Treasure Hunt

Take a Healthier Lunch Time Option

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 boneweakening 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.

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.

Treasure Hunt Route

Start & finish at the Edward Boyle Library (E) The walk route is the red line

KEY:
1 Houldsworth building 2 Civil Engineering 3 Mechanical Engineering 4 Electronic and Electrical Engineering 5 Old Mining building 6 Environment 7 Chemistry 8 English 9 History 9 Michael Sadler building 9 Modern Languages 9 Philosophy 10 Baines Wing 10 Healthcare 11 Colour Chemistry 12 Design 13 Transport Studies 14 Geography 'East' Building 15 Psychology 16 Great Hall 17 Business School 18 Refectory 19 Students' Union 20 Equality Unit 20 Social Studies building 20 Sociology 21 Education 22 Theology and Religious Studies 23 Physics and Astronomy 24 Computing 25 Music / Clothworkers' Concert Hall 26 Mathematics

27 Earth Sciences 28 Garstang building (Biochemistry) 29 Roger Stevens building 30 Food Science 31 Joint Honours Science 31 Lifelong Learning Centre 32 Sports Halls 33 Conference auditorium 34 Biomedical Sciences 34 Dentistry 34 Medicine 34 Worsley building 35 Biology 36 Law 37 Joint Honours Arts & Social Sciences 37 Joint Honours Modern Languages 38 Sports Science 39 Student Counselling Centre 40 Textiles/Man Made Fibres building 41 11-14 Blenheim Terrace A Brotherton Library A Parkinson building and tower A Classics B Ellerslie Hall C University House D Lyddon Hall E Edward Boyle Library F Charles Morris Hall G Careers Centre H Henry Price building J Workshop Theatre K Emmanuel Centre

Treasure Hunt Walking Directions

Start from outside the Edward Boyle Library, head down the steps passing Computing (24) on your left. Walk towards the Roger Stevens Building (29) and turn left down the sloped pathway. At the barrier, turn right and head for the Sports Centre (32), passing Food Science Building (30). Continue along the road until you reach the car park. Turn right and cross the car park to the front entrance of the Conference Auditorium (33). Continue past the entrance and follow the path on the right which will take you past the outdoor sports court and the back of the sports centre. This path will lead you to a second car park. Cross the car park and in the top left corner you will find some steps. Walk up these steps and follow the path on the left heading towards the steps by the Earth Science Building (27). Go up these steps taking you to Charles Morris Halls of Residence (F). Turn left up the footpath behind Charles Morris and then follow road onto Cromer Terrace. Turn right on Cromer Terrace then left on Lifton Place. Pass the Psychology building (15) and continue up the road until you reach the traffic lights opposite the Business School (17) then turn right and walk along Clarendon Road. Once past Henry Price Halls of Residence (H), turn right and walk down the small road until you see some steps on the right leading into St. Georges Field. Follow the path to the exit on the opposite side. Walk down the steps and follow the path round to th eleft and then turn right. Cross the car park to reach University Road opposite the Psychology Building (15). Turn left here along University Road, passing the Design Building Botany House (12) and the Great Hall (16). Continue straight ahead, passing Michael Sadler Building (9) and under the archway. Turn left here and walk to the Parkinson Building (A) steps. Go up the steps and into the Parkinson Building. Turn around and walk back down the steps and turn right at the bottom. Walk down the road, pass the archways on your right and turn right after the English Building (8) so that the Clothworkers Concert Hall (25) is on your left. Follow this path back to the Edward Boyle Library.

This is the sixth walk in the Campus Healthy Walks Initiative. Once again you will be taken on a route around the university grounds which should take up to 45 minutes. This walk is slightly different from the rest because it is up to you to find the facts. Below is a list of twelve questions about the university and some have clues as to the location of the answer.
Good luck!!!
Questions 1) How many lecture theatres does the Roger Stevens building hold? Clue: If you cant find the answer, you can always take the stairs and count them! What was the Conference Auditorium building used for before the university held lectures there? At capacity how many students can live in Charles Morris Halls of Residence? What made the Climbing Wall that was in the Sport Science building special before it was demolished? How many acres of land does the University City Campus cover? When was the Henry Price Halls of Residence built? What is the University of Leeds Motto? What year was the building now known as School of Design, Wool Division built? Clue: Look above the crest. Which electron microscopist made fundamental discoveries on Cell Structure in Botany House?

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10) Whose generous gift funded the refurbishment of The Great Hall in 1992? Clue: Try inside the building. 11) Roughly how many books are contained within Leeds University Libraries? 12) In which year did Leeds University Library gain the Investor in People Award?

Answers 1) 2) 3) 4) 25 (see board inside on right or climb stairs on left.. It was a music and concert hall. (Also look at Act of Parliament board above right hand door). 350 It was the first indoor climbing wall. It was built in 1964 by Don Robinson, a lecturer in Physical Education at the time. It was dismantled in summer 2006. The University of Leeds covers a 1230 acre estate, thats 1.92 square miles. The city centre campus covers 98 acres. Henry Price Halls of Residence was completed in 1964, and was completely refurbished 2005-07. It houses 355 students. Et augebitur scientia. It is Latin and translates as and knowledge will be increased. 1878 Look above the crest right of the black wooden gates.

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Professor Irene Manton, who carried out lots of research at the University of Leeds in the late 50s, and throughout the 60s and 70s and is an inspiration to many to take up electron microscopy as a career. The Former Astbury Building (named after William Astbury FRS (1928-61), a pioneering molecular biologist and the founding father of x-ray diffraction structures of biological macromolecules) was renamed the Manton Building on July 20th 1998. The Vice-Chancellor planted a Gingko tree nearby the building in memory of her research at Leeds. The Manton Crater on the planet Venus is named after her sister Sidnie.

10) The Clothworkers Foundation (see plaque inside, turn left, up a few stairs on wall.) 11) There are 2.782 million books and 9,500 printed and online periodicals spread over 6 libraries! 12) July 2001 (see plaque on wall outside Edward Boyle Library).

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.

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Published 2006 by Sarah Wilshaw, Sam Noble, Sukhbir Bhullar & Alexandra Pass