Principal Met Hotel is a hotel in Leeds, the United Kingdom.[1] Wikidata describes it as “hotel in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK”. It opened in 1898. It is operated by Principal Hayley Group. It stands about 0.4 km from the centre of Leeds.[3]

Overview

The Met Hotel is a Grade II listed building situated on King Street in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by Leeds-based architects Harry Sutton Chorley and J.W. Connon, the hotel opened in 1899 as the Hotel Metropole. The Principal Hayley Group renovated the hotel in 2005, at a cost of £6 million, and changed the name to the trendier sounding 'The Met'.

From “The Met Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

The hotel opened in 1898. It is listed as a Grade II listed building. [1]

Location

Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.4 km from the centre of Leeds. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), about 11 km from the centre of Leeds.[4]

It is one of 35 hotels in and around Leeds recorded in Wikidata, 21 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Innpedia also lists 8 chain-operated properties there. Of the 6 with a recorded opening date, it is the earliest. See Hotels in Leeds.

Other hotels within 1.5 km:

See also

References

  1. ^ Principal Met Hotel (Q7751159). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ Principal Met Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-04-15.
  3. ^ Leeds (Q39121). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
  5. ^ Hotels in Leeds. Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

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