OUGD603 - Brief 1 - Souvenir Penny Designs - Research - Tourist Destinations

Tourist Destinations in Leeds 

Penny Machines are for the tourist market as souvenirs of their visit to a city or place. They are usually found in Tourist attractions with lots of footfall and are appropriate for a family audience such as Landmarks, Galleries, Museums, Wildlife Parks and Experiences.

Tourist Destinations were researched from various websites. Only places within the city centre or easy access through buses were considered, as tourists are most likely to stay within the city and visit places within walking distance as a city break.

After looking at a variety of travel websites and tourist sites a list of tourist destinations within Leeds was compiled.

Tourist Destination in Leeds:

The Royal Armouries (existing Penny Press Machine)
Tropical World
Leeds City Museum* (previously had a Penny Press Machine)
Kirkstall Abbey
The Tetley
Emmerdale Studio Experience (existing Penny Press Machine)
Roundhay Park
Leeds Town Hall*
Abbey House Museum*
Elland Road (previously had a Penny Press Machine)
Leeds Industrial Museum
Kirkgate Market*
Leeds City Gallery*
Henry Moore Institute*
Leeds Grand Theatre*
The Corn Exchange*
The Arcades*
Hyde Park Picture House
The Thackray Medical Museum*
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Millennium Square*
Leeds Minster*
Thorntons Arcade*
Meanwood Valley Urban Farm
Leeds Dock

*City Centre attractions or easy access bus routes

It was considered that a machine would need to have four designs for one location so the places the machines would be in would have to provide enough distinctive features to supply four different designs.

Along the Headrow there are a number of tourist attractions / arts places / landmarks, including the Town Hall, Leeds Art Gallery, The Henry Moore Institute, The Craft Centre and Design Gallery so it was considered that doing a set of four designs for a machine in the area would provide plenty of visual references for designs whether this be for an individual place or a combination of designs for places within the area.

It was decided a machine could be positioned in either the Tourist Information in Visit Leeds or in Leeds Art Gallery as these are easily accessible from the Headrow, are popular with tourists and would allow for multiple places to be represented that are close by and easily seen from the machines possible location.

https://leeds-list.com/culture/50-must-visit-landmarks-and-attractions-in-leeds/
https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-leeds/whats-on-news/27-brilliant-things-leeds-13902838
https://www.timeout.com/leeds/things-to-do/best-things-to-do-in-leeds
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractions-g186411-Activities-c47-Leeds_West_Yorkshire_England.html