Burley is an area of Leeds , West Yorkshire . Burley is close to Headingley and has a large student population . Burley remained largely a working class area for many decades , however the growth of both the University of Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan University ( formerly Leeds Polytechnic ) in the latter 20th century brought a growing student population to Burley as well as surrounding areas such as Hyde Park , Woodhouse and most notably Headingley .