Leeds We're Going On A Bear Hunt Sculptures

Leeds Bear Hunt is inspired by the children's book by Michael Rosen, "We're Going on a Bear Hunt". There are over thirty-five bear sculptures released on the streets of Leeds from the first of July, and the sculptures will be in place until the middle of September until they are auctioned off at the end of September to raise money for Leeds Hospitals charities. I visited Leeds to visit the sculptures in the middle of July.

Flora - Hilary Sanderson

Welcome to Leeds Station - Albert Lackey

Billy Breambear - Matt Cockayne

Frankie - Emma Hardaker

Carnival - Lynne Hollingsworth

Gummie - Graham Hearfield

God's Own Country - Helen Naylor

We Are Leeds! - Ekaterina Sheath

A Walk on the Wild Side - Rachael and Phillippa Corcutt

Nettie - Christine Jopling

Bear-lieve in Magic! - Jenny Leonard

X-Bear - Martia Zubieta

Polar - Graham Hearfield

Unfortunately, there were a few drunk women who were climbing all over the bear sculpture and taking photographs. I waited twenty minutes, and they were still there messing around and climbing all over the bear, so I just had to take a photograph with them in it because I needed to move on.

The King - Donna Newman and Grizzly Stardust - Christine Jopling

Leeds Nightlife - Cathy Simpson

Balance Bear - Amelia Fry

Bear-tanical - Lizzie Rose Chapman

I enjoyed seeing the bears in Leeds, and the bears are in place until September 9th. Many of them are within walking distance, although a few of them are further away from the centre of Leeds.