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Marketing Leeds is the city’s strategic marketing organisation. It aims to raise the regional, national and international profile of Leeds, as a vibrant, dynamic, internationally competitive city region and as the gateway to Yorkshire and the UK.
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Welcome to Yorkshire (formerly the Yorkshire Tourist Board) is the official tourism agency for Yorkshire and the Humber region.
We are taking a fresh approach to marketing the region and invite you to plan your visit through our website, www.yorkshire.com. For ideas on places to stay and things to do in our vibrant cities or even further afield, come and experience a warm Yorkshire welcome today.
npower Britain’s brightest energy company has been the title sponsor of the npower Ashes series since 2001. npower has been a loyal and active supporter of English cricket from the playground right through to the pinnacle of the game at international level. Thanks to substantial investment from npower, the ECB have been able to plough money into the game of cricket. We are all hoping for a repeat of the 2005 success this summer and you can rest assured that npower will be backing England all the way in 2009.
The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is arguably the most successful cricket club in the world. Since its establishment in 1863, Yorkshire can boast an unrivaled 31 County Championship wins over the years, as well as five additional major trophies.
Some of the most famous cricketers of all time have played for the Club, including Sir Len Hutton, Fred Trueman, Brian Close, Geoffrey Boycott, Raymond Illingworth, Michael Vaughan and Darren Gough.
Leeds Metropolitan University is a university of festivals and partnerships and is the primary partner of Yorkshire Carnegie, Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s one day team. The University’s Carnegie Pavilion at Headingley Carnegie Stadium, which will combine world-class cricket, media and hospitality facilities and also act as a teaching space for Leeds Met, is part of a raft of ambitious architectural projects which include the iconic Rose Bowl — the new home of the University’s Business School in the Civic Quarter.
Last year, Leeds Met Carnegie won the ‘Coaching Environment of the Year’ award at the UK Coaching Awards and was announced as the home of the UK Centre for Coaching Excellence. This year our students broke into the top three in the British Universities & Colleges Sport league, with only Loughborough and Bath recording higher results. The University also achieved its best ever Research Assessment Exercise results with Sports-Related Studies in the top six institutions in the country.
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Leeds City Museum offers an exciting and fun day out for visitors of all ages. Interesting exhibitions and interactive displays over four floors, as well as the impressive Leeds Arena with a giant floor map of Leeds and huge screens suspended from the ceiling. A shop stocked with everything from pencil sharpeners, postcards and art books to Creamware and limited edition items. The café has a range of hot and cold food, children’s meals and cakes.
Visit Leeds City Museum and come face-to-face with the Leeds Tiger, step into ‘Ancient Worlds’ and see the final resting place of the Leeds Mummy Nesyamun and even dig for fossils in the 'Life on Earth' gallery.
FREE ENTRY.
Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 8BH.
Tel: 0113 224 3732. E-mail: city.museum@leeds.gov.uk.
Northern plays a vital role in the north of England by connecting tens of thousands of people to work, leisure, education and more every day. We have 4,500 employees providing nearly 2,500 local and regional train services every weekday, making us the largest train operator in the UK. Our aim is to connect you to opportunities by providing a reliable and friendly train service.
We are delighted to support this years Ashes Festival and will be running additional services between Leeds and Headingley for the 5 days of play.
Scotthall MINI Leeds is very excited to be involved in the Leeds Ashes Festival 2009 and are delighted to have the Ashes MINI living with us temporarily until a suitable new home is found with the lucky prize winner. If you would like a sneaky peek of the Ashes MINI it can be found located on the A61 at Scotthall Leeds MINI just out of Leeds City Centre in our MINI Showroom.
If you are thinking of changing your car think Scotthall Leeds MINI with our exciting range of New and Cherished MINI's and our MINI mad sales team we will make your experience special. With some amazing deals this summer come and get bowled over!!
Look out over the next few weeks for our Leeds MINI Ashes promotional events in support of Leeds Ashes 2009 and other cricketing events in the Yorkshire area.
For more information call us on 0113 2622020
