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leedslily
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You've mentioned Beeston/south Leeds, so you may already have tried this one, but the posh bar at the top of the City Inn in Holbeck urban village has great views. Very pricey drinks though!

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Cabbage Hill, Wortley. You can see all the way round from the Airport/Cookridge tower via the city centre to Ferry Bridge Power Station. Just been up there today with the valley and the city centre totally fogged in and the tops in blazing sun. Only the top of Opal building was visible.

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From above the covered reservoir at the top of Bramley Park is spectacular.    

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dogduke wrote: The multi storey block behind the Seacroft Centre must bea contender if you can get access.A few years ago driving down South Parkway we could see a big fire with plenty of smoke.I was surprised to find out it was just the other side ofthe viaducton Kirkstall Road near Eddie's Motor cycles. The tower block is Queensview - they have a residents association who might be a good starting point regards access. IIRC, it's officially an "over 50's" block, with most of the residents being of pensionable age. I don't have the details to hand, but they have (or certainly had) a website with a couple of pics on.I've posted a few pics taken from near there on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8964340@N0 ... 730901426/ as always with Secret Leeds you'll need to cut and paste the link for it to work though. I need to get back there and take some better pics Another excellent vantage point nearby is Ramshead Drive as it levels out near Ramshead Approach.
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Heres one from the top of the Pit Road in Middleton Woodshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/buffalo_skinner/4 ... tream/from the original thread at http://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messag ... tMessage=0    
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Book a flight from Yeadon

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jim wrote: From above the covered reservoir at the top of Bramley Park is spectacular.     yes, a good one! Spent many happy afternoons in the school hols up there ... seem to remember it had a fair sprinkling of heather ...

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The top of Garforth Cliff on the A63 offers a very pleasing and extensive view of the entire south of the greater city area, especially when driving towards Leeds.
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Patexpat wrote: jim wrote: From above the covered reservoir at the top of Bramley Park is spectacular.     yes, a good one! Spent many happy afternoons in the school hols up there ... seem to remember it had a fair sprinkling of heather ... I remember the lady well............( oops..... )

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15.5 gigapixel panoramic photoI know this is not strictly about Leeds (but could the council persuade these guys to do one of Leeds on a clear day?). Should appeal to the keen photographers on this forum.What's remarkable about this is the ability to zoom into detail. If this was done for the skyline of Leeds (maybe several from various vantage points) you should be able to zoom into objects half a mile away - would make a valuable historical record.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-1 ... a-pan.html

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