National Poetry Centre
The National Poetry Centre of the United Kingdom is a charity, registered in 2022, which plans to open a centre in Leeds, West Yorkshire, in 2027.
Its trustees include Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, who has said "My highest ambition when appointed Poet Laureate was to create a national home for poetry in my native West Yorkshire."[1]
In March 2024, it was announced that the Department for Levelling Up would make a grant of £5 million to the centre.[1][2]
Building[edit]
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The centre is to occupy the former Trinity St David's church on Woodhouse Lane, adjacent to the University of Leeds campus.[3] This is a grade II listed building,[4] which was a Congregational church from 1902 to 1972 and a United Reformed church from 1972 to 1997, and more recently has been used as a university furniture store and as a nightclub under the names "Halo" and "Quilted Llama".[3][5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Poetry Centre in Leeds gets £5m funding boost". BBC News. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "Government backs National Poetry Centre on Leeds campus". www.leeds.ac.uk. University of Leeds. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ a b Burn, Chris (20 January 2023). "Famous Leeds site to become new home of National Poetry Centre, Simon Armitage reveals". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Trinity Congregational Church, Sunday School and Lodge (1255657)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
Historic England. "Boundary wall with gate piers and gates to Trinity Congregational Church (1255658)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 March 2024. - ^ "Yorkshire, West, Leeds, Trinity St. David, Woodhouse Lane". npor.org.uk. The National Pipe Organ Register. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- "National Poetry Centre, registered charity no. 1200861". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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