Gipton and Harehills sits in the inner east of Leeds, England, a compact urban area a couple of miles from the city centre with busy arterial roads and good bus links along Roundhay Road and Harehills Lane. The landscape mixes late‑Victorian terraces in Harehills with 20th‑century council housing around Gipton, and it borders green spaces to the north including Roundhay Park, giving an urban‑meets‑suburban feel.
The ward is ethnically diverse and culturally lively, home to long‑established South Asian communities alongside more recent arrivals from across Europe and beyond, which shows in the dense network of shops, cafés, mosques and community centres. There are clear contrasts - pockets of economic deprivation and ongoing regeneration projects sit beside independent businesses and active local groups working on housing, youth services and neighbourhood improvements, making it an area of both challenges and strong community activity.
Postcode districts covering Gipton & Harehills
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 1.8 miles
- Bradford 10.6 miles
- York 19.9 miles
- Huddersfield 16.2 miles
- Wakefield 9 miles
- Harrogate 12.5 miles
- Halifax 16.1 miles
- Barnsley 17.3 miles
- Castleford 9 miles
- Morley 5.7 miles
- Dewsbury 9.8 miles
- Batley 8.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Burmantofts & Richmond Hill Ward 1.3 miles
- Killingbeck & Seacroft Ward 1.5 miles
- Roundhay Ward 1.5 miles
- Chapel Allerton Ward 1.6 miles
- Leeds Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Little London & Woodhouse Ward 1.9 miles
- Temple Newsam Ward 2.2 miles
- Hunslet & Riverside Ward 2.5 miles
- Moortown Ward 2.5 miles
- Headingley & Hyde Park Ward 2.6 miles
- Cross Gates & Whinmoor Ward 2.7 miles
- Shadwell Built-up area 3.2 miles
Example postcodes in Gipton & Harehills
LS8 3JU, LS8 5LY, LS9 6QT, LS9 6BJ, LS8 5DB, LS9 6RY, LS8 3QB, LS9 7AJ, LS9 6AH … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 7.3 miles
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 30.7 miles
- Leeds Railway Station 2.1 miles
- Cross Gates Railway Station 2.4 miles
- Leeds Bradford Airport Bus Station 7.4 miles
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Schools in Gipton & Harehills
- Bankside Primary School Primary
- Co-op Academy Nightingale Primary
- Co-op Academy Oakwood Primary
- Co-op Academy Woodlands Primary
- Harehills Primary School Primary
- Hovingham Primary School Primary
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Nicholas Catholic Primary School Primary
- Wykebeck Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Trinity Leeds Shopping centre 1.9 miles
- Elland Road Stadium 3.5 miles
- Gotts Park Mansion Country house 3.9 miles
- Saw Wood Forest 4.4 miles
- Clayton Wood Forest 4.7 miles
- Spring Wood Forest 4.9 miles
- Daffy Wood Forest 5 miles
- Stanley Library Library 6.8 miles
- Outwood Library Library 7.2 miles
- Esholt Priory Historic site 9 miles
- Fairnurn Ings Nature reserve 9.3 miles
- Wetherby Racecourse Recreation 10.3 miles