What is Leeds Kirkgate Market?
[[File:Leeds Kirkgate Market.jpg|thumb|right|Leeds Kirkgate Market]] The '''Leeds Kirkgate Market''', often known as the '''Leeds City Market''' or simply the '''Kirkgate Markets''' is a large market hall in [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]]. The original markets was the birthplace of [[Marks & Spencer]]. The markets opened in 1822 and moved to their current home in 1900. The market hall has been extended several times and also incorporates an outdoor market. It is the largest covered market in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk/travel-reviews/Lovely-lively-Leeds.1929768.jp|title=Lovely, lively Leeds|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leeds.gov.uk/page.aspx?pageidentifier=81b4b48c-67ea-4a91-9029-9a78124145a0|title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives|first=Internet Memory|last=Foundation|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016|archive-date=5 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705215409/http://www.leeds.gov.uk/Page.aspx?pageIdentifier=81b4b48c-67ea-4a91-9029-9a78124145a0|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> There are 800 stalls and the market attracts over 100,000 visitors a week. <gallery> File:Kirkgate Market (4th May 2010) 003.jpg|Entrance from Vicar Lane File:Kirkgate Market interior 002.jpg|Inside the Edwardian hall File:Kirkgate Market interior 001.jpg|Inside a later hall File:Butchers Row, Kirkgate Market, Leeds.jpg|Butchers row </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commonscat|Kirkgate Market}} [[Category:Street markets]] [[Category:1822 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:1820s establishments in England]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Leeds]]