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OK, we've all heard of the famous (or is it infamous?) Otley Run, where you partake in a pint in each pub on Otley Road all the way down to the City Centre.But why should Headingley have all the fun?Inspired by the Otley Run, I've decided to compile East Leeds very own version - "The York Run" - featuring pubs on (or just off) York Road and into the city centre, but including a few that are sadly no longer with us.Starting point - The Old Red LionThe Pathfinder (gone)The CricketersThe Lion and Lamb (gone)The Melbourne (gone)The City Lights (gone)The Dog and GunThe Shaftesbury (not gone yet, but looking like it)The White HorseThe Eagle Tavern (gone)The Victoria a.k.a. Trotters (gone)The Hope InnThe Woodpecker (gone)The Railway (gone)The Lloyds Arms (gone)I've left the Irish Centre off the list as it isn't a proper traditional pub and also The Sovereign as it was inside the Seacroft Centre and therefore not visible from York Road (although it was roughly half way between The Pathfinder and The Cricketers)That would have been 15 pubs (one more than the traditional Otley Run) and I'd bet you'd have met a damn sight more "interesting characters" in some of those pubs too!Sadly, the number of pubs lost means there are some big gaps in that run now if you attempt it.

From your starting point what about going under the arches up East Street. Now for how many years did that kkep your drinking thist going?Bus into town off at bus station:Lloyds ArmsSmiths ArmsWaterlooBlack DogFishermans HutCross Green (if you wanted a walk)Spring CloseCavalier (agian a walk)Yew TreeHamptonRichmond (For some a dance for some a fight)This was a close nit community of pubs that linked the area together only to be lost for the sake of a dual carriage way that serves no purpose as no one drives on it. I know this as i live on the North side of Leeds going to work over the old Green Bridge (whatever happened to that as i believe that was listed?) into Hunslet. Now this has been dug up again for the introduction of a overpass that seems to back up on itself going down Pontefract Lane.

raveydavey wrote: OK, we've all heard of the famous (or is it infamous?) Otley Run, where you partake in a pint in each pub on Otley Road all the way down to the City Centre.But why should Headingley have all the fun?Inspired by the Otley Run, I've decided to compile East Leeds very own version - "The York Run" - featuring pubs on (or just off) York Road and into the city centre, but including a few that are sadly no longer with us.Starting point - The Old Red LionThe Pathfinder (gone)The CricketersThe Lion and Lamb (gone)The Melbourne (gone)The City Lights (gone)The Dog and GunThe Shaftesbury (not gone yet, but looking like it)The White HorseThe Eagle Tavern (gone)The Victoria a.k.a. Trotters (gone)The Hope InnThe Woodpecker (gone)The Railway (gone)The Lloyds Arms (gone)I've left the Irish Centre off the list as it isn't a proper traditional pub and also The Sovereign as it was inside the Seacroft Centre and therefore not visible from York Road (although it was roughly half way between The Pathfinder and The Cricketers)That would have been 15 pubs (one more than the traditional Otley Run) and I'd bet you'd have met a damn sight more "interesting characters" in some of those pubs too!Sadly, the number of pubs lost means there are some big gaps in that run now if you attempt it. Proud ( ! ) to say I know every one of them, but not all from one night! Especially remember the Melbourne, back to 10.00 closing time (long time before I could go in though), On the corner with Foundry Lane was a door and just inside, a little widow for the 'Off sales'. Good to get a bag of Smiths Crisps, complete with the little blue twist of salt.Later of course to become a Tetley Steak House, always got a good deal on the food. Like so many of these old places, the living quarters upstairs were enormous, with a long corridor from one end to the other.The old Shaftsbury looks to be from a similar mould but as raveydavey says, closed, vandalism setting in and not long left for this world.

Ours was a little less ambitious and started at the other end:Woodpecker, Hope Inn, Victoria, Shaftesbury, Dog & Gun, Wykebeck. Does The Kiln still exist off Stoney Rock?

Me and my mates occasionally used to do pub crawls based on a theme; trades and professions for example: Fisherman's Hut, Skinners Arms etc. Animals: The Red Lion, White Horse, and so on. We once did parts of the body: Kings Head, Queens Arms, Hampton; you get the idea.Could we put some together on a similar notion and post them on here? Try and keep them in groups that are walkable between them and with good public transport links.

Hi everyone,I notice that nobody has mentioned the 'Slip' which I think was really called the New Regent. However, I have no idea whether or not it is still in existence. People would go there on their pub crawls after, or before, their visit to the White Horse.Ian.

Here's a Leodis pic of the 'New Regent'/Slip Inn - I believe it was demolished quite a few years back.    

Geordie-exile wrote: Ours was a little less ambitious and started at the other end:Woodpecker, Hope Inn, Victoria, Shaftesbury, Dog & Gun, Wykebeck. Does The Kiln still exist off Stoney Rock? Spooky,iwas up Stoney Rock Lane up to my old Compton stomping ground and wondered if the Kiln is still there,inded it is and so is the Sportsman.Compton arms gone

East Street used to be a popular pub crawl.I know The Smiths and The Waterloo have gone but it's years since I was over there,how many have survived?

iansmithofotley wrote: Hi everyone,I notice that nobody has mentioned the 'Slip' which I think was really called the New Regent. However, I have no idea whether or not it is still in existence. People would go there on their pub crawls after, or before, their visit to the White Horse.Ian. I don't remember that one - anyone know when it was demolished?On a related note, there is another pub we could "Slipp Inn" (do you see what I've done there?) between The Cricketers and The Lion and Lamb - The Sun Inn which is now a residential house on York Road near the top of South Parkway. Closed well before my time, but we did have a mention of it on a thread somewhere once upon a time.