Headingley

Headingley is also the name of a city in Manitoba, Canada. See Headingley, Manitoba for information on that city.

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Headingley is a vibrant suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the A660.

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Headingley is said to have come into being as a meeting place for traders; the landmark being a huge oak tree. The pub "The Original Oak" now stands near the site of the tree stump.

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As it is close to both the University of Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan University campuses, it has become a very popular student area. This has had both positive and negative consequences on the local population and environment. The biggest complaints against students (and increasingly, young professionals) relate to the use of multiple-occupancy houses which are prone to burglary, often neglected by landlords and occupants alike and are typically left unoccupied during university holidays. However, the student ghettoisation has brought a lot of money into the area, improved public transport and, generally, made it a highly desirable place to live for a select portion of the population. This latter attribute has driven up property prices in the area: in summer 2003, the average property price was ?151,604 (approximately ?9,000 less than the national average but ?30,000 more than the Leeds average).

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Headingley is also known in sporting circles - its stadium (known as Headingley) is home to the Yorkshire County Cricket Club as well as the Leeds Rhinos rugby league and Leeds Tykes rugby union clubs.

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Politically, Headingley is in the Leeds (North West) constituency. The current MP is Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat), who became the first Liberal Democrat MP in West Yorkshire in the 2005 General Election, largely as a result of the influential student vote in the constituency. At a local government level, the ward of Headingley has Liberal Democrat councillors: Martin Hamilton, David Morton and David Pratt.

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Bryan's of Headingley, the fish and chip restaurant, is arguably the most famous eaterie in the district. Other pubs include The Three Horseshoes and The Skyrack.

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Manitoba: Manitoba is one of Canada's provinces. It is the fifth Canadian province (created by the government in 1870). Its population as of April 1, 2005 (Statistics Canada) was 1,176,132 (Manitobans). It is the easternmost of the three Prairie Provinces....

Headingley, Manitoba: Headingley is a rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. It is located directly west of Winnipeg and has a population of 2,726 people as of the 2006 census. The Trans-Canada Highway and the Assiniboine River run through the municipality. The portion located on the south bank of the Assiniboine is als...

Leeds: Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in Yorkshire in the north of England. The River Aire runs through the city. In 1974 the former a county borough of Leeds was merged with the towns of Wetherby, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, and other surrounding areas to form a metropolitan borough ? the city status...