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YORKSHIRE PEAL WEEKEND

Based in LEEDS, 24th - 27th August, 2007

The Society is holding a peal weekend in Yorkshire over the August Bank Holiday weekend, Friday 24th to Monday 27th August.  Peals have been arranged so far at the following towers:

Friday 24th (evening): 17:00 Headingley (8), 17:30 Knottingley (10), 18:00 Burley (8)
Saturday 25th: 10:00 Bradford Cathedral (12)12:00 Leeds, St Peter (12), 14:30 Swillington (8), 15:00 Armley (8), 15:00 Pontefract, All Saints (8)
Sunday 26th: 12:00 York, St Wilfrid (10), 12:30 Guisley (8), 13:00 Pontefract, St Giles (10), 14:00 Halifax, St John (12),
Monday 27th: 11:00 Wakefield Cathedral (12), 12:00 Hull, Holy Trinity (12), 12:00 Huddersfield, St Peter (10), 12:00 Ilkley (8) 

On Sunday evening there will be an informal dinner at the Royal Armouries Museum, Armouries Drive, LEEDS, 7.30 for 8pm, price £26. Tickets are available from Katie Town  020 7 387 0810, 43 Weavers Way, Camden, London, NW1 0XF). Members in the north can also purchase tickets from Rob Childs.

Accommodation is available at the Etap Hotel, Leeds City Centre, at £32 per room per night.  Rooms have a double bed and a single bunk bed so will sleep three.  Breakfast is available for £2.95 per person.  The Etap Hotel is opposite Leeds Parish Church and a stone’s throw from the Armouries Museum.

Other possible hotels include: 

Holiday Inn Express, Armouries Drive: 0870 8900455
Jury's (pretty handy for the Armouries, near Tetley's Brewery): 0113 283 8800
Golden Lion (about half way between the station and the Armouries, Victorian): 0113 243 6454
The Hilton (next to the station): 0113 244 2000
Novotel (next to the station):  0113 242 6446
Queens (next to the station): 0113 243 1323 
Park Plaza (very close to the station): 0113 380 4000 
Metropole, King Street (near the station): 0113 2450841

The station is about 15 minutes’ walk from the Armouries.