What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Building Blocks nursery in Beeston Hill is celebrating after their recent Ofsted inspection which rated them as ‘Good’ – the second highest rating you can get. Inspectors noted that “children form good relationships with caring staff in this friendly nursery.” All children regardless of special needs or having English
Here’s your irregular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Cross Flatts Park where the weekly Saturday morning parkrun was graced by five London Marathon finishers. Congratulations to them all. If you want to start your
Holbeck is the place to be on Sunday (7 May 2017) as Slung Low deliver their 6th How To…Festival : Home, Heritage & Belonging. They promise a day of discovering place and people with performances, a guided walk, demonstrations, activities and food from Gayatri Ganapathy, Dr Simon Bradley, Nick Cassenbaum,
Motorists have a chance to see a smile in Beeston and Holbeck, simply by driving within the speed limit! Two Speed Indicator Devices (SIDs) have been purchased by the Inner South Community Committee. These devices tell motorists their speed and indicate whether they are comfortably within the speed limit, on
Helen Wright, who run’s the Feel Good Cafe at Hillside in Beeston, has organised a special fundraising day help a little girl called Annie. Annie has been fighting cancer for the last 13 months. Unfortunately she has had to have a leg amputated and as well as the leg has lost
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 24 April 2017: Two storey side/rear extension with canopy to front 11 Southleigh View Beeston Leeds LS11 5SJ
Many people in South Leeds will have walked past Stank Hall Barn, but might not know the history of this magnificent medieval structure, or the two buildings next to it. The site is located off Dewsbury Road, across from the White Rose Centre. The barn itself is fifteenth century, think
Beeston Festival has announced its first batch of sponsors for the 2017 event, which takes place in Cross Flatts Park on Saturday 15 July. The main sponsor will be the White Rose Office Park, a 27-acre business park which is firmly established as one of Leeds’ foremost office locations, and
Have you read the May edition of our South Leeds Life newspaper yet? We’ve been distributing copies to community venues throughout LS10 and LS11. Copies are available from libraries, schools, community centres, GP practices, shops and other community venues. You can find a full list of pick up points here:
The Friends of Middleton Park’s summer programme of activities starts this Bank Holiday Monday (1 May 2017) with escorted walks through the bluebell woods. Volunteers will greet passengers from the 11am, 1pm and 2:40pm trains on Middleton Railway at the top station, Park Halt. The guided stroll to the Visitor