Local Heritage Walks in Headingley and Kirkstall with Claire Rae Randall – part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’
2022-07-28 14:30 (Europe/London)
Meet at Sainsbury’s, the Arndale Centre for a walk around some of the hidden heart of Headingley.
These heritage walks were funded by the National Lottery Community Fund as part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’.

Open Mic Poetry, Prose and Music Evening
2022-09-21 20:15, 2022-09-21 20:15 - 22:00, 2022-10-19 20:15 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Everybody is welcome to read and sing.
Entrance £3.50/£3.00 members and concessions, including refreshments. Pay on the door.

Horsforth Village Circular Walk with June Smith
2022-09-25 12:00
Horsforth Village Circular (5 miles)
Directions
11:00 No. 50A bus from Stand G on Eastgate (in front of the John Lewis Store).
Alight 11:37 at ‘The Green’ (opposite the Horsforth Village Museum) Postcode: LS18 5JB
*If coming by car please arrive by 11:40am at the Fink Hill Car Park, Horsforth, LS18 5DX
This pleasant circular walk takes in a variety of local historical and scenic sites, all in the Horsforth region. I will stop and read these interesting ‘asides’ to you as we walk along.
Refreshments
On completion of the walk there are local cafes on the Town Street. However, I heartily recommend that you visit the free and fascinating Horsforth Village Museum. It has been described as a ‘wonderfully eccentric and educational’ place, covering the Victorian, Georgian and Edwardian periods.
Poems on the theme of ‘history’ or ‘historical events’ would fit in beautifully.
*Please wear suitable walking gear – the area can be wet and boggy in places. Bring a packed lunch and a drink.

Postponed to 26th November - MBS: Sabrina Piggott with Bob Lockwood
2022-09-28 20:15 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Sabrina’s songs are full of a sense of open space and possibilities. For Sabrina is an adventuress. An award-winner. In many ways a free spirit. With roots and wings.
Her rich traditional music background derives from her ancestral home, the countryside of Cork, in Ireland. And her distinctive rippling, almost Philip Glass evoking, acoustic guitar style sets the tone for a heart-melting voice, with its Celtic timbre, that pulls the emotion out of the lyrics.
“A bold, adventurous and exciting emergent name in the world of contemporary folk” – Folk Radio UK

Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition
2022-09-30 18:30 | Stage 4, Versa Studios Leeds, Whitehall Road Parking, Holbeck, Leeds, United Kingdom, LS12 1AP.
The Exhibition is located right behind the bus station on Springwell Street. Duration: the visit will take approx. 1 hour and 30 minutes The Exhibition showcases the awe and wonder of arguably one of mankind’s greatest artistic achievements, while allowing its visitors to experience this art from an up-close, life-size, and never-before-seen perspective. With special expertise and care, the ceiling paintings from the Sistine Chapel have been reproduced in a truly unique way using licensed high-definition photos. Brought to life using a special printing technique that emulates the look and feel of the original paintings, visitors are given a chance to engage with the artwork in ways that were never before possible: seeing every detail, every brushstroke, and every colour of the artist’s 34 frescoes. Each image is accompanied by informative signage, and audio guides are available to rent for an even more in-depth experience.
No Group tickets available: Adult/ Senior (over 65), NHS valid ID, from £11-15.00
Venue: Stage 4, Versa Studios Leeds, Whitehall Road Parking, Holbeck, Leeds, United Kingdom, LS12 1AP.

Light Night Leeds 2022
2022-10-14 19:30
Leeds Light Night is the UKs largest arts and light festival with some on Leeds’ most recognisable indoor and outdoor spaces transformed by spectacular artworks and captivating performances by local, national and international artists. This year’s festival will be boasting large-scale light projections and interactive installations, music, dance and street performances which will take over well-known landmarks and locations across Leeds city centre.

Walk around St Aidan's Nature Park
2022-10-30 11:00
The circular walk has amazing views and wonderful wildlife including bitterns, avocets, black terns, skylarks and meadow pipits.
The nature reserve is open from 10am-5pm, 1 March-31 October.
By bus
Please meet at 11:00 am at Leeds Bus Station where the Travel Information Centre is located. The bus leave from Stand C outside the bus station to the left.
Buses run to Allerton Bywater from Leeds City Centre and Castleford (bus service 168). The nearest bus stop is Bowers Row stop number 45010157. This is 0.2 miles from the visitor centre.
By road
Leave the M1 at junction 46 towards Garforth follow the Selby Road/A63, turn right at the roundabout onto A642, turn left after 1.4 miles onto Astley Lane, the reserve is on the right after 1.5 miles.
We will be meeting at 11:45 am at the reserve’s car park.
Car park is open from 6am to 8pm
There are no entry fees to the nature reserve, but the following parking charges apply:

RSPB members: FREE
(please display your membership card face down in your windscreen)
Non-members: £4 per vehicle
Blue badge holders: FREE
(please display your badge in your windscreen)

The suggested poetry theme is ‘Nature’. After the walk there will be an optional visit to the café at the entrance of the reserve which will be open from 10am-4.30pm.
Please wear appropriate cloths (see weather forecast) and take some lunch with you. There are benches all along the way where we will be able to stop for lunch and poetry.

Poetry Evening with Hilary Murray and Louise Holmes
2022-11-16 19:15 - 21:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Wednesday 16th November 7.15 p.m.
Hilary J Murray lives in Leeds, but grew up in Kent. She is mainly kept busy by her three daughters, four granddaughters – and poetry. Poems have appeared in Grey Hen Press anthologies, the pamphlet Second Bite, and magazines.
‘I owe a huge amount to a succession of poetry groups in Leeds – the latest incarnation is the Tiled Hall Poets’.
Louise Holmes
Born in Bradford and now living in Leeds, Louise Holmes remembers her love of poetry starting in early childhood. Louise has had poems widely published, including in poetry journals, magazines, on internet platforms and in a number of anthologies. She has won several prizes for poetry and read at various events and open mics in Yorkshire and further afield.
Louise says, ‘I write about the small (and sometimes enormous) experiences of family life that stay with me – and about those unusual encounters and observations that bring a rich and welcome seam of the unexpected to the day-to-day. I am increasingly finding myself drawn to nature in my writing – themes which also occur in my art practice.’
Entrance £3.50/£3.00 members and concessions, including refreshments. Pay on the door.

Woodhouse Ridge/ Meanwood Valley Urban Farm circular walk led by Richard Bojanowski
2022-11-20 12:00
Woodhouse Ridge/ Meanwood Valley Urban Farm circular walk (3.5 miles) led by Richard Bojanowski.

Meet 12 noon at Peel statue (across road from Wrangthorn Church), Hyde Park corner, Leeds 6. Even on Sunday there are plenty of buses every hour to Hyde Park corner.

We will cross over to Cliff Lane and skirt around delightful Art Nouveau Gothic, Cliffe Lawn House (now Wat Buddharam Buddhist Center), and see where Atkinson Grimshaw lived as a young man in this leavy neighbourhood.

Then we descend gently down Woodhouse Ridge, via the large wood sculpture, and cross Meanwood Road to the Urban Farm, where we initially greet the Alpacas (who welcome visitors on Sunday).

Then we will “travel in time” on the Farm Geological Trail where there are also good spacious green views of valley.

Option to have refreshments at Urban Farm cafe, or at Hyde Park corner, at end of walk.
We return via a different gentle slope up Woodhouse Ridge (I would suggest having cafe refreshments at end of walk).

Poetry on theme of “Re-Wilding the City”

'Wellbeing through Community Activities’ - Sabrina Piggott with Bob Lockwood
2022-11-26 19:15 - 21:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Sabrina’s songs are full of a sense of open space and possibilities. For Sabrina is an adventuress. An award-winner. In many ways a free spirit. With roots and wings.
Her rich traditional music background derives from her ancestral home, the countryside of Cork, in Ireland. And her distinctive rippling, almost Philip Glass evoking, acoustic guitar style sets the tone for a heart-melting voice, with its Celtic timbre, that pulls the emotion out of the lyrics.
“A bold, adventurous and exciting emergent name in the world of contemporary folk” – Folk Radio UK
This event was funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

The performance by Sabrina Piggott and Bob Lockwood for the end of season event for Leeds Combined Arts in the Shire Oak Room at Headingley Heart.
Those videos were recorded with permission of the artists and uploaded with their permission.

Walk: Meanwood Valley
2023-04-30 14:00 - 17:00
Leader: June Smith

Walk: From Adel To Eccup Whin
2023-05-08 08:00 - 17:00
With Tea at York Gate Cafe.
Led by Richard B.
Full details to follow.

Open Mic Night
2023-05-17 19:15 - 21:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
With your host, Richard Smith

Walk: St. Aidan's Nature Reserve
2023-05-21 14:00 - 17:00
Led by June Smith
Our walks are at a gentle pace, covering some 4 to 5 miles in about 2
to 3 hours (or longer if need be). This is just right for mind, body and
soul and sure to promote health and well-being. There is no fee and
you’re free-as-a bee!
There is a mid-walk break for lunch (so bring some food and drink) and
for poetry/prose readings (optional). At the end of walk we go to a cafe
or pub. Please wear sensible shoes and clothing for the weather

LCA Committee Meeting
2023-06-11 19:00 - 21:00
To be held at at Richard and June’s home. Free flapjacks promised as an award for good behaviour!

Walk: From Adel to Eccup Whin
2023-06-18 14:00 - 17:00
Led by Richard B
Our walks are at a gentle pace, covering some 4 to 5 miles in about 2
to 3 hours (or longer if need be). This is just right for mind, body and
soul and sure to promote health and well-being. There is no fee and
you’re free-as-a bee!
There is a mid-walk break for lunch (so bring some food and drink) and
for poetry/prose readings (optional). At the end of walk we go to a cafe
or pub. Please wear sensible shoes and clothing for the weather

First Play-Reading Session
2023-06-21 19:30 - 21:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Talk: Cassandra James on being a Senior Social Worker in Leeds
2023-07-19 19:15 - 21:00
£3 for members; £3.50 for non-members

A walk around Meanwood Park
2023-08-08 14:00 - 16:00

A walk around Golden Acre Park
2023-09-17 14:00 - 17:00

A Talk By Francis Russell
2023-09-21 19:30 - 21:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
An evening of poetry and song

An Afternoon In Knaresborough
2023-09-24 14:00 - 17:00
More details soon.

A talk by Richard Smith
2023-10-19 19:30 - 21:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Subject to be announced

Medieval Music with Peter Bull
2023-11-16 19:30 - 21:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN

Christmas Event
2023-12-21 19:00 - 21:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
It’s “open mic night” so what better time to show off your secret talent?!

A Victorian Life: ‘From Rags to Riches’
2024-02-15 19:15 - 21:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
The life od Edmund Smith of Leeds (1832-1915) a successful Commercial Traveller.
A presentation by Richard Smith.
In the second half, Victorian recipes and remedies, by June Smith

Walk: Bramhope X84 Bus stop to Poole (Circular)
2024-02-18 12:00 - 17:00
Our path will take us near the site of the Old Arthington Station. Some walking on the main road is inevitable. We return near Staircase House!
We will enjoy a refreshment stop at The White Hart Pub in Poole.
This is a Circular Walk. Length around 3 miles. Details to follow.

Walk: Cross Flatts Park, Beeston, LS11 7BQ (Circular)
2024-02-20 08:00 - 17:00
Please meet outside the pedestrian entrance to the park near the corner of Beeston Road and Parkfield Avenue. This is opposite Holbeck Cemetery and the Leeds-bound bus shelter. Join Christine for a short circular walk in Cross Flatts Park followed by refreshments at the community-run Bridge Cafe in the park’s Watsonian Pavilion.
Buses:
Number 1 or 1B from Headingley Arndale Centre to Beeston Cross Flatts Park.
Suggest No 1 0956, arrives 1038 or No 1B 1000, arrives 1043.
Note: some of the No 1 services require a change in Leeds.
Cars: park on Parkfield Avenue LS11 7AY.
There are accessible toilets in the Watsonian Pavilion.
