HEADINGLEY HERITAGE OPEN DAYS 2024

Hyde Park Picture House, 1914, reopened, 2023

Every year in September, around the country, volunteers organise events to celebrate our history and culture, providing a chance to see hidden places, all of which are free to explore. Heritage Open Days is an idea the UK inherited from Europe – and it’s one that remains! This year is its 30th anniversary, taking place 6-15 September. Further information nationally is on the Heritage Open Days website, at www.heritageopendays.org.uk In Leeds, there are over 100 events: for information, click here. Meanwhile, Headingley is contributing a dozen or more events, listed below.

Saturday, 7 September: 1000-1300, Refreshments 1000-1200
Headingley Methodist Church Open Day - As Time Goes By on the Otley Road
1-3 Chapel Street, Leeds LS6 3HZ
You are welcome to visit one of the oldest church buildings in Headingley. See the church and its garden, view our exhibition about Otley Road over the past 200 years and reminisce about bygone shops and buildings. Enjoy home-made refreshments.
No booking required

Saturday, 7 September: 10.00-14.00
St Luke's and St Matthew's Lutheran Church
9 Alma Road, Leeds LS6 2AH
Visit one of the few Lutheran Churches in the country! With a house designed by Cuthbert Brodrick that still has many of its original features.
No booking required

Saturday 7, September: 10.00-15.00
Sunday, 8 September: 11.30-17.30
St Michael and All Angels’ Church Headingley - Open Day
St Michaels Road, Leeds LS6 3AW
Come and discover the beautiful parish church of St Michael and All Angels’, Headingley. Our large Victorian church has a wealth of stained glass windows, the remains of the ancient Original Oak of Headingley, and Thompson mice to be found!
No booking required

Saturday, 7 September: 10.30
Sunday, 8 September: 11.00 (autism-friendly) and 11.30
Hyde Park Picture House - 'Hyde and Seek' Family Friendly Screening: The Kid (U, 1921)
73 Brudenell Road, Leeds LS6 1JD
An amazing opportunity to see Charlie Chaplin's most ambitious film to date, a masterpiece of the silent era in our grade II listed cinema.
Pre-booking preferred

Saturday and Sunday, 7 and 8 September: 13.30, 14.00, 14.30, both days
Hyde Park Picture House - Self-Guided Cinema Tours plus Guided Projection Room Tours
73 Brudenell Road, Leeds LS6 1JD
A great opportunity to explore our grade II listed cinema. Get to see our heritage features without interruption alongside the new aspects of our building as well as the chance go behind the scenes of our Projection Room.
Pre-booking required

Sunday, 8 September: 14.30
Connecting the past to the present: A walk around the Headingley Hill and Hyde Park Conservation Areas
Hyde Park Pub, 2 Headingley Lane, Leeds LS6 2AS
Discover the fascinating character and history of the buildings, places and people who lived in Headingley Hill and Hyde Park in the company of Tony Ray, a retired Town Planner.
Pre-booking required

Sunday 8 September: 16.45 for 17.00
Monopoly and More - A Waddingtons boardgames night Tickets
27-29 Headingley Lane, Leeds LS6 1BL
As part of the city-wide celebration of Waddingtons Games, Cards or Die is collaborating with Hyde Park Book Club and Heritage Open Days to bring you an evening of Vintage Waddingtons Games!
Pre-booking required

Monday, 9 September: 10.00, 11.00, 12.00
Spenfield: 'the finest surviving suite of Victorian domestic rooms in Leeds'
Otley Road, Far Headingley, Leeds LS16 5BX
A rare opportunity to visit the communal areas of this magnificent grade 2* listed house in Far Headingley, including the exquisite Peacock Room.
Pre-booking required

Monday, 09 September: 10.00 Tuesday, 10 September: 13.00
Hyde Park Picture House - Guided Cinema Tour
73 Brudenell Road, Leeds LS6 1JD
Join us for a guided tour around our glorious Grade II listed Picture House on the run up to our 110th birthday to learn about our original heritage features and recent renovation in 2023.
Pre-booking required

Tuesday, 10 September: 10.00
The Great Ginnel in Headingley
Hyde Park Pub, 2 Headingley Lane, Leeds LS6 2AS
Join Richard Tyler (who edits the HeadingleyLeeds.com website) for a journey through space and time, exploring the longest and oldest ginnel in Headingley.
Pre-booking required

Tuesday, 10 September: 18.30
Hyde Park Picture House - 'Do you remember the old cinemas of Leeds?' Talk with Jane Ellis
73 Brudenell Road, Leeds LS6 1JD
A free talk from speaker Jane Ellis looking at the heyday of "going to the pictures" through the collected memories and pictures of local people.
Pre-booking preferred

Tuesday, 10 September: 18.00 exhibition launch
Wednesday to Saturday, 11 - 14 September: exhibition viewing
Hyde Park Our Story
Left Bank, Cardigan Road, Leeds LS6 1LJ
Hyde Park has a rich cultural heritage, a unique suburb of the city with many stories to tell. This event will launch an exhibition of works and memorabilia about Hyde Park, featuring speakers sharing the history and stories of life then and now.
Pre-booking preferred

Thursday, 12 September: 11.00
The Oakfield Terrace Building Club: a journey into micro history
St Urban's Church, Grove Lane, Leeds LS6 2AQ
Join Janet Douglas for a short walk celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Oakfield Terrace Building Club.
Pre-booking required

Saturday, 14 September: 10.30
Sunday, 15 September: Autism Friendly Screening 11.00 (autism-friendly) and 11.30
Hyde Park Picture House - 'Hyde and Seek' Family Friendly Screening: Mary Poppins (PG, 1964)
73 Brudenell Road, Leeds LS6 1JD
Join us for special family friendly screenings of this gloriously magical and whimsical classic on its 60th anniversary in our grade II listed cinema.
Pre-booking preferred

Of course, there’s plenty of heritage on view in and around Headingley, all the year round. And much of this heritage is explored on the HeadingleyLeeds website. There’s more information in the galleries for Historic Headingley and for Parks in the Past as well as Historic Places and Places Today, including the Stadium, the Zoo, the Headingley Campus, the Lodges, as well as historic travel, through ginnels and by omnibus and train. The Walks page suggests some interesting historic rambles in and around Headingley.