C MPUS HEALTHY WALKS

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C MPUS HEALTHY WALKS
Around Leeds General Infirmary
Take a healthier lunchtime option.
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Health Benefits of Walking!!!

• The benefits of regular exercise such as
  preventing heart disease and type II diabetes
  have been well documented in recent years. In
  2002, the Department of Health recommends that an
  accumulation of 30 minutes a day of moderate
  intensity exercise five or more days a week was
  enough to provide significant health benefits and
  best of all, these benefits can be achieved by
  virtually everyone regardless of age, sex or
  physical ability.
• Many health experts also recognise the benefits
  of walking 10.000 steps a day, which accumulates
  to roughly 5 miles. Using a pedometer is an easy
  way to count your steps without any hassle, just
  clip it to your trousers or skirt first thing in
  the morning and check your steps when you go to
  bed.

How can exercise benefit me?
Regular exercise can 1) Strengthen your heart
and lungs reducing the risk of related
diseases. 2) Reduce the build up of plaques in
the arteries helping blood to flow more easily,
which can leave you feeling refreshed and
energetic after exercise. 3) Lower blood
pressure. 4) Improve the strength of bones
helping to prevent bone-weakening diseases such
as osteoporosis. Walking is especially good
exercise for improving bone strength. 5) Help you
to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight by
increasing the number of calories burnt per day,
also helping to reduce the risk of obesity.
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6) When coupled with a healthy diet help to
prevent or manage type II diabetes. 7) Help lower
the risks of developing certain types of
cancers. 8) Ease depression, reduce stress and
help you relax. When exercising, your body
releases endorphins that produce the feeling of
well being and provide a natural pain relief
helping you to relax. 9) Improve psychological
well being. Looking good can improve confidence
and self efficacy.

• In addition to the physical benefits, walking
  offers many social benefits. Walking with a
  friend or in a group is not only a boredom
  reliever and a great way to meet new people, but
  it will also reinforce our commitment to walking.
• Even walking alone increases your chances of
  meeting a new neighbour, almost guarantees a
  returned smile, and increases your feelings of
  being in touch with your community.
• One last point Walking with a friend or a group
  increases safety in the city and the country.

Unfortunately exercise cant help you live
forever but it can increase the years of
independent living and general quality of life.
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Around the LGI Route
Start finish at the Edward Boyle Library The
walk route is the red line
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Around The Leeds General Infirmary Walking
Directions Start at the Edward Boyle Library.
Head down all the steps to the sports centre then
turn left. Follow this road out past the barrier
by an old chapel, over the ring road and to a
mini roundabout. Cross the roads and walk on the
same side as the hospital. Continue down the
road past the Brotherton Wing until the first
road on your right. (Portland Street) Take this
right, continuing with the LGI non your right. At
the church (St Georges Church Crypt), walk
along the path next to the church then through
the car park. You will see a bridge in front of
you. Cross over the bridge then walk up to join
Clarendon Road. You will pass Josephs Well on
your left. Ahead will be a statue of Sir Peter
Fairbairn. Cross the road to the statue then turn
left. Take the first right up Woodhouse Square
then Denison Road. You will see a small park,
turn left just before it and go up Hanover Square
to Denison Hall at the top of the hill. Turn
right back down the cobbled street (Kendal Lane)
to rejoin Clarendon Road. Turn left on Clarendon
Road, cross over and turn right onto Hyde Street.
At the end of this small road you will see
Covance and a small path on the right side of the
building. Follow this path until you come out on
Mount Preston Street. Turn back into University
by the Garstang Building, then head back towards
the steps and up to the Edward Boyle Library.
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Throughout this walk there are a few interesting
things to see. The Leeds Infirmary The General
Infirmary moved to its current location from
Infirmary Street in 1869. The building designed
by George Gilbert-Scott, incorporated ideas from
Florence Nightingale. The plan placed it at the
foremost rank of European hospitals.
St Georges Church Crypt - St George's supports
a broad range of Christian ministry and social
work in the city centre of Leeds. These
ministries can be summarised as the church, crypt
and community church. The church had a large
congregation from across the city of Leeds and
offers a unique tradition of creative evangelism,
social action, bible teaching and renewed
worship. The Crypt is a charity, which responds
to all who come for help through its reception,
care centre, and residential provisions. The
Community Church serves the residents in St
George's urban priority parish. The Church is
committed to culturally appropriate worship,
witness and community work.
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Josephs Well - Josephs Well introduced Leeds to
the likes of The Killers, the Kaiser Chiefs and
Keane. Its a top concert venue for up-and coming
and already established music artists of all
genres.
Sir Peter Fairbairn His statue stands of
Clarendon Road. The inscription reads Sir Peter
Fairbairn, Major of Leeds 1857 and 1858. This
statue was erected by the voluntary subscriptions
of his fellow townsmen. Denison Hall The
grandest house ever built in central Leeds was
erected in 101 days for John Wilkinson upon
inheriting the fortune of his uncle, the cloth
merchant, Robert Denison. Its parkland setting
reflected his desire for the country gentlemans
lifestyle for which he soon abandoned Leeds for.
It was built in 1786, it is now an apartment
block.
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Stewart Ross, Director of Sport Physical
Activity, endorsed this project and says At
Sport Physical Activity we are always trying to
find new ways to get people involved in physical
activity. This fine collaboration of the Sport
Science Department and Sport Physical Activity
for this student run initiative is an asset to
the University which we hope will create a
healthier and more active community.
Have you done 10,000 steps today? The pedometer
is the best way of measuring your number of
steps. It works by measuring the motion of your
hip as you walk, and some pedometers will even
calculate the distance you have walked in
miles/kms and the number of calories burnt.
This was produced in partnership with.
Published 2006 by Sarah Wilshaw, Sam Noble,
Sukhbir Bhullar Alexandra Pass