Relocation
The quality of life in Leeds, along with the fantastic employment opportunities available, attracts thousands of new residents to the city each year.
As well as being one of the UK’s leading cities for business and climbing the ranks of the European business ratings, Leeds also provides an excellent quality of life with some of the best housing, healthcare an education institutes in the country.
Property
The south of the city has a wide range of property ranging from family housing in the suburbs of Holbeck and Beeston surrounded by parks and local amenities, to city living in stylish apartments at Granary Wharf and Manor Mills.
The recently completed Granary Wharf development incorporates one, two and three-bed apartments at Waterman’s place and offers space you would only expect to see in the suburbs. Three-bed units are up to 1,227 square feet, and come with individual roof terraces. At Candle House, a striking cylindrical building residents can enjoy a roof-top garden complete with garden sheds and hammocks, poised and ready to take advantage of the great British weather.
A few streets over Manor Mills offers city living for the style conscious with interiors designed by YOO, the interior design company founded by Philippe Starck.
If you’re looking for a quieter suburban existence away from the bright lights of the city, long standing residential communities of Holbeck and Beeston border the urban village. Both are active communities with a range of events and community groups to keep you busy. Both Holbeck and Beeston have large parks and plenty of schools and high street amenities.
If you fancy mixing suburban life with apartment chic, Greenhouse Leeds is a new eco-development at the heart of Beeston, a short walk away from Cross Flatts Park. This refurbished apartment block incorporates wind turbines, water pumps powering underground heating systems, and a series of green travel plans including a car club of vehicles powered by renewable fuels.
Education
Leeds has 264 state schools catering for over 115,000 pupils making the city the second largest provider of education in England.
Schools in the area include New Bewerley Community School (nursery to juniors), Ingram Road Primary School, and St Luke’s Primary School. High schools include South Leeds High School and Cockburn College of Arts.
The city has a strong track record for education with more than 87% of all 16 year olds in Leeds continuing in education or training after compulsory education. With nearly 200,000 students in full and part time courses across the city’s univeristies and colleges, there’s plenty of choice for further and higher eduction*.
Leeds Collge of Art and Leeds College of Music offer specialist training courses in the creative and digital sector with hundreds of graduates persuing a career in the high value creative media sectors each year. A number of college’s have sites across the city offering vocational training in anything from construction to computing. The main college for further eductaion is Leeds City College, formed when Leeds College of Technology, Leeds Thomas Danby and Park Lane College Leeds & Keighley merged together. Many of the city’s secondary schools also offer further education options.
The University of Leeds offers the widest range of courses in England and has a proven track record of providing graduates for the region’s employers. Famed for its research labs, extensive libraries and computing facilities it is recognised as one of the top ten research institutions in the UK, attracting £70 million of funding each year**.
Leeds Metropolitan Univeristy has always maintained a keen emphasis on professional and vocational training and encompasses Leeds Business School, Leeds Law School and Leeds School of Accountancy and Financial Services.
Lifestyle
From festivals celebrating food, cricket, shopping and business to year round attractions including Royal Armouries, Leeds City Museum, Leeds City Art Gallery and an abundance of stately homes, Leeds is not short of ways to pass the time.
The city enjoys a host of restaurants and bars, and a thriving club scene featuring emerging artists and performers from music and Dj-ing and comedy clubs. With a new arena on the horizon, established and main-stream performers will be making themselves at home in Leeds in the not too distant future.
Further afield and just a short train, bus or car journey away from Leeds are the medievel streets of York, and the victorian arcades of Harrogate. A short journey away is Bradford, the Unesco World City of Film 2010, and Wakefield, home to the famous Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
So what are you waiting for? If you’re looking to relocate get in touch with our inward investment team who will be happy to help arrange tours, office viewings and presentations to staff looking to relocate with you.
