Headingley Bear Pit

Headingley Bear Pit is a Grade II listed building in Headingley, Leeds, England. It was formerly part of Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens, which closed in 1858.

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Type: Tourist attraction
Description: bear pit; remnant of Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Also known as: “Bear Pit”, “Leeds Victorian Bear Pit”, and “The Old Bear Pit”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Headingley Stadium and Burley Park railway station.

Headingley Stadium

Stadium

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Headingley Stadium is a stadium complex in Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Linked by a two-sided stand housing common facilities, it comprises two separate grounds: Headingley Cricket Ground and Headingley Rugby Stadium. Headingley Stadium is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Headingley Bear Pit.

Burley Park railway station

Railway station

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Burley Park railway station in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is the first stop on the Harrogate line, 2.25 miles north-west of Leeds railway station towards Harrogate and York. Burley Park railway station is situated 1,200 feet south of Headingley Bear Pit.

Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Leeds

Church

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Our Lady of Lourdes Church is a Roman Catholic church in the parish of St Jeanne Jugan, Leeds. It was built by the Society of Jesus in the 1920s and it is situated on Cardigan Road in Burley, Leeds. Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Leeds is situated 790 feet south of Headingley Bear Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hyde Park and Headingley.

Hyde Park

Suburb

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Hyde Park is an inner-city residential area of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, situated between the University of Leeds and Headingley. It sits in the Headingley and Hyde Park ward of Leeds City Council.

Headingley

Suburb

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North West Leeds is a large and diverse part of the city of Leeds, extending from Burley out as far as Guiseley and the city's airport. It is especially popular with students in areas such as Burley and Hyde Park where the accommodation is cheap and close to the university.

Burley

Suburb

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Burley is an inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, 1 mile north-west of Leeds city centre, between the A65 Kirkstall Road at the south and Headingley at the north, in the Kirkstall ward.

Headingley Bear Pit

Categories: bear pit, tourism, and historic site
Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.81517° or 53° 48′ 55″ north

Longitude

-1.57581° or 1° 34′ 33″ west

Operator

Leeds Civic Trust

Open location code

9C5WRC8F+3M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 21035840

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=folly

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q26547250

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