freecitybus

Moving around the city centre with bundles of gifts couldn't be easier with the freecitybus service running every few minutes from 6.30am to 7.30pm, Mondays to Saturdays. This Metro service connects the rail and bus stations, business and shopping districts, Leeds General Infirmary, the universities and Park Lane College.

Boxing Day

Good news for bargain hunters! Buses will be running on Boxing Day to Leeds and Huddersfield approximately every half hour from 9am to 6pm on main routes.

Taxi Marshals

Taxi marshals will be in the city from November from 11pm -3am every Friday and Saturday night all the way through Christmas and New Year, including Christmas Eve and New Years Eve.

There will be three taxi marshalling points; Outside Tiger Tiger night club; New Station Street Taxi Rank (outside the train station) and Call Lane Taxi Rank (near the Corn Xchange.)

For a safe and convenient place to park this Christmas, click here for a downloadable map of city centre car parks.

Cashless Parking

Introducing Leeds’ first cashless parking by mobile phone:

• No more searching for coins
• No more parking meters
• No more predicting the length of your stay

Simply pay via your mobile!

Leeds Cashless Parking can be found at:
Burley Road, Kirkstall Road, West Street/Westgate, Park Square, Beckett Street (opp St James Hospital), Claypit Lane, Quarry Hill, The Markets, Kirkgate (Maude Street), Meadow Lane and Hunslet Lane

To take advantage of this great new service, call 0905 159 0333 or visit www.parkmobile.co.uk

If you’re planning a Saturday visit to the city centre for Christmas shopping, why not take advantage of our free Festive Park and Ride Service from convenient and secure sites around the city?

Park and Ride car parks are located on Woodhouse Moor on the A64, and on Burley Road at the back of the Yorkshire TV building (both locations are well signposted.)

The service includes free supervised parking and free express non-stop bus travel to the city centre, running every 10 minutes between 09:30 and 18:20 prompt:

Route 1 - Number 555
Burley Road to The Headrow, stand H4
Return from The Headrow, stand H4 to Burley Road
Last Bus from The Headrow 18:20

Route 2 - Number 888
Woodhouse Moor to The Headrow, stand H2
Return from The Headrow, stand H2 to Woodhouse Moor
Last bus leaves The Headrow 18:20 prompt

Leeds city centre contains five miles of pedestrianised streets, and a large number of covered arcades and shopping centres, so walking is often the best way to get about.

Why not use our handy Snowflake Trail to navigate between the various family friendly activities in Leeds city centre this Christmas? Click here for a map.

Alternatively, you can generate a walking route map between any two points in the city centre at walkit.com. Each route map includes a journey distance, the walking time (according to a slow, medium or fast walking pace), a calorie burn, and even the amount of CO2 saved by not going by car, taxi or bus.

Leeds Travel Info provides live travel information for the Leeds area, including traffic incidents, roadworks, car parking availability and live bus times.