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Discover Wonderland Awaits across Leeds City Centre this summer
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Here’s a taste of the immersive ‘Wonderland Awaits’ trail with Alice in Wonderland installations to be found across Leeds City Centre this summer.
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Wonderland awaits is what we're doing this year for our summer takeover every
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year we like to do a takeover in the city centre to animate the city centre
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to drive footfall in and to give people a good time free events that are
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happening across the city and this year Alice in Wonderland follow the trail to
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finish the tale simple as that seven activations across the city puzzles
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competitions theatricals actors tea parties lots of things for people to do
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over the summer holidays so we encourage people to pick up a map and and enjoy
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and get involved we go right down to the armories Royal Armouries where you'll
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find the Jabberwocky you then can walk back up and you'll find something in
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Trinity so going to Trinity Victoria Gate Victoria Quarter the Merion Centre and
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Air Park and Bridgewater Place where you'll find the Cheshire Cat and there's
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something in each location for people to do get involved with and why do we do all
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this why does Leeds bid do all that well we're an organisation that connects the
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city brings people together for collective good we've got no interest
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other than to improve Leeds City Centre to drive footfall in and to make things
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happen which just wouldn't happen by individuals on their own so we've done
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these trails we've done these takeover events during the summer holidays and
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people are saying what you're doing next what you're doing next and how do we do
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something creative and innovative that hasn't been done before
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Monopoly as we all know was fantastic for us last year both as Victoria Leeds but
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also as the wider Leeds City great to see families coming in but also groups of
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grown adults as well coming into the centre and actually doing the trail so we
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definitely saw an increase in footfall during the period and great to have
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something to do in the summer holidays to bring your kids in that's completely free
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my name's Jenny and I'm owner of the Marshmallowist which is a gourmet
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marshmallow company based in Leeds Leedsbeard invited us a few months ago to
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whip up marshmallow creation to fit with their Alice in Wonderland theme so
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something that could be served at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party and given out as a
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treat for those taking part in the adventure in Wonderland coming into the
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city centre is always something that's really exciting but also exploring it in
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new ways and going to different areas that you might not go to every day it's
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something that I think is really special what always amazes me when I come in I
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came in on the train today is is the volume of cranes and building works that's
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going on that continues to go on in Leeds City Centre the amount of
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accommodation how we've regenerated the high street we've seen new businesses go
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in there the storehouse is nearly finished on Brigitte we've seen new
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stores in Trinity and there's still new brands coming into the city and and our
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office sector is growing as well so you're seeing again companies choosing
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Leeds because of its central location in the UK but because of the vibrancy that
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goes with that we're we've got a very young workforce in the city young
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professional sector and again you know what it's quite a cool place to come and
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live work and play and enjoy stuff
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