Leeds - Kirkstall Abbey and Museum

Situated 3.5mi/6km west of Leeds, in the Aire valley, is Kirkstall Abbey, a Cistercian house founded in 1152. The picturesque remains include a roofless church with a narrow choir and a ruined Perpendicular tower, an almost completely preserved chapterhouse, the refectory, the kitchen and various other buildings. The gatehouse is now part of the Abbey House Museum, with reproduction of houses, shops and workshops illustrating Yorkshire life in earlier days. It belongs to Leeds City Corporation.