The Burl

The Burl is a theater building in Fayette, Kentucky, which is located on Thompson Road. The Burl is situated near Thompson Road Park, as well as near Thompson Road Baptist Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Liggett and Myers Harpring Tobacco Storage Warehouse and Rupp Arena.

Liggett and Myers Harpring Tobacco Storage Warehouse

Building

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The Liggett and Myers Harpring Tobacco Storage Warehouse is a building located in Lexington, Kentucky. The building is significant for its association with the burley tobacco industry in Lexington, Kentucky between 1930 and 1980 and is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Kentucky. Liggett and Myers Harpring Tobacco Storage Warehouse is situated 670 feet northwest of The Burl.

Rupp Arena

Stadium

Photo: Analogue Kid, CC BY 2.5.

Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center is an arena located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It is part of Central Bank Center, a convention and shopping facility owned by an arm of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. Rupp Arena is situated 1 mile southeast of The Burl.

McConnell Springs Park

Park

Photo: Jackland, CC BY-SA 3.0.

McConnell Springs is a twenty-six acre natural park located at the historic springs where the city of Lexington, Kentucky was named. The park is a non-profit organization in partnership with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of Parks and Recreation. McConnell Springs Park is situated 3,400 feet west of The Burl.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Speigle Heights and Woodward Heights.

Speigle Heights

Neighborhood

Speigle Heights is a neighborhood just northwest of downtown Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It is sometimes referred to as Irishtown. Its boundaries are Manchester Street to the north, Pine Street to the east, High Street/Versailles Road to the south, and Forbes Road to the west.

Woodward Heights

Neighborhood

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Woodward Heights is a neighborhood and historic district located immediately west of downtown Lexington, Kentucky. It is bounded by Maxwell Street and the Pleasant Green Hill neighborhood to the southwest, by the parking lot for Rupp Arena to the southeast, by the Lexington Convention Center property to the northeast, and by Herlihy, Cox, and High Streets to the north.

South Hill

Neighborhood

South Hill is a neighborhood and historic district located immediately south of downtown Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are South Limestone Street to the east, Pine Street to the south, South Broadway to the west, and High Street to the north.

The Burl

Type: Theater building
Address: 375 Thompson Road, Lexington, KY 40508
Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Fayette, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.05699° or 38° 3′ 25″ north

Longitude

-84.51888° or 84° 31′ 8″ west

Open location code

86CQ3F4J+QC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 402994137

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=theatre

OpenStreetMap feature

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Highlights: Thompson Road Park and Thompson Road Baptist Church.

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