Poetry in the Abbey: Walking in Turner's Footsteps

Name: Poetry in the Abbey: Walking in Turner's Footsteps
Start: 2025-10-14T12:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-14T13:30:00+01:00
Location: Kirkstall Abbey, Kirkstall Road, LS5 3EH Leeds, United Kingdom

Schedule

Tue Oct 14 2025 at 12:30 pm to 01:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Kirkstall Abbey, Kirkstall Road, LS5 3EH Leeds, United Kingdom | Leeds, EN

In the 250th year since JMW Turner’s birth, join poet Clare Wigzell in walking through the abbey and park, looking in a mindful way, and hearing a few poems to help us to appreciate colour and light like Turner did when he painted the Abbey. Please dress weather appropriately.
Part of the 2025 Mindfulness Festival which also takes place at Abbey House Museum.
Booking essential. This may be done via the ticket link on this event page, by telephone (0113 376 0318 ), or in person at the Carriageworks Box Office on Millennium Square. Telephone lines are open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.
We will meet outside the Visitor Centre at Kirkstall Abbey.