Leeds local knowledge: questions and answers
32 practice questions for the Leeds City Council taxi and private hire knowledge test, with answers and explanations at the end.
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Questions
City centre places
A passenger wants Leeds Grand Theatre. Which street is it on?
Which street is Leeds Art Gallery on?
Leeds Playhouse is at Quarry Hill. Which street is it on?
Which street is Leeds City Bus Station on?
A group wants dropping at the Corn Exchange. Which street is it on?
Leeds Minster (the Minster Church of St Peter) is on which street?
Leeds Civic Hall, by Millennium Square, is on which street?
Which street is the Trinity Leeds shopping centre on?
Your passenger asks for the main entrance of Leeds railway station. Which street is it on?
A passenger needs Leeds General Infirmary. Which street is it on?
The Thackray Museum of Medicine is next to St James's Hospital. Which street is it on?
Districts and towns of Leeds
Which of these towns is inside the Leeds district?
Which of these towns is inside the Leeds district?
A passenger wants to go to Ilkley. Which council district is Ilkley in?
Leeds Bradford Airport is in which town?
The White Rose Shopping Centre is near which town?
In which direction is Wetherby from Leeds city centre?
In which direction is Pudsey from Leeds city centre?
In which direction is Rothwell from Leeds city centre?
Golden Acre Park is near which village?
Lotherton Hall is near which village?
Attractions, venues and hospitals
The Royal Armouries Museum is at which waterside area?
Elland Road stadium is in which area of Leeds?
Headingley Stadium, for cricket and rugby, is in which area?
Roundhay Park and Tropical World are in which area?
Kirkstall Abbey is on which road?
Temple Newsam House is reached by which road?
Harewood House is in Harewood, on which main road?
Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills is on which road?
A patient needs Chapel Allerton Hospital. Which road is it on?
Seacroft Hospital is on which road?
Wetherby Racecourse is on which road?
Answers
- B. New Briggate. Leeds Grand Theatre is at 46 New Briggate, in the north-east of the city centre (LS1 6NU).
- C. The Headrow. Leeds Art Gallery is on The Headrow in the city centre (LS1 3AA), next to the Central Library.
- D. St Peter's Street. Leeds Playhouse is on St Peter's Street at Quarry Hill, on the east side of the city centre (LS2 7UP).
- A. Dyer Street. Leeds City Bus Station is on Dyer Street (LS2 7LA), on the east side of the centre near Kirkgate Market.
- B. Call Lane. The Corn Exchange is on Call Lane (LS1 7BR), in the city centre.
- C. Kirkgate. Leeds Minster is on Kirkgate (LS2 7HA), on the east side of the city centre.
- D. Calverley Street. Leeds Civic Hall is on Calverley Street (LS1 1UR), facing Millennium Square.
- A. Albion Street. Trinity Leeds is on Albion Street (LS1 5AT), between Briggate and Boar Lane in the city centre.
- B. New Station Street. Leeds railway station is on New Station Street (LS1 1PJ), next to City Square.
- C. Great George Street. Leeds General Infirmary is on Great George Street (LS1 3EX), on the north-west side of the city centre.
- D. Beckett Street. The Thackray Museum of Medicine is on Beckett Street in Burmantofts (LS9 7LP).
- A. Otley. Otley is in the Leeds district, north-west of the city. Ilkley is in Bradford, Harrogate in North Yorkshire and Dewsbury in Kirklees.
- C. Wetherby. Wetherby is in the Leeds district, north-east of the city. Keighley is in Bradford, Harrogate in North Yorkshire and Dewsbury in Kirklees.
- B. Bradford. Ilkley is in the Bradford district, so it is outside Leeds even though it is close to Otley.
- D. Yeadon. Leeds Bradford Airport is at Yeadon, in the north-west of the Leeds district (LS19 7TU).
- A. Morley. The White Rose Shopping Centre is at Churwell, near Morley, in the south-west of the Leeds district (LS11 8LS).
- D. North-east. Wetherby is north-east of Leeds city centre, near the A1(M).
- B. West. Pudsey is west of Leeds city centre, towards Bradford.
- C. South-east. Rothwell is south-east of Leeds city centre, towards Wakefield.
- A. Bramhope. Golden Acre Park is at Bramhope, in the north of the Leeds district (LS16 8BQ).
- D. Aberford. Lotherton Hall is on Lotherton Lane near Aberford, in the east of the Leeds district (LS25 3EB).
- B. Leeds Dock. The Royal Armouries is on Armouries Drive at Leeds Dock, south-east of the city centre in Hunslet (LS10 1LG).
- C. Beeston. Elland Road stadium, home of Leeds United, is on Elland Road in Beeston, south-west of the centre (LS11 0ES).
- A. Headingley. Headingley Stadium is in Headingley, north-west of the city centre (LS6 3FE).
- D. Roundhay. Roundhay Park is in Roundhay, north-east Leeds. Tropical World is on Old Park Road in the same area (LS8 2ER).
- B. Abbey Road. The ruins of Kirkstall Abbey are on Abbey Road in Kirkstall (LS5 3EH), north-west of the centre.
- A. Temple Newsam Road. Temple Newsam House is on Temple Newsam Road, near Halton in east Leeds (LS15 0AE).
- C. Harrogate Road. Harewood House is at Harewood, on Harrogate Road north of Leeds (LS17 9LG).
- D. Canal Road. Leeds Industrial Museum, at Armley Mills, is on Canal Road in Armley (LS12 2QF).
- A. Chapeltown Road. Chapel Allerton Hospital is on Chapeltown Road (LS7 4SA), north of the city centre.
- B. York Road. Seacroft Hospital is on York Road (LS14 6UH), in east Leeds.
- C. York Road. Wetherby Racecourse is on York Road, Wetherby (LS22 5EJ), on the east side of the town.
Sources
- Apply for a licence (driver training policy: local knowledge test), Leeds City Council, Undated web page.. Checked 29 October 2026. https://www.leeds.gov.uk/licensing/taxi-and-private-hire-licensing/applying-for-a-hackney-carriage-or-private-hire-drivers-licence
- Taxi and private hire licensing costs, Leeds City Council, Undated web page.. Checked 29 October 2026. https://www.leeds.gov.uk/licensing/taxi-and-private-hire-licensing/taxi-and-private-hire-licensing-costs
- OpenStreetMap search (Nominatim), OpenStreetMap contributors, undated. Checked 29 October 2026. https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/