Otley Run

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The Otley Run is a pub crawl in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The popular route covers Far Headingley, Headingley and Hyde Park areas and commonly continues towards Leeds City Centre. The Otley Run is seen as a rite of passage for students studying at Leeds' universities and its modern route features in a London Underground style pub map of Leeds created by former graphic design student Steve Lovell. Participants now often wear fancy dress, coordinating their costumes to a particular theme. As ad-hoc informal events, Otley Runs operate without co-ordinated management, although there is advice for student societies from their Universities which requires risk assessments and an agreed code of conduct. A Public Spaces Protection Order applies generally with enforcement by police and council anti-social behaviour officers, and an Otley Run Problem Solving Group exists to address related local concerns. Following the Otley Run pub crawl attack in which two women taking part in the event were...

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