Centenary Footbridge, the Yorkshire vow

In the heart of Leeds, the Centenary Footbridge spans the River Aire between Brewery Wharf and Leeds Dock. Now the gathering place for Yorkshire’s love locks, it watches couples pass who want to say “forever.” Padlove carries on the gesture: your love lock, on this bridge, with both your names, without ever weighing on its railings.

The story of the place

The Centenary Footbridge opened in 1993 to mark the centenary of Leeds being granted city status. A century earlier, the town had received the title; a hundred years on, a light footbridge came to join the two banks of the Aire to celebrate that chapter. The bridge carries this name as a legacy: that of an anniversary, of a city coming of age.

Thrown between Brewery Wharf and Leeds Dock, the footbridge accompanied the revival of the Aire’s banks. Where people once worked along the water, they now stroll from one bank to the other. Little by little, the Centenary Footbridge became the gathering place for Yorkshire’s love locks, the spot where the region’s couples come to seal their vow.

As everywhere, the promise outlasts the metal. Padlove extends this Yorkshire ritual without laying anything on the bridge’s railings: your love lock lives on the map, never on the grille. The gesture remains, the heritage stays intact, and your vow still reads with both your names.

Why seal your love lock here

• Join the gathering place for Yorkshire’s love locks, on the banks of the Aire.
• Seal your vow with both your names, without a gram on the footbridge’s railings.
• Let your love lock live on the map, forever, never on the grille.

Continue the journey

• Pont des Arts — The bridge of lovers from all over the world, made eternal.
• Pont de l’Archevêché — The narrowest of Paris bridges, the widest for hearts.
• Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor — From the Musée d’Orsay to the Tuileries garden, a pas de deux.