Pudsey sits on the western fringe of Leeds, on high ground between the city and Bradford, and has grown from a 19th‑century market and woollen‑cloth town into a largely suburban commuter area with a mix of independent shops, light industry and service businesses. Transport links include the New Pudsey railway station and main roads into the city, while the built environment ranges from Victorian terraces to later suburban developments.
Cultural life is centred on a busy high street and green spaces such as Pudsey Park, which hosts events around its bandstand and lake, and the place has a distinctive local identity - famously giving its name to the BBC Children in Need mascot, Pudsey Bear. Socially the ward is mixed, with a community‑minded feel and pockets of contrasting housing tenure and income levels.
Postcode districts covering Pudsey
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 5 miles8.1 km
- Bradford 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Oldham 24.8 miles40 km
- Burnley 23.6 miles38 km
- Huddersfield 11.1 miles17.9 km
- Wakefield 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Rochdale 24 miles38.6 km
- Harrogate 14.7 miles23.6 km
- Halifax 9.5 miles15.2 km
- Barnsley 18.1 miles29.1 km
- Castleford 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Morley 4.1 miles6.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Pudsey Built-up area 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Calverley & Farsley Ward 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Tong Ward 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Bradford Moor Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Bramley & Stanningley Ward 2 miles3.3 km
- Farnley & Wortley Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Calverley Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Bowling and Barkerend Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Eccleshill Ward 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Armley Ward 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Drighlington Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Gildersome Built-up area 3.1 miles4.9 km
Example postcodes in Pudsey
LS28 9NP, LS28 9PB, LS28 9EF, LS28 9BX, LS28 8JH, LS28 7PU, LS28 7EU, LS28 8AS, LS28 0FW … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 5 miles8.1 km
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 34.7 miles55.9 km
- New Pudsey Railway Station 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Bramley 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Leeds Bradford Airport Bus Station 5.3 miles8.5 km
Hotels near Pudsey Ad
- The Corn Mill Lodge Hotel 3 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Dakota Leeds 5 5 miles8.1 km
- Hyatt House Leeds 4 5 miles8.1 km
- The Met Hotel Leeds 4 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Leeds City Centre 4 4.9 miles7.9 km
- The Calverley Arms by Innkeeper's Collection 4 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Quebecs 4 5 miles8 km
- Woodlands Hotel 4 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Haley's Hotel & Restaurant 3 4.4 miles7.1 km
- The Queens Hotel 4 5 miles8.1 km
Schools in Pudsey
- Crawshaw Academy Secondary
- Greenside Primary School Primary
- Lowtown Primary School Primary
- Pudsey Grammar School Secondary
- Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School Primary
- Pudsey Waterloo Primary Primary
- Southroyd Primary and Nursery School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- Swinnow Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Gotts Park Mansion Country house 2.9 miles4.7 km
- National Media Museum Museum 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Valley Parade Stadium 3.7 miles6 km
- Daffy Wood Forest 3.9 miles6.3 km
- The University of Bradford University 4 miles6.4 km
- Spring Wood Forest 4.1 miles6.5 km
- Clayton Wood Forest 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Elland Road Stadium 4.1 miles6.7 km
- Esholt Priory Historic site 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Trinity Leeds Shopping centre 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Kirklees Priory Historic site 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Outwood Library Library 9 miles14.5 km