Leeds Dock- Clarence Dock, New Dock, Royal Armouries Museum, Clarence House
To the East of the historic the Calls, connected to River Aire, is the new Leeds Docks area (formerly Clarence Dock, and for a short time New Dock), where you find the popular Royal Armouries Museum and several recently constructed modern waterside residential buildings, restaurants and public art. The museum is free and one of Leeds most popular, a part of this grey modern granite building from 1996 contains a stone from the Tower of London. Except for the museum, the area was consisiting mostly of derilict Victorian industrial buildings, until the new development begun in 2006. The tallest residential building in the area is the 20-storey Clarence House from 2007. The Boulevard is the main street. Lots of private ships, water taxis and tourist boats pass here. |