Our usual opening hours are Monday to Friday 10am-4pm, and the second Saturday of every month for our Sparky Saturdays free family activities. We’re closed on Bank Holidays.
We recommend you allow at least an hour for your visit.
The Archive is on the Western Campus of the University of Leeds, just north of Leeds city centre. We’re located in the Michael Marks Building.
We try to make sure that the Archive is accessible to all and that everyone enjoys their visit.
We are a 5-10 minute walk through the University of Leeds campus from the Parkinson Building on Woodhouse Lane. The postcode is LS2 9LP, what3words blunt.bravo.flows.
With your back to the Parkinson Building steps, turn right and right again under the archway. From here we are signposted across campus to the crossroads at Moorland Road and Clarendon Road. From there, turn left down Clarendon Road and we are the second turning on the right, into the Western Campus where you’ll see the Archive building ahead of you.
There are lots of campus maps dotted around the entrances to the University so it’s easy to find your way. Use these to check for directions and make sure you’re on course; we’re shown as the Michael Marks Building on the Western Campus, building no. 13 on the University maps.
You can get the No 56 bus from Leeds city centre (travelling to Moor Grange) to the Leeds University Business School on Moorland Road, stop number 45011401. It leaves from Victoria H stop on Eastgate, stop number 45029640, or Headrow K stop, stop number 45010922, on Albion Street. When you get off the bus, keep the University Business School on your right and follow the road towards Clarendon Road crossroads, turn right at the crossroads and travel along Clarendon Road. Turn right at the Western Campus entrance where the barrier is, cross over at the dropped kerbs. The Archive is the bronze building to the right. There are bollards to look out for but the pathway is clear and all kerbs are low.
If you’re getting the 56 towards Leeds, you need to get off at Moorland Road, Woodhouse, stop number 45011402, use the pedestrian crossing to cross over towards the University Business school, and then follow the directions above. Alternatively, you can get the No 1 bus from Southbank G stop, stop number 45013210, on Neville Street to Leeds University C stop, stop number 45011386. Get off at the Woodhouse Lane stop and then simply follow the On Foot instructions to get to the Archive. The postcode is LS2 9LP, what3words blunt.bravo.flows.
If you hold a Blue Badge you can use one of the Blue Badge parking spaces on the Western Campus, use our postcode, LS2 9LP, to find us (what3words blunt.bravo.flows). Unfortunately we can’t offer parking for any other visitors.
So where can you park? There are 4-hour limited free parking spaces close to us at the eastern end of Woodsley Road and northern end of Belle Vue Road. There’s unlimited, free, on-street parking on the streets off Royal Park Road (10 mins walk). Have a look at our parking information for a map.
Woodhouse Lane multi-storey car park (charges apply) is nearer to the city centre (15 min walk to the Archive through the university campus).
Our nearest train station is Leeds city station. We’re a 30 minute uphill walk from the station or 5 minutes in a taxi.
If you’re walking you can use the M&S Heritage Trail route – walk up Park Row from the station and join the Heritage Trail at the corner of The Light where Park Row meets The Headrow.
Alternatively you can get a train to Burley Park station and from there we are a 20 minute walk uphill, find us at LS2 9LP what3words blunt.bravo.flows.
If you’re bringing your own bike you can use the covered bike racks close to our main entrance. We have free lockers at our Reception desk too for any helmets and bags. The postcode is LS2 9LP, what3words blunt.bravo.flows.
You can also pick up a Leeds City Bike from one of the parking bays across the city, including one a few minutes’ walk from the Archive on Woodsley Road.
