Far Headingley is an area of

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, England approximately north of the city centre. The parish of Far Headingley was created in 1868. The area is part of the

Weetwood Weetwood is an area between Headingley and Meanwood in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is bounded on the north by the A6120 (Outer Ring Road), on the west by the A660 (Otley Road), on the east by Meanwood Beck and to the sout ...

ward of

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and

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. It is situated beyond central

Headingley Headingley is a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the A660 road. Headingley is the location of the Beckett Park campus of Leeds Beckett University and Headingley ...

, on the way to West Park and

along the A660

Otley Otley is a market town and civil parish at a bridging point on the River Wharfe, in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the population was 13,668 at the 2011 c ...

Road. Like the rest of Headingley, there are many student houses and houses to let. St Chads Church Far Headingley

Features of Far Headingley include St. Chad's parish church, the Cottage Road Cinema, and Woodies and the Three Horseshoes public houses at the start of the Otley Run pub crawl.

Notable residents

Arthur Ransome Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of childre ...

, author of the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series of children's books, was born in Headingley but moved to Far Headingley as a child in 1890. His father Cyril Ransome was a professor at the

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and had lived in Far Headingley before his marriage in 1882. It was at his house in Hollin Lane that the young

Prince Alemayehu '' Dejazmatch'' Alemayehu Simyen Tewodoros (also referred to as Alamayou; 23 April 1861 – 14 November 1879), was the son of Emperor Tewodros II and Empress Tiruwork Wube of Ethiopia. Biography Alemayehu's father, Emperor Tewodros II died by ...

of Ethiopia died in 1869.

Alan Bennett Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and honours including four BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2005 he received the Socie ...

, actor, author, playwright and screenwriter, lived in Far Headingley as a child from 1946-1957, above his father's butcher's shop at 92A Otley Road.

References

External links

Far Headingley Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan
from Leeds City Council, approved 10 November 2008
Headingley LitFest Blog (2010)

Cottage Road Cinema website

St Chad's parish church websiteHistoric Far Headingley
*{{Genuki, county=WRY, Leeds, , Far Headingley Places in Leeds Headingley

Notable residents

See also

References

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