Leeds Waterfront Festival 2023 Page Contents

Main Venues

Additional Venues

Leeds Waterfront Festival 2023 Dates

 Saturday 1 July 2023 & Sunday 2July 2023

Leeds Waterfront Festival 2023 Locations on the River Aire & Canals

Most of the location are within easy walking distance from both Leeds Bus or Railway Station.

Brewery Wharf

• Live Music & Dancing
• Street food & BBQ’s Stalls
• Outdoor bars

Bars & Restaurants

• Ciao Bella Italian Restaurant - Terrace. Popular Italian Restaurant (Dock Street) 
• Home Restaurant - Bar Food. Very large Terrace.
• Yum Yum Restaurant - Terrace
• The Adelphi Pub - Pub food- Beer Garden. (Dock Street far end from Brewery Wharf) Brewery Wharf
• The 212 Bar - Terrace Brewery Wharf

• Supermarket Sainbury's. Take out food drink
• Hotel Jury Inn  Brewery Wharf. Bar & Restaurant

Granary Wharf

Saturday 1 July 2023 10 am - 4pm

• Have a go at:
  • Kayaking.
  • Canoeing.
  • Paddleboarding.
  • Circus skills.
  • Face painting.
  • Arts & crafts.
  • More activities.

Saturday Live Bands

Sunday     DJs & Live artists

Located near the Railway Station & City Square behind the Hilton Hotel with access off Neville Street. On both sides of the Leeds Liverpool Canal

• Bars -
  • Archie's - Bar & Kitchen
  • Candle Bar - and sushi and Japanese street food
  • The Hop - traditional Real Ale
  • Skybar Lounge, Doubletree hotel 
• Restaurants -
  • Fazenda
  • La Casita
  • LIVINitaly
  • The Lock Kitchen and Bar, on the South bank
  • Skybar Lounge with live music after 6pm
• Water Taxi to Leeds Dock (Royal Armouries Museum) from the South Bank of the River Aire next to the junction with the Leeds Liverpool canal. Usually £1

Granary Wharf Location

• Located off Neville Street
• Behind he Railway Station use the South Exit from the raiway Station straight onto Granary Wharf
• Behind Leeds City Hilton Hotel
• Access
  • North Bank
    • Via the Dark Arches under the rail station, off Nevlle Street
    • Via  Little Neville Street, next to Leeds City Hilton Hotel & the Footbridge, off Nevlle Street
    • Along the Canal nothern towpath from upstream Castleton Mills, Oddy Lock & Armley Mills
    • Along the northern Riverside Walk from Victoria Wharf & Calls Landing. Cross over Neville St. & down the steps to the a few metres on the left.
  • South Bank
    • Along Dock Street & the Southern Riverside Walk from Brewery Wharf. Cross over Neville St. Along Water Lane for a few metres . Turn Right cross the narrow Canal footbrige.

Leeds Dock

Formeley known as Clarence Dock

Just down river of Crown Point bridge on the south bank & next to The Armouries Museum.which is open 10am -5pm

Next to Clarence Dock is the first lock of the Aire Calder & the weir on the River Aire.

Saturday 1 July 2023 from 10am – 8pm

 

Saturday 1 July 2023 from 10am – 8pm.

• Dragon Boat racing 10am – 4pm.
• Lots of entertainment and activities
• The very best of Street Food Stalls
• Live Music
• Bar
• Truck pull event
• Funfare on Armouries Square during the whole weekend
• Dragon Boat racing 10am – 4pm.
• Ideal opportunity to vist the fabulous Royal Armouries Museum. FREE entry.Daily ShowsTaking place in their galleries

Sunday 2nd July 2023

• 12 noon until 1pm 200m & 400m Swim in the Dock 12 noon until 1pm, followed by a scenic run or walk of 2 miles
  Swimmers must wear a wetsuit & Bright swim hat. Some will be available to borrow
• paddle boarding in the beautiful Leeds Dock waterway followed by a scenic walk or run of 2 miles along the River Aire.

Bars Restaurants

• Royal Armouries Master's Cafe.(9am – 4pm)
• North Star Roast Coffee Bar. (9am – 4pm)
• The Canary Bar. All-day Mediterranean menu, with waterside views and live acoustic music from 5pm.
• Royal Amouries Museum. (4pm – 11pm)
• Pizza Express Restaurant (11:30am – 10pm)
• Tesco Supermarket Take out food drinks coffee

Transport

• Bus 29 stops next to Leeds Dock. Bus Stop Leeds Dock A
• Buses 110, 74,444. Bus Stop Leeds Dock B Outside Ruth Gore Academy. 200m walk
• Multi floor Car Park
• Water Taxi between Leeds Dock & Granary Wharf every 15-minutes. £2. Kids under 5 free
  Note this service runs throughout the year 7 am - 7 pm  Monday - Friday. 10 am - 7 pm  Saturday & Sunday

Royal Armouries

• The Royal Armouries have put on various sea theme & pirate events at Leeds Dock in past years, but I can't find any listings for this year. But they always have several shows daily in there galleries. Whats on posters are displaed thruouout the museum

Armouries Square - Leeds Dock

Located at Leeds Dock next to the central footbridge & in front of the main entrance to the Royal Amouries Museum.

Armley Mills Industrial Museum

No events listed. the items below were at previous waterfront festivals.

Armley Mills was the world’s largest woollen mill.

• See:
  • the magnificent machinery - spinning mules & weaving looms that turned wool into cloth.
  • The giant waterwheels that powered the mill
  • The section of the musum devoted to the early days of "The Cinema"

• Free boat trips on the "Graffiti Barge"
• Childrens Activities
• Graffiti Workshop

Thaite Mills an active watermill

No events listed. the items below were at previous waterfront festivals

Thaite Millshas located 30 minute walk down stream along the River Aire & Calder Canal

• Go Cart Rides
• Crazy Golf
• Bouncy Castle
• Archery
• Boat Rides
• Face painting
• 4 activity areas for Children
• Blacksmith Demonstations
• A range of canal boats, working boats and other traditional boats
• Steam Crane
• Face Painting
• Crazy Golf
• Over 15 craft and artisan stalls
• Food & Drink stalls
• Live Music

Transport

• Car Park at Thaite Mills & possible parking on Thaite lane, the approch road to the Mill
• Walk along the south bank riverside path & the northern side Canal towpath 3.1 kilometres from city centre

Calls Landing

No events listed. the items below were at previous waterfront festivals

• Locally Brewed Beer
• Street Food
• Music

Calls Landing Location

• In Calls lane
• North bank River Aire
• 80 metres upstrean from Centurty Foot Bridge & Brewery Wharf on the South Bank

Bars & Restaurants

• Aire Bar. Riverside Terrace
• Ambiente Tapas Restaurant Riverside Small Balcony
• Brasserie Forty 4. Restaurant Riverside Terrace
• Shears Yard Restaurant
• The Calls Landing Bar. Riverside Terrace
• Coffee 44 Coffee & snack Bar. The Calls

Located on the north bank of the river 80 metres upstream & on the opposite bank to Brewery Wharf, with the Centenary Footbridge Bridge connecting the two.

Victoria Wharf

No events listed. the items below were at previous waterfront festivals

• Boules
• Live Music
• Artisan Market
• French-style accordian players
• Brasserie Blanc Restaurant - Wiil offer a bit of France with it's outside dining Parisian-style with crepes, patisserie-style cakes and a BBQ as well as a ‘beer and bubbly bicycle bar’ and cocktails Seasonal dishes inspired by the food of Raymond Blanc’s childhood, by chef Subrata Ganjan

Victoria Wharf Location

Located on the north bank of the river off Sovereign Street

Oopposite the Asda headquarter offices

Granary Wharf & Brewery Wharf

Access by walking along the north bank

The Tetley

No events listed. the items below were at previous waterfront festivals.

Near Brewery Wharf

• Music & Art
• Bar
• Massive Car Park

Castleton Mills

No events listed. the items below were at previous waterfront festivals.

• Team Event - Junk Boat Building
• Race on Sunday to Granary Wharf - Will they float or Sink.  View from tow path on the northern bank, that's on the opposite side to the Castleton Mills.

Photographs from Previous Years

Located on the south side of the river, next to Jury Inn Hotel