Kirkstall ward lies to the north‑west of Leeds city centre, straddling the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. It’s best known for the evocative ruins of Kirkstall Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1152, and for the wooded corridors and open spaces of the Kirkstall Valley and Abbey Park that give the ward a surprisingly green, riverside character.
The area combines Victorian terraces, former mill and forge sites with recent riverside regeneration around Kirkstall Forge, and benefits from good transport links along the A65 and a reopened local station. That mix of industrial heritage, independent shops and new housing has produced a socially mixed community of long‑standing residents, commuters and students, while ongoing redevelopment projects continue to reshape the local economy and streetscape.
Postcode districts covering Kirkstall
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 2.5 miles4 km
- Bradford 7 miles11.3 km
- York 23.1 miles37.1 km
- Huddersfield 14.2 miles22.8 km
- Wakefield 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Harrogate 12.1 miles19.4 km
- Halifax 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Barnsley 18.7 miles30.1 km
- Castleford 12.5 miles20 km
- Morley 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Dewsbury 9.1 miles14.7 km
- Batley 6.9 miles11.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Armley Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Headingley & Hyde Park Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Weetwood Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Bramley & Stanningley Ward 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Horsforth Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Little London & Woodhouse Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Chapel Allerton Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Leeds Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Moortown Ward 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Farnley & Wortley Ward 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Pudsey Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Calverley & Farsley Ward 3.3 miles5.3 km
Example postcodes in Kirkstall
LS16 5BQ, LS5 3LP, LS5 3HB, LS4 2BL, LS6 3LN, LS16 5DA, LS4 2ST, LS4 2PR, LS5 3EU … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 33.8 miles54.5 km
- Headingley Railway Station 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Burley Park Railway Station 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Leeds Bradford Airport Bus Station 4.1 miles6.6 km
Hotels in Kirkstall Ad
- Ascot Grange Hotel - Voujon Resturant 3
- Village Hotel Leeds North 4
- The Boundary Hotel 3
- The Butlers Hotel 3
Schools in Kirkstall
- Abbey Grange C of E Academy Secondary
- Beecroft Primary School Primary
- Burley St Matthias C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Hawksworth Wood Primary School Primary
- Kirkstall St Stephen's C of E (VA) Primary School Primary
- Kirkstall Valley Primary School Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
Local points of interest
- Gotts Park Mansion Country house 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Clayton Wood Forest 1.5 miles2.3 km
- Daffy Wood Forest 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Spring Wood Forest 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Trinity Leeds Shopping centre 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Elland Road Stadium 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Esholt Priory Historic site 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Valley Parade Stadium 6.5 miles10.5 km
- National Media Museum Museum 6.6 miles10.7 km
- The University of Bradford University 7 miles11.3 km
- Saw Wood Forest 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Outwood Library Library 8.8 miles14.1 km