What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
There’s less than a week to go until Leeds Whisky Festival 2024, taking place on Saturday (2 November) After a sellout Leeds Whisky Festival in 2023, Studio Events have gone even bigger and better for 2024. They’re really excited to be moving to a new, larger venue at The Royal
White Rose Shopping Centre has opened its expanded outdoor play area in The Village this month, with new features and even more space for families to enjoy. The play area has been designed to be accessible for a variety of ages and abilities, and features a large canopy for rain-or-shine
Aire Park, the 24-acre mixed use development on the former Tetley Brewery site is paying homage to its historic building with a recreation of the Tetley building entirely from LEGO® bricks. The model, which depicts Vastint UK’s proposed plans for the Tetley building, has been created by Brick Galleria, an
The Lord Mayors of Leeds and Bradford were on hand at Middleton Railway on Saturday (26 October 2024) for the formal handing over of Leeds-built locomotive ‘Hawarden’. As we previously reported when the locomotive arrived in January this year, Hawarden was built in 1899 by Hudswell Clarke & Co in
Leeds Business Improvement District (LeedsBID) has announced its Business Plan for 2025-2030 with ambitious plans for the next five years and extending its area into Holbeck and Hunslet. Established in 2015, the not-for-profit, non-political organisation works to improve Leeds city centre for all. It is the largest multi-sector BID outside
St Andrew’s Pantomime Group in Beeston have announced that this year’s show will be Babes In The Wood, a show they haven’t staged since 2011. The show, produced by Hannah Davison, will run from Saturday 18 January through to Saturday 1 February 2025 at St Andrew’s Community Centre on Cardinal
St Mary’s C of E Primary Academy in Hunslet is celebrating after their most recent Ofsted inspection graded them as improved in all areas, with three areas now judged as ‘Good’. The school, which joined the Collaborative Learning Trust in 2020, was one of the first schools in the country to
White Rose Shopping Centre is hosting a week of free family craft events this October half term, Monday 28 October to Friday 1 November. The frightfully fun drop-in sessions will be held from 11am–4pm each day in White Rose’s Central Atrium, near the escalators leading to The Balcony and The
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. We start this week with a Jumble Sale in Belle Isle at St Peter’s Church Hall on Petersfield Avenue. Saturday 1-3pm. South
High-tech 3D scans have revealed the intricate inner workings of the world’s oldest model locomotive for the first time in more than 200 years. Leeds Industrial Museum’s incredible miniature recreation of a pioneering early steam locomotive recently underwent a detailed CT X-Ray survey using sophisticated equipment at the University of