National Poetry Centre

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] 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".

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