Leeds and Liverpool Canal

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool. Over a distance of 127 miles (204 km), crossing the Pennines, and including 91 locks on the main line. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal has several small branches, and in the early 21st century a new link was constructed into the Liverpool docks system.

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Granary Buildings, Leeds

Granary Buildings is a heritage listed building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Medical Protection Society

The Medical Protection Society (MPS) is one of the three UK mutual protection organisations for medical, dental and healthcare professionals. (Dentists are covered through its subsidiary company Dental Protection.) It protects and supports the professional interests of more than 300,000 members around the world (including the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa, New Zealand plus the Caribbean and Bermuda). Members of MPS can benefit from access to indemnity, expert advice and peace of mind. Advisers are on hand to talk through a question or concern. MPS' in-house experts assist with the wide range of legal and ethical problems that arise from professional practice. This includes clinical negligence claims, complaints, medical and dental council inquiries, legal and ethical dilemmas, disciplinary procedures, inquests and fatal accident inquiries. MPS is not an insurance company. All the benefits of membership of MPS are discretionary as set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association. MPS was founded in 1892, with just 13 original members all practising in the home counties of England, and in 2020 had over 300,000 members worldwide.

Bridgewater Place

Bridgewater Place, nicknamed The Dalek, is an office and residential skyscraper in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was the tallest building in Yorkshire at the time of being topped out in September 2005, but is now the third-tallest after another two Leeds buildings, Altus House and Cirrus Point. Bridgewater Place is visible from up to 25 miles (40 kilometres) away.

Leeds railway station

Leeds railway station (also known as Leeds City) serves the city centre of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. It is located on New Station Street to the south of City Square, at the foot of Park Row, behind the landmark Queens Hotel. It is one of 20 stations managed by Network Rail. Leeds is an important hub on the British railway network, being a principal stop on the following lines: The terminus of the Leeds branch of the East Coast Main Line, on which London North Eastern Railway provides high speed inter-city services to London King's Cross every half hour The Cross Country Route between Scotland, the Midlands and South West England connecting to Glasgow Central, Edinburgh Waverley, Derby, Birmingham New Street, Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter St Davids, Plymouth and Penzance. The trans-Pennine Huddersfield line, with inter-city services to major destinations throughout Northern England, including Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, York and Newcastle. The terminus for trains running on the scenic Settle–Carlisle line to Carlisle. Leeds is also a major hub for local and regional destinations across Yorkshire, including Harrogate, York, Scarborough, Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield. The station lies at the heart of the West Yorkshire Metro commuter network for West Yorkshire providing services to Bradford Interchange, Wakefield Kirkgate, Dewsbury, Huddersfield and Halifax. With 24.9 million passenger entries and exits between April 2023 and March 2024, Leeds is the second busiest railway station in Northern England, after Manchester Piccadilly, and is the fourth-busiest in the United Kingdom outside London.