Tours of Leeds: Leeds Heritage Waterfront Audio Tour & Quiz Challenge

Here’s a taste of what you can expect to discover on the latest audio tour by Mike Hampshire from Tours of Leeds.

Transcript

00:00 Mike Hampshire from Tours of Leeds became a full-time guide in 2022 with

00:05 his flagship Leeds Heritage pub and brewery tour exploring 300 years of beer

00:10 history. Enjoyed by locals and international visitors alike, his latest

00:14 tour dives into Leeds history by the water.

00:17 It's the Leeds Heritage waterfront audio tour and quiz challenge which is a name that really

00:21 rolls off the tongue I just call it the waterfront tour. There's 17 stops on there so

00:26 we actually start down at Marshalls Mill where we understand a little bit about

00:29 the history of the mill and how important it was to the Industrial

00:32 Revolution not just in Leeds but across the country as well. We then make our way

00:37 via pubs funnily enough to do with Heritage Beer Tour, arrive in Granary Wharf

00:43 walk alongside the Leeds River area really down past Asda House, visit the

00:48 David Ollowiley Bridge, there's another couple of great pubs around there as

00:51 well which is the Old Red Lion which has got Tales of Hauntings and the Adelphi

00:55 which was once hosted the Leeds UFO Club, through to Brewery Wharf and then all the

01:00 way down finishing up at the Lamb and Flag. This particular tour is delivered via the

01:06 Navicup app with Mike narrating and the answers to the quiz challenge are within

01:10 your surroundings. Over the last three centuries the waterway has completely

01:13 transformed from being this incredible industrial hub surrounded by huge

01:17 factories and mills and the waterway itself serving such an important purpose

01:22 for travel it transporting goods across the north of England. A beautiful thing

01:25 about Leeds really is it's actually the city centre is very walkable you know

01:28 when you go to other cities across the north they're quite quite vast centres

01:31 but Leeds is not like that and this waterfront actually goes right the way

01:34 through the middle of it so there's a great way of experiencing, everybody

01:37 loves water anyway don't they, it's just a nice relaxing thing to be walking by

01:41 but to hear the stories around what has happened in this area as you are doing

01:45 doing the tour is particularly great and you know Leeds is fast becoming a really

01:49 great tourist hotspot and you know guided tours whether you're a visitor

01:53 to the city whether you're someone who lives in the city this is actually a

01:56 great way to learn about the city whether you live here or you don't.