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Plans have been announced to reopen Leeds' Victorian bear pit in Headingley to the public, with work hoped to start later this year.
The Leeds Zoological & Botanical Gardens first opened all the way back in 1840. It was designed by William Billinton, an architect from Wakefield who had hoped the gardens would contain lakes and bridges and fountains.That vision never fully materialised, but the zoological gardens did have its very own bear pit - the overgrown remains of which are overlooked by the flats of Cardigan Road.
Much of the land from the gardens was sold off for development. However, the bear pit towers are still standing as one of the "few physical traces of the gardens that remain".
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