LEEDS INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM AT ARMLEY MILL 


                   about the venue

Step back in time at Leeds Industrial Museum, housed inside the Grade II listed Armley Mills. The museum’s exhibits tell the history of manufacturing in Leeds from the 18th century through to the present day, including textiles, printing, film and engineering.

You can see spinning wheels, working looms and traditional outfits up close in the Textile Galleries. There are regular live demonstrations throughout the day, giving you chance to learn about the industries which made Leeds world-famous.

Take in panoramic views of the city from the original mill windows and come face-to-face with the huge Potts clock, which greeted holidaymakers at Morecambe Promenade railway station in the early 20th century.

The Power House Galleries are home to a host of small and large engines, and the Mill Manager’s Cottage demonstrates what it would have been to work in the mill during Victorian times.

Learn all about Leeds’ links to the early days of filmmaking, including the story of French artist and inventor Louis Le Prince who shot the world’s first film in Leeds. Discover how Leeds helped to launch high street fashion through the work of pioneers including John Barran, Joseph Hepworth and Montague Burton.

The museum’s changing exhibits cater to adults and children alike; there are plenty of family-friendly sessions, school holiday activities and a range of adult and community events to take part in.

Leeds Industrial Museum is also home to the 1920s Palace Picture House, one of the smallest working cinemas in the world with just 24 seats. Catch a classic film or a selection of family favourite screenings.

Leeds Industrial Museum boasts lots of great outside space too, including a picnic area. The Colour Garden is the perfect canalside spot to catch some sunshine and chill out with a retro ice cream from the museum shop.

Different exhibitions change on a regular basis, check their website here

Enter Leeds Industrial Museum for just £1*

*Offer applicable to households within LS3, LS4, LS5 and LS12 postcodes and limited to one admission per person. Proof of address is required. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Does not apply to special events where pre-booking is required.

General Admission: Adult £6.40, Child (3-18) £3.50, Family (up to 2 adults & 3 children) £14.50. Carers: Entry to Leeds Industrial Museum is free of charge for carers. If buying tickets online you only need to add tickets for the non-carer(s), you do not need to add a ticket for free carers entry. Concessions: free to the following people, organisations, and participating members: Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Leeds Art Fund, Friends of Leeds Museums, Max Card holders (Max card holder and 1 adult), Museums Association, National Museum Directors Council, National Art Fund, ICOM.

Guide and assistance dogs are welcome and we can provide dog bowls on request. Some things to note are that: 

Access to the mill cottages and colour garden is via a cobbled path. The paths around the outside of the building are gravel, flagstone or cobbled in places.

A large portion of Leeds Industrial Museum is wheelchair accessible. Some things to note are that:

Access to the mill cottages and colour garden is via a cobbled path

The paths around the outside of the building are gravel, flagstone or cobbled in places

Wheelchair access to the lower floor display areas of the mill and the Victorian schoolroom is via a large goods lift

There is no wheelchair access to the conference room

Access to the mill cottages and colour garden is via a cobbled path

The paths around the outside of the building are gravel, flagstone or cobbled in places

The pathway around the building is steep as you head back to the museum entrance from the lower galleries and locomotive shed


Leeds Industrial Museum is approximately 2 miles from Leeds city centre, between the River Aire and the Leeds/Liverpool canal.

Entering the museum: The main entrance to the museum is via Canal Road, off Kirkstall Road where a car park leads to a mostly flat walkway to the museum entrance. A secondary entrance is available via the canal, via 11 steps up to The Colour Garden which is open Tuesday - Friday 10am-4pm and Saturday and Sunday 12pm - 4pm.

Please note : the alternative entrance to the museum from Cardigan Fields is closed. This is due to Flood Alleviation Scheme works closing the footbridge between Leeds Industrial Museum and Cardigan Fields.

The entrance door to the museum and shop is an automatic door and has a wide clearing space. 

A disabled parking bay and drop off point is available directly outside the museum entrance. There is additional unmarked parking off Canal Road, about 100 yards from the museum entrance.

There is an accessible toilet on the upper floor of the museum. Facilities in the accessible toilets include emergency alarms and a fire alarm with a flashing light. These toilets are not RADAR key operated. There are baby changing facilities in the accessible toilets on the entrance floor and within the accessible toilet in the Mill Space. 



3rd & 4th OCTOBER 2026

Doors open at 10am on Saturday, 11am Sunday all stalls open and trading up to 5pm.

There will be a flying display from one of Amy Jo Lawrance​'s owls from her Flying Squadron on Saturday.
This is planned to be in the picnic grounds which is immediately behind the museum as the new flood defence work will be completed. https://www.facebook.com/TheFlyingSquadron

Indoor entertainment of some lively musical entertainment on the Sunday in the tearoom at 1pm, followed by recruiting for the Coffee Jousting (that's right, we do things different at LSM!) commences from 2pm for the tournament to take place at 3pm on the Sunday only. http://www.leedssteampunkmarket.co.uk/coffee-jousting.php Captain Cumberpatch's Curious Creations donates the medals for the winner and 2nd place (gold and silver) and ones also for the Coffee Jousting Beanmasters (the host). . There will be something happening upstairs in the board room. (Yet tbc) Table top gaming and there's space for someone to set up with a photo booth / studio layout as well. . The gorgeous 1920's cinema on the 2nd floor (that's one down from the entrance level!) will be showing various steampunk films - titles and times to be confirmed. Each film is around 90 minutes long and will be shown at 11.30 and 2pm each day (times tbc). Information about the films and anything else can be found here: http://www.leedssteampunkmarket.co.uk/armley-mill.php . There will be a selection of traders on two floors which will not be all the same people on both days. This will be the 3rd floor (where the entrance is) and the 2nd floor. . A tearoom will be there for the weekend selling lovely homemade cake and cuppas as well as a hot food vendor or two. All of these I will need to get traders booked in to do. Customers will be paying normal admission to the Industrial Museum itself to be able to access the traders as you will be mixed in with the whole building, the displays and the layout. They will be able to see all the exhibitions there as well. If you come along on the Saturday, retain your admission receipt as it will gain you free entry on the Sunday. . Dogs of all shapes and sizes are welcome at this museum, both in the buildings and out in the grounds. Please do keep an eye on your pet at all times so that they do not "mark" anywhere, be it the walls of the building or a trader's tablecloth. Also ensure you have the necessary poop bags/tissues/wet wipes etc to clean up any "accidents". . Also please be aware there are no cash point machines on the site - the nearest one would be if you walked back up to Town Street or over the foot bridge to Cardigan Fields and there is one in the wall of Hollywood Bowl which charges you for the privilege. . You can get to Armley Mills by bus from the town centre and the bus drops you off opposite the carpark of Armley Mill on Canal Road.

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TRADERS

Any enquiries or if you are interested in trading please email leedssteampunkmarket@gmail.com

You are not expected to do both days, just do one day if you like. However, if you book in for both days but then leave after just one day for whatever reason, there are no refunds. You’re likely to not be invited back again in a hurry though!
If you get booked in and paid up, then need to cancel, please give me as much notice as possible. If I can refill that pitch, I’ll refund your money back to you.
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TERMS & CONDITIONS
PLI is essential for all our events along with any other certification if you are doing anything that warrants it (such as food, alcohol, soaps) plus PAT certificates for all mains electrical items you plan to use (if they are over a year old). Ensure you have this attached to your reply on EVERY event. This is to make sure it is still in date or due to run out before the event – do please check it! You don’t need to send me everything from your insurers - it will be called either Statement of Insurance or Certificate of Insurance. If you're with A&N, Axisweb, NMTF or anywhere that does PLI as part of a membership, I just need proof of your membership as I know their certificates are made out to “Members” and run for the duration of the tax year. (If you’re not sure which bit I need, forward me their email with a covering note and I’ll identify it for you!)
LSM terms and conditions of trading prevail. These can be found in full on the website (http://www.leedssteampunkmarket.co.uk/terms-of-trading.php) and MUST be read as they are regularly updated.
By accepting this invitation to trade you are thus deemed to have agreed to have read, accepted, and complied with the T&Cs.
If you breach any of our terms during trading, you risk not being invited to trade at the next event or being removed from the trader list entirely.
Standards must be maintained to keep all our traders, customers and visitors interested and returning time after time.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO DO!
Don’t just say “yes count me in”, I need to know what size pitch, which day/s etc!
So, info I need from you please:
Your name
Brand name
Up to date phone number
Up to date email, preferably with a backup
Which day/s you want to trade
What size pitch – single or double
Do you have your own table/s
Do you need access to power
Do you have any health problems (there are working looms in the building which create dust as well as being noisy!)
Have you attached your up to date PLI certificate
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I'm also in need of at least one outdoor hot food trader, an alcohol trader for either indoors or outdoors and someone to run the tearoom.
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Email leedssteampunkmarket@gmail.com

The number 14 bus operates from Leeds City Centre and stops on Canal Road. Alternative buses (33, 34, 508 and A1, 60/60A) travel from the city centre along Kirkstall Road, a short walk from the museum. The footbridge linking the museum to Cardigan Fields/Vue Cinema complex is currently closed.

The nearest train station is Burley Park which is a 1 mile walk from the museum. Leeds train station is 1.6 miles away.

Parking

Leeds Industrial Museum is located just two miles out of the city centre on Canal Road, off the main A65 road to Kirkstall. Free on-site parking is available and is a 100 metre walk from the entrance.
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