What is Leeds like?

[BruceV8]

There's a very interesting job going that would suit me right down to the ground, but it is in Leeds, and I live in London. I've previously visited the place where the job is but apart from the journey from the station to the place, which is near the canal basin, I don't really know anything about the city and the surrounding areas.

Interesting though the job is, it would be someting of a risk to uproot my life to somewhere that I might hate. What can PH tell me?

[BruceV8]

Thanks for the replies so far.

As it happens I live in a village right on the western edge of London and I like that 'just being on the cusp of the urban but still in the rural' thing.

Just to add something else into the mix, I also live close to a canal and something I've been pondering is the idea of selling my flat and buying a boat, with a view to semi retirement. Looking at a map of Leeds, it seems that the boat thing - if I were to do it - would work there too. And I suppose if it all went tits up I could just throw smoke and chug off back to that London!

[BruceV8]

Thank you PH people of Yorkshire.

I've been offered the job in Leeds. Although I live in a village, which I love, I'm looking at the idea of a city centre flat. If I lived somewhere like Leeds Dock I could literally go downstairs and go to work. Seems very tempting after a few years of cross London commuting....

[BruceV8]

Job starts in June! Really looking forward to it.

I've been doing a bit of research into the dog friendliness of pubs and the like in and around Leeds (I have a monster of a Rhodesian Ridgeback called Dennis, who loves pubs!). Its all looking quite promising so far.