Granary Wharf · Leeds

The River That Runs Under the Station

Find the Victorian brick arches where the Aire flows beneath Leeds station.

• ⏱ 20 min
• 💷 £0
• 🥾 Medium

Leeds railway station was built directly over the River Aire in the 1860s, and the brick tunnels carrying the water beneath it — the Dark Arches — are still there, dripping and atmospheric, now home to bars and a small waterfall at Granary Wharf. Most passengers overhead have no idea it's down there.

What you’ll do

1. 1Find the arches
2. 2Go under
3. 3Prove it

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