Rumours about secret spaces under the streets of Leeds may easily be dismissed as far-fetched urban myths, but a hidden side to the city actually does exist. From air raid shelters and nuclear bunkers to abandoned subway systems, there are a startling number of mysterious underground areas which have long been forgotten. CHANGING LEEDS: Dark Arches | Briggate | The Headrow | Boar Lane | Vicar Lane LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Underground Leeds
This is a view of inside the brick subway on York Road pictured in October 1938. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Underground Leeds
Pictured is the Horsforth potal of the Athington tunnel, constructed between 1845 and 1849 by the Leeds and Thirsk Railway. 24 people were killed during its construction.
9. Underground Leeds
Did you know Briggate boasted a subway back in the day? This photo was taken between 1970 and 1973. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Underground Leeds
This shows the construction of Quarry Hill subway in April 1910, part of New York Road work. Road was laid between North Street and Regent Street. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Undergrond Leeds
An underground tunnel that would have been used by servants to get from one wing to another without being seen. Temple Newsam is famous as the birth place of Lord Darnley, notorious husband of Mary Queen of Scots.
12. Underground Leeds
Wooden fences to left and right of a passageway leading to an underground subway underneath the Leeds, London, Midland and Scottish railway bridge on Gelderd Road, Hunslet in October 1940. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net