Leeds city centre is the
city centre of
Leeds,
England. It is within the
Leeds Central parliamentary constituency, represented by
Hilary Benn as MP since a
by-election in 1999. The term
central Leeds is often used to describe Leeds city centre, although it refers to a wider area usually defined by the area within the Inner Ring Road, covering areas such as Holbeck and Hunslet. While the city centre has no formal definition, it may be taken as roughly bounded by the
Leeds Inner Ring Road to the north and the
River Aire to the south. Many people in the city say it stretches from Woodhouse Lane, to the north, to
Holbeck in the south and from the casinos on
Kirkstall Road in the West to
Lincoln Green to the east. Leeds city centre can arguably be separated roughly into five areas or quarters (see below).