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Landmarks recreated as bug hotels near station
Landmarks recreated as bug hotels near station33 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJessica Bayleyin LeedsJessica Bayley/BBC A wooden model of a bear pit with words on the front reading 'Leeds Bug Pit'.Jessica Bayley/BBCOne of the habitats is modelled after Headingley Bear Pit

Bug hotels designed to look like local landmarks have appeared near a Leeds train station.

Cardigan Community Centre and The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) charity have worked together to design and make four models, installed at Burley Park Station.

Bug hotels provide a safe habitat for insects and small creatures to shelter, hibernate and nest.

Col Powell, Community Hub Manager at TCV Hollybush in Kirkstall, said they were an "eye-catching thing people will see on their commute if they are going through the station".

The bug hotels are based on the Hyde Park Picture House, Cardigan Centre, the Headingley Bear Pit and the Burley Park bandstand.

Powell said he hoped the models, made from recycled pallets, would invoke conversations about conservation.

"Hopefully they are done in a memorable enough way that it sticks in people's heads and is more of an inspirational thing rather than browbeating people into feeling bad about not saving the planet."

TCV aims to give people access to nature and look after green spaces in local communities.

Jessica Bayley/BBC A wooden structure made to look like Hyde Park Picture House, with 'Bug Hyde Park' written on the front.Jessica Bayley/BBCHyde Park Picture House was another of the sites replicated

"It is happening in various other places where local groups kind of adopt the station in a way to try and look after the aesthetics of it and to make them generally more appealing places for people," Powell said.

"The Picture House is my favourite one as well, it is one of my favourite places in Leeds so to see it in bug hotel form is brilliant.

"It was a really nice kind of community collaborative process that has ended up with these brilliant things."

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Originally reported by BBC News