Disease Street

Travel back to the slums of Victorian Leeds. Immerse yourself in the sights, sounds and smells of a time before antibiotics, vaccines or even flushing toilets.  

Meet the residents of our recreated street and learn about the health hazards lurking behind every aspect of their daily lives.

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Quack Cart

See real Victorian fraudulent remedies – from mercury to magnets – in the quack cart.

A mannequin of a butcher cutting meat

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The Butcher

Witness the filthy conditions at the butcher’s counter to learn how easily disease was spread through food.

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Character Trail

Pick a character and discover their fate in the disease-ridden slum.