Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds. The county borough of Leeds was awarded city status in 1893, but in 1974 this status was transferred to the larger new metropolitan borough named "City of Leeds". Thus Leeds, although commonly referred to as a "city", does not have this legal status unless the wider area is being discussed.

Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the recorded history of Leeds can be traced to the 5th century when the Kingdom of Elmet was covered by the forest of "Leodis", the origin of the name Leeds. During the Industrial Revolution, Leeds developed into a major industrial centre for the production and trade of wool, before emerging as a centre for commerce and higher education, being the location of the University of Leeds, Leeds Metropolitan University and Leeds Trinity and All Saints. Today the city is one of the largest financial and legal centres outside London.

Leeds is also the home of the current super league champions Leeds Rhino's and there is also a thriving amateur Rugby League club based at Stanningley which has probably the best facilities of any amateur rugby league club in the North of England.

Leeds is also home to Active Workwear. 

Active workwear are the premier Snickers clothing distributor in Leeds and have the full range of Snickers clothing available online at Snickersonline.co.uk.

Active Workwear are also distributors of Helly Hansen workwear and also have an online shop dedicated to Helly Hansen workwear at Hellyhansenonline.co.uk.

The popular Blaklader workwear range is also stocked at www.active-workwear.com including the new XTRM range of Blaklader work trousers and workers Kilts.

We also supply a huge range of other popular brands of quality workwear clothing and PPE. Active Workwear also supply a large range of work boots from hugely popular brands such as Dewalt safety Boots, Dickies, Sterling, Blaklader to name but a few.

Leeds has been purchased by Active Workwear