed:W (6 mph)

  Population Statistics

Nearest Supermarkets

Sainsburys Leeds Wellington Place Local
5 Wellington Place, Whitehall Road, Leeds, England, LS1 4AP
1132433178
Distance: 0.33 Miles
Directions to Sainsburys Leeds Wellington Place Local
Tesco Leeds Burley Rd Express
Burley Rd, Leeds, LS3 1JP
0345 671 9568
Distance: 0.42 Miles
Directions to Tesco Leeds Burley Rd Express
Tesco St Pauls St Leeds Express
15 St Pauls St, Leeds, LS1 2JG
0345 026 9987
Distance: 0.52 Miles
Directions to Tesco St Pauls St Leeds Express
Tesco Leeds Calverley St Express
Calverley St, Leeds, LS1 3DX
0345 671 9652
Distance: 0.61 Miles
Directions to Tesco Leeds Calverley St Express

 Telephone Information

Area Code
Area Code: 0113 - Leeds
Area Code: 01274 - Bradford
Area Code: 01943 - Guiseley
Area Code: 01924 - Wakefield

Local Government

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Nearest Schools

England Primary Schools

All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School

Address: All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School, Cross Aysgarth Mount, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 9AD

Distance: 1.80 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132359260

Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School

Address: Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Leopold Street, Chapeltown, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 4AW

Distance: 1.57 miles

Contact:

Ebor Gardens Primary School

Address: Ebor Gardens Primary School, Rigton Drive, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7PY

Distance: 1.56 miles

Contact:

St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Leeds

Address: St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Leeds, Cromwell Street, Burmantofts, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7SG

Distance: 1.45 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132934411

Shakespeare Primary School

Address: Shakespeare Primary School, Lincoln Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7NP

Distance: 1.52 miles

School Website

Contact: 01135351000

Little London Community Primary School

Address: Little London Community Primary School, Meanwood Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 1SR

Distance: 1.20 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132442457

Blenheim Primary School

Address: Blenheim Primary School, Lofthouse Place, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9EX

Distance: 0.88 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132930808

Quarry Mount Primary School

Address: Quarry Mount Primary School, Pennington Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 2JP

Distance: 1.18 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132455803

Brudenell Primary School

Address: Brudenell Primary School, School View, Leeds, LS6 1EN

Distance: 1.03 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132785168

Ebor Gardens Primary Academy

Address: Ebor Gardens Primary Academy, Ebor Gardens Primary Academy, Ebor Gardens Primary Academy, Rigton Drive, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7PY

Distance: 1.56 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132482750

Ingram Road Primary School

Address: Ingram Road Primary School, Brown Lane East, Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 9LA

Distance: 1.08 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132456136

Beeston Primary School

Address: Beeston Primary School, Town Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 8PN

Distance: 1.86 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132716978

Rosebank Primary School

Address: Rosebank Primary School, Burley Road, Rosebank Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS3 1JP

Distance: 0.41 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132433497

Spring Bank Primary School

Address: Spring Bank Primary School, Spring Bank Primary School, Spring Road, Headingley, Spring Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 1AD

Distance: 1.37 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132043120

Castleton Primary School

Address: Castleton Primary School, Green Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 1JZ

Distance: 0.68 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132637756

Burley St Matthias Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Address: Burley St Matthias Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Burley Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS4 2HY

Distance: 0.99 miles

School Website

Contact: 01133367401

Kirkstall Valley Primary School

Address: Kirkstall Valley Primary School, Argie Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS4 2QZ

Distance: 1.15 miles

School Website

Contact: 01138878982

Holy Family Catholic Primary School

Address: Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Parliament Road, Armley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 2LH

Distance: 0.75 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132797572

St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Address: St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Strawberry Lane, Tong Road, St Bartholomews Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 1SF

Distance: 1.02 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132639292

Armley Primary School

Address: Armley Primary School, Salisbury Terrace, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 2AY

Distance: 1.03 miles

Contact:

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Address: Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Eden Way, Argie Avenue, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS4 2TF

Distance: 1.61 miles

Contact:

Beecroft Primary School

Address: Beecroft Primary School, Eden Way, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS4 2TF

Distance: 1.61 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132618820

Five Lanes Primary School

Address: Five Lanes Primary School, Stradbroke Way, Wortley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 4NB

Distance: 1.16 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132790122

Lower Wortley Primary School

Address: Lower Wortley Primary School, Lower Wortley Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 4PX

Distance: 1.78 miles

School Website

Contact: 01133230152

Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School

Address: Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School, Morris Lane, Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS5 3JD

Distance: 2.06 miles

School Website

Contact: 01133821960

Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Address: Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Theaker Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 3NU

Distance: 1.38 miles

Contact:

Whingate Primary School

Address: Whingate Primary School, Whingate Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 3DS

Distance: 1.63 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132638910

England Higher Schools

Leeds College of Building

Address: Leeds College of Building, North Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7QT

Distance: 1.18 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132226000

Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College

Address: Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College, St Mark's Avenue, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9BL

Distance: 0.91 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132946644

Luminate Education Group

Address: Luminate Education Group, Park Lane, Leeds City College, College House, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS3 1AA

Distance: 0.20 miles

School Website

Contact: 01133861997

England Secondary Schools

Dixons Trinity Chapeltown

Address: Dixons Trinity Chapeltown, Leopold Street, Chapeltown, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 4AW

Distance: 1.57 miles

School Website

Contact: 01135125510

Swallow Hill Community College

Address: Swallow Hill Community College, Whingate Road, Armley, Leeds, LS12 3DS

Distance: 1.63 miles

Contact:

Leeds City Academy

Address: Leeds City Academy, Bedford Field, Woodhouse Cliff, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 2LG

Distance: 1.30 miles

School Website

Contact: 01132844260

Nearest Hospitals

Nuffield Health, Leeds Hospital
Address: Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital, 2 Leighton Street, Leeds, LS1 3EB,
Independent Sector
Nuffield Health
Telephone: 0113 388 2000
Visit Hospital Website
Distance: 0.62 (miles)
Directions from to Nuffield Health, Leeds Hospital
The Mount
Address: 44 Hyde Terrace, Leeds, LS2 9LN,
NHS Sector
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Telephone: 0113 855 5000
Visit Hospital Website
Distance: 0.62 (miles)
Directions from to The Mount
Leeds Dental Hospital
Address: Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9LU,
NHS Sector
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Telephone: 0113 2440111
Visit Hospital Website
Distance: 0.68 (miles)
Directions from to Leeds Dental Hospital

 Nearest Dentists

Dentists

CLARENDON DENTAL SPA

Address: 9 WOODHOUSE SQUARE, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS3 1AD

Distance: 0.28 miles

Contact: :

THE DENTAL ARCHITECT

Address: 56 WELLINGTON STREET, LEEDS, LS1 2EE

Distance: 0.49 miles

Contact: :

CITY SMILE DENTAL

Address: 4 YORK PLACE, LEEDS, LS1 2DR

Distance: 0.52 miles

Contact: :

TIME FOR TEETH HMP LEEDS

Address: ARMLEY JAIL, GLOUCESTER TERRACE, ARMLEY, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS12 2TJ

Distance: 0.58 miles

Contact: :

WHITE 32 DENTAL

Address: 1 WORMALD ROW, LEEDS, LS2 8DZ

Distance: 0.77 miles

Contact: :

WOODHOUSE LANE DENTAL PRACTICE

Address: 178 WOODHOUSE LANE, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS2 9HB

Distance: 0.78 miles

Contact: :

Nearest GP Surgeries

Doctors

HYDE PARK SURGERY

Address: WOODSLEY ROAD, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS6 1SG

Distance: 0.56 miles

Contact: tel: 0844 3756070

PRIORY VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

Address: 2A GREEN LANE, NEW WORTLEY, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS12 1HU

Distance: 0.71 miles

Contact: tel: 0113 2954260

PRIORY VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

Address: 2A GREEN LANE, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS12 1HU

Distance: 0.71 miles

Contact: :

PRIORY VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE - COVID LOCAL VACCINATION SERVICE 2

Address: 2A GREEN LANE, NEW WORTLEY, LEEDS, LS12 1HU

Distance: 0.71 miles

Contact: :

ONE MEDICARE LLP-THE LIGHT

Address: ONE MEDICARE LLP, BALCONY, LEVEL 7, THE LIGHT, THE HEADROW, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS1 8TL

Distance: 0.72 miles

Contact: tel: 0113 2427425

THORNTON MEDICAL CENTRE

Address: LEEDS COMMUNITY & MENTAL HEALTH SER, 15 GREEN LANE, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS12 1JE

Distance: 0.73 miles

Contact: tel: 0113 2310626

Nearest Dispensing Chemists

Pharmacies

PRIME HEALTH PHARMACY

Address: UNIT 10 FLEXSPACE, ALBION PARK, ARMLEY ROAD, LEEDS, LS12 2EJ

Distance: 0.33 miles

Contact: tel: 01133 453194

HYDE PARK PHARMACY

Address: 22-24 WOODSLEY ROAD, LEEDS, LS3 1DT

Distance: 0.49 miles

Contact: tel: 0113 2441551

TYLEE ANDREW LTD

Address: 25 HYDE PARK ROAD, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS6 1PY

Distance: 0.51 miles

Contact: tel: 0113 2450494

COHENS CHEMIST

Address: BLOOM BUILDING, GREEN LANE, NEW WORTLEY, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS12 1JZ

Distance: 0.68 miles

Contact: tel: 01132 636780

BOOTS

Address: CITY STATION, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS1 4DT

Distance: 0.69 miles

Contact: tel: 0113 2421713

BOOTS

Address: 1 BOND STREET, TRINITY CENTRE, LEEDS, LS1 5EY

Distance: 0.71 miles

Contact: tel: 0113 2433551

Nearest Opticians

Opticians

VISION CARE FOR THE HOMELESS (LEEDS)

Address: ST GEORGES CRYPT, GREAT GEORGE STREET, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS1 3BR

Distance: 0.43 miles

Contact: :

BOOTS OPTICIANS (LEEDS)

Address: 1 BOND STREET, LEEDS, LS1 5EY

Distance: 0.71 miles

Contact: :

OPTICAL EXPRESS [LEEDS]

Address: 6TH FLOOR AIREDALE HOUSE, 77 -85 ALBION STREET, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS1 5AW

Distance: 0.73 miles

Contact: :

DAVID H MYERS OPTICIANS (LEEDS)

Address: 72-74 ALBION STREET, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS1 6AD

Distance: 0.75 miles

Contact: :

SPECSAVERS (LEEDS)

Address: MERTON HOUSE, UNIT 3, 80 ALBION STREET, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS1 6AD

Distance: 0.75 miles

Contact: :

BOOTS OPTICIANS (ARCADE ST, LEEDS)

Address: 87-91 ALBION STREET, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS1 6AG

Distance: 0.76 miles

Contact: :

Transport

Nearest Rail Stations

Leeds Station is 0.71 miles away.

Address: Leeds station, New Station Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 4DY

Leeds is situated on the Selby Line|Harrogate line|Calder Valley line|Huddersfield line|Hallam Line|Leeds to Bradford lines|Pontefract line|Wakefield line.

Leeds Station is staffed on a full time basis.

Directions to Leeds Rail Station

Burley Park Station is 1.08 miles away.

Address: Burley Park station, Ashville Road, Burley Park, West Yorkshire, LS6 1NA

Burley Park is situated on the Harrogate line and is managed by Northern.

Burley Park Station is an unstaffed station.

Directions to Burley Park Rail Station

Nearest Airports

Leeds Bradford International Airport is 6.22 miles away Directions to Leeds Bradford International Airport
Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport is 31.57 miles away Directions to Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Manchester Airport is 41.99 miles away Directions to Manchester Airport