Category: Belle Isle

News and events for the Belle Isle area

Council revises timetable for crown green bowling consultation

Leeds City Council can today (14 January 2025) confirm that it will continue to maintain all of its crown green bowling facilities until the end of the sport’s 2025 summer season. As we reported here, the council began seeking people’s views at the start of this month over possible changes

Planning applications 6 January 2025

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 Monday 6 January 2025. Click on the description to see the full application:   External alterations to provide new shopfront;

Consultation begins on proposed changes to crown green bowling facilities

People in Leeds are being encouraged to have their say on proposals for changes to the city’s crown green bowling facilities, with greens at Holbeck Moor and Cranmore Recreation Ground under threat of closure Leeds City Council announced plans in December for a consultation on crown green provision as part

Art in the Community: Upcoming events from Creative Communities

The Swarthmore Creative Communities project is thrilled to share the exciting progress of their first artist residency in Hunslet. Artist Rozi Fuller has been working diligently, and the results are inspiring. Keep an eye on our Facebook page search for Creative Communities) for sneak peeks of the amazing work. A

Local History: The Gosforth Pit Disaster

Situated between Middleton and Belle Isle is a large hill at the base of which the Gosforth Colliery was situated. A tunnel had been driven under the hill, originally 1400 yards long before the steam engine was installed, then a vertical shaft of 80 yards deep then another 700 yards