Leeds Town Hall — Attraction in Leeds

While we had the most fabulous wedding, our reception at Leeds Town hall was met with a fair few issues. Our ceremony was 45-60 minutes late to start. When I arrived, with my guests in tow (50 of them) I had to wait for about 10 minutes on the steps while a steward allowed a bride who was already late for her ceremony to have photos taken. We waited and stared - I couldn't really believe I was in my wedding dress and stood there for such a length of time. It was very, very hot (9th August) and we were crammed in a small room waiting. My Wife is estranged from her parents and was advised in our first meeting that it wouldn't be mentioned on the day when filling in the documents prior to the ceremony. This did not happen & She got very upset when asked about her parents, right before our special moment

As we were signing the documents, we could hear our music playing - but it was our 'entering' the room song & we were a good 10-15 minutes from finishing with the registar! I stated this and one of the registrar's rushed into the room to restart the song. This really wasn't good.

We did have a fabulous time at home & taking pictures after the ceremony but we feel we were treated differently to the bride who arrived late leaving us stood waiting. It did not really feel special at Leeds Town Hall - I've waited this long to leave my review as I didn't want to have it in my head that my special day wasn't as perfect as it should have been - through no fault of our own

(15:30, August 9th, 2018...

Amazing Josh Widdicome - shame about the seats. I would have given 4.8 out of 5 if I could, as Josh was hilarious and the staff there were extremely helpful. We were in the stalls Row 27 seats 28 and 29, got in there early enough to sit down and work out that if the person in front of me was sat in there seat, my knees would have been crushed. So spoke to one of the staff on the door (a very nice lady) and asked if there was any way to try and get a seat with extra legroom and she said if I go to the box office they may be able to do something for me. She was telling me she knows what it's like, as her husband is 6'2 (I am 6'3) and he has issues with some venues, especially those in London, they were very tightly packed in. I spoke to the two very helpful ladies in the box office and they suggested that I could have a seat in one of the boxes as that should have enough legroom. I was happy with anything that had more legroom, so I said yes. Got to my seat and my gosh what a massive difference.....not only more legroom but more seat width, overall a lot more spacious. Looks like there are only 12 seats in each box and the view is slightly limited, but I was happy and you don't really need to see the comedian most of the time. I was sat next to the door on the left side of the box at the back. Thanks again for the great customer service of the staff at...

The town hall is classical in style but baroque in imaginative power and drama. It stands squarely at the top of a flight of steps (altered from their original shape) on a mound made specially for the purpose. The whole facade is made of giant columns and all the sides reflect that pattern. The central portico has ten huge Corinthian columns. Then there is an immense frieze and rising above it all the central tower, 225 ft (69 m) high, which was not in the original design.

The Victoria Hall rises to 92 ft (28 m) inside the parallelogram of surrounding rooms and corridors and the enclosing colonnades. The carving of the tympanum over the front entrance represents Leeds encouraging the arts and sciences. The four Portland stone lions on plinths along the frontage, modeled at London Zoo, contrast with the sandstone of the building itself.

The town hall provided accommodation for municipal departments, a courtroom, police station or 'central charge office', and a venue for concerts and civic events. It still has a role as a council office, although many departments have been relocated. The principal performance space, the richly decorated Victoria Hall, is a venue for orchestral concerts. Its concert organ, the largest three manual example in Europe, is used for lunchtime...