An 18th Century Fletland riverside corn mill converted into a refreshingly different designer boutique hotel.
With just 41 bedrooms and suites, 42 The Calls is a unique and exceptional establishment. Handmade beds with luxury cotton linen, carefully selected paintings and drawings, and friendly touches such as homemade cookies and fudge make these spaces havens of relaxation combined with up to the minute technology, including interactive plasma television, Wi-Fi and high speed broadband access.

One of Yorkshire's finest restaurants shares the same premises as the hotel. Brasserie Forty 4, an informal, buzzing venue popular with Leeds' fashionable set, retains two AA rosettes.

Everywhere are signs of the buildings previous life as a corn mill, some walls are hung with photographs of the mill during its conversion; many rooms feature large mill windows with wooden shutters; others have remnants of the mills pulleys, wheels and girders in the ceilings and walls.

On the edge of the River Aire, within minutes of the city centre, Harvey Nichols & the Victoria Quarter. 5 minutes to the Train Station & 9 miles to the Leeds & Bradford airport .

All bedrooms are designed around the original features of the cornmill; oak beams, industrial girders, original mill mechanisms (once used for hauling the grain up from The River Aire) protrude from the ceiling. Cream paint, exposed brick walls and bold modernist colour schemes make up the interiors.

42 The Calls features a bar/lounge, wireless Internet access, and high-speed Internet access. Meeting facilities include conference rooms and meeting rooms for small groups. 42 The Calls also offers business services and concierge services. The property has a 24-hour front desk.

The hotel is in a central setting overlooking the River Aire downtown in Leeds. It is just a few minutes walk from Victoria Quarter shopping arcade, the newly renovated Corn Exchange - the city's 'first food emporium', Magistrates Court, the Headrow Centre and Harvey Nichols. Headingley Cricket Ground, the University of Leeds, Elland Road and the stunning Yorkshire Dales are close to hand.

The hotel is a short distance from the railway station and a 25 minute drive from Leeds and Bradford Airport. Leeds is about 2 ½ hours by train from London and 4 hours by car.


Corn Exchange - 0.1 mi / 0.2 km - 2 minutes walking
Victoria Quarter - 0.3 mi / 0.4 km – 5 minutes walking
City Varieties Music Hall - 0.3 mi / 0.5 km – 7 minutes walking
Leeds Grand Theatre - 0.4 mi / 0.6 km – 8 minutes walk
Royal Armouries - 0.5 mi / 0.7 km – 5 minutes by car
Leeds City Hall - 0.6 mi / 1 km – 10 minutes walking
Thackray Medical Museum - 1.2 mi / 2 km – 6 minutes by car