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Listed Leeds - Parkinson Building Multi-Cache

Hidden : 8/17/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

When I first had the geocaching hobby explained to me I was told it was about finding areas of interest and learning about local history. As time has gone on it seems to have become more about the numbers and getting the smily faces. So I'm returning to my geocaching roots and hiding caches around the listed buildings of Leeds. If anyone wants to add to the Listed Leeds series then feel free, after all I need to boost my numbers too. ;-)


This area will have a lot of muggles in almost all of the time, especially during term time. Trying to find a place to hide a cache that is muggle free is pratically impossible but I've done my best to put it somewhere you should just be able to walk up to and grab with an explicit hint.   My advice is always do your caching in areas like this with a sense of purpose and you usually don't get challenged.  If your anxious about being seen whilst caching this might not be the best location for you!

The Parkinson Building is a grade II listed art deco building. Despite being only the 17th Tallest building in Leeds, to me this is one of the Leeds landmarks visible for miles around that I most associate with Leeds. The Parkinson Building was designed by Thomas Arthur Lodge and Thomas Geoffrey Lucas

It was named after Frank Parkinson who donated £200,000 towards its construction. Parkinson was a local electrical engineer and entrepreneur who studied at Leeds University.

Construction began in 1938 but due to WWII construction was delayed and the it was opened in 1951 by the then Princess Royal, Mary, Countess of Harewood who was also Chancellor of Leeds University.

The Parkinson building has an art gallery open to the public with a copy of Shakespeare's First Folio being amongst the notable works there.

To find the cache locate the blue plaque near N53 48.453 W001 33.150. This will contain more information not listed on the cache page. The final location is at

N 53° 48.ABC W 001° 33.DEF where

A = number of letters of 2nd word of the 4th line. ( the title is line 1)

B = final digit of the year 194B

C = missing digit of the year 19C5(this year appears twice)

D = number of letters in the 3rd word in the 5th line minus the number of letters in the 3rd word of the 7th line.

E = number of times the word ‘sir’ appears.

F = number of times the word ‘Leeds’ appears

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

N zntargvp anab. ng gur obggbz ba gur sebag fvqr bs gur bar ba gur sne yrsg. Srry haqre srapr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)