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Ireland Wood, Leeds — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Ireland Wood takes its name from a Woodland Trust wood in north-west Leeds, a planned housing area laid out after the war by Livett.
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Where to stay in Ireland Wood
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
A search for hotel beds inside Ireland Wood turns up very little. Ireland Wood is a housing area first, its streets laid out by Livett around the Woodland Trust wood, so most beds sit either toward Leeds city centre or out along the north-west side of the city. St Paul gives the district a fixed point.
Clayton House is the other marker. Four miles separate the wood from the centre of Leeds.
Find hotels in Ireland Wood
Direct booking searches for these neighbourhoods.
Beside the wood
The streets edging the Woodland Trust wood that Ireland Wood was planned around. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in Beside the woodthe settled core of Ireland WoodAround St Paul
The blocks near St Paul, the fixed point among Livett's housing. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in Around St Paulquieter streets by Clayton HouseClayton House corner
The corner of Ireland Wood nearest Clayton House, off the through routes. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in Clayton House cornerthe four-mile run into Leeds city centreThe road in to Leeds
On the road in from Ireland Wood toward Leeds city centre, four miles off.Find hotels in The road in to LeedsHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Ireland Wood
What are the main landmarks in Ireland Wood?
St Paul and Clayton House are the two names the maps give Ireland Wood. Neither is the reason people come. The Woodland Trust wood is, a patch of woodland enclosed by the housing that Livett planned around it, and the district carries the wood's name rather than the other way about.
Leodis holds an early plan of the area from 1950.
What is the history of Ireland Wood?
Ireland Wood came off a drawing board. The Leeds Housing Director, Livett, planned the area, and the scheme won the Ministry Housing medal for the years 1945 to 1949, a piece of post-war design set into the north-west of the city. An early plan from 1950 survives on Leodis.
St Paul and Clayton House stand among the streets that followed, in the north-west corner of Leeds in West Yorkshire.
Where is Ireland Wood?
The area sits about 4 miles north-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, built around the Woodland Trust wood it contains.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Ireland Wood?
Beside the wood: walking the wood that names the district. Around St Paul: the settled core of Ireland Wood. Clayton House corner: quieter streets by Clayton House. The road in to Leeds: the four-mile run into Leeds city centre.
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Updated October 2026