
The Cardigan Arms
About this venue
The Cardigan Arms is a Grade II listed Victorian pub on Kirkstall Road in Burley, opposite the McDonald's. It was built in the 1890s and named after the Earl of Cardigan, who owned much of the land around Burley and Headingley. Kirkstall Brewery, which runs it, has restored it, and CAMRA rates its interior as of outstanding national historic importance, with its ornate original features, central bar and vaults.
Events happen in the upstairs function room, the Harmonic Room, from local and touring music to arts, quizzes, films and theatre. The bar has seventeen beer lines, and the kitchen does bar snacks, burgers, hot dogs, flatbreads and loaded fries, with roasts on Sundays. Children are allowed until 9pm, and the pub is dog friendly.
The main entrance has two steps, and the side entrance has one small step where staff can help. All the ground floor rooms and the accessible toilet are step free, but the function room is up an open staircase, and there's no hearing loop. Burley Park station is about 700 metres away, and the nearest bus routes are about 30 metres from the pub.
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Sun
26
Alice Loftus / George Hustwick
19:30
Thu
23
HerOrangeCoat / Nico Paul / Lillian
19:30 · Roots
Fri
17
Lola Simms
19:30
Thu
16
The Early Purple / Hector Gannet / Gemma Gates
19:30
Sun
12
Unplug at The Cardigan Arms: Woody Lander / Freyja Evelyn / Lucy Cowling
19:00
Thu
9
Throughlines 6: CJ Pandit / Romy Taylor / The Howl / the Hum
19:15
Wed
8
Mu Quintet Live
19:30
Sun
5
Auf Weidersehen, Emma Coates: Emma Coates / Tom McEwan Trio / Muskie
18:30
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