Workers and shoppers are becoming a far rarer sight in Leeds city centre on Mondays, compared with the rest of the week.
Data provided by the city council suggested daytime footfall is down 26 per cent at the start of week, compared with pre-pandemic levels. One local councillor said he feared Leeds becoming a “three-day city” if the trend continued and Tuesdays suffered a knock-on effect.
Daytime footfall in the city centre across the whole working week is down by 18 per cent from 2019, but events and Christmas shopping season did bring revellers out in droves in November and December. Evening footfall on weekends is also up slightly compared to three years ago.
