Take a Healthier Lunch Time Option

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C MPUS HEALTHY WALKS
Treasure Hunt

• Take a Healthier Lunch Time Option

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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 bone-weakening 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.
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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.
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Treasure Hunt Route
Start finish at the Edward Boyle Library
(E) The walk route is the red line
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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 Hall17 Business School 18 Refectory19
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 Sciences28 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 building41 11-14 Blenheim TerraceA
Brotherton Library A Parkinson building and
tower A Classics B Ellerslie HallC University
House D Lyddon HallE Edward Boyle Library F
Charles Morris Hall G Careers Centre H Henry
Price building J Workshop TheatreK Emmanuel
Centre
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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.
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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
• 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?
• Whose generous gift funded the refurbishment of
  The Great Hall in 1992? Clue Try inside the
  building.
• Roughly how many books are contained within Leeds
  University Libraries?
• In which year did Leeds University Library gain
  the Investor in People Award?

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

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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.
This was produced in partnership with.
Published 2006 by Sarah Wilshaw, Sam Noble,
Sukhbir Bhullar Alexandra Pass