The attraction, which opened to much fanfare in 1840, was so poorly-attended, it would shut for good only 18 years later
Although few photographs of the zoo even exist from the short time it was open, historians have long been fascinated by the site, which is now home to cardigan road, dozens of houses and even part of.While almost all trace of the zoological gardens have been lost to the mists of time, its proud centrepiece, the bear pit, still remains off Cardigan Road.
A competition was held to design a botanical garden in the style of new attractions in Manchester and Sheffield - this was ultimately won by Wakefield architect William Billinton, with this design in 1838. The zoological gardens site is now home to the Broomfields and Cardigan Road, which were built after the attraction’s closure in 1858. The north tip of the former site also formed part of what would become Headingley Stadium.
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