Leeds Pub Map

book · Post by **book** » Sat 10 Mar, 2012 5:46 pm

http://twitpic.com/6o6xzl/fullLooks like the London underground map but it's better than that. Is it correct and upto date though?

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 10 Mar, 2012 6:37 pm

Simple answers is that it is quite out of date. Just on the East side of Leeds the following pubs are closed: City of Mabgate, Kiln, John Smeaton, Birch Tree, Travellers Rest (depends which one they mean - the one at Halton was demolished to make way for a Tesco Express, the one at Cross Gates closed, re-opened as a pub / all you can eat Chinese buffet called the Red Lion, closed again and has now re-opened, still as The Red Lion). I think I remember reading that the Slip Inn and the Regent have closed too.Taverner also reported that the Punch Clock in Hunslet is closed this week too.I'm sure there are many others, but it makes quite depressing reading really.One anomaly though - it shows Barwick in Elmet on the map, but doesn't list any of the pubs actually in the village (Black Swan, Gascgoine Arms and the New Inn), which were all still open last time I passed through. How odd.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Sat 10 Mar, 2012 6:41 pm

book wrote: http://twitpic.com/6o6xzl/fullLooks like the London underground map but it's better than that. Is it correct and upto date though? It is more up to date than the last version I saw. However A61 it is missing the Castle in Lofthouse and I don't think the Punch Clock in Hunslet is still open. More windows were boarded up than not last time I passed (Wednesday night) but that's a very recent development.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Sat 10 Mar, 2012 6:46 pm

raveydavey wrote: Simple answers is that it is quite out of date. Interestingly City of Mabgate and I think the Regent were closed before the White Swan was reopened as a Leeds Brewery pub so a few more anomalies

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 10 Mar, 2012 7:28 pm

I've seen this map before but looking at it again, it's a mystery why a pub like the Birch Tree features on it at all. It was an estate pub only really ever frequented by locals, tucked away down at the very end of a side street well away from passing traffic and unlikely to be known to anyone without links to the immediate area. Unlike the nearby yet omitted Old Red Lion, which is right on York Road and is passed by tens of thousands of people every day (and which is still open).I suppose it did form part of a very loose run down to the Travellers at Cross Gates in the 80's/90's - Pendas Arms> Birch Tree> Old Red Lion - then a choice of two routes either:Pathfinder> Cricketers> Lion and Lamb> Travellers OR Staging Post> Whinmoor> Cock Beck> Manston> (optional visit to the Station, depending on the time)> TravellersAlthough I don't think that run attracted custom in anything like the same way as the Otley Road run...

book · Post by **book** » Sat 10 Mar, 2012 7:49 pm

The City of Mabgate is a peculiar name? Was there another city called Mabgate in Leeds or somewhere else?

jim · Post by **jim** » Sat 10 Mar, 2012 7:57 pm

Can't see the Duncan.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Sat 10 Mar, 2012 8:57 pm

book wrote: The City of Mabgate is a peculiar name? Was there another city called Mabgate in Leeds or somewhere else? No .it is a brilliant name though, and a wonderful pub in its day.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Sat 10 Mar, 2012 8:58 pm

book wrote: http://twitpic.com/6o6xzl/fullLooks like the London underground map but it's better than that. Is it correct and upto date though? its rubbish basically , I dont know where to start with all the errors and omissions

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Sat 10 Mar, 2012 9:05 pm

drapesy wrote: book wrote: http://twitpic.com/6o6xzl/fullLooks like the London underground map but it's better than that. Is it correct and upto date though? its rubbish basically , I dont know where to start with all the erorrs and omissions Me too - on a very brief look, Cuthbert Brodrick in Millennium Square is spelt incorrectly (Brodick) and Yates'/Hedley Verity on Woodhouse Lane have changed places and Varsity is in the wrong place in relation to both!