Category: Hunslet

News and events for the Hunslet area

Fitness Classes & Gym for Adults in South Leeds – Your Steps Towards New Years Resolutions!

Happy New Year! The Hunslet Club in South Leeds would like to remind anyone who has set their New Years’ Resolution to keep fit and stay healthy that they have a low cost, no contract, fully equipped community gym open daily as well as a packed timetable of fun fitness

Hunslet Club Proves To Be Popular Venue For Wedding Receptions, Birthday Parties & Functions

The Hunslet Club in South Leeds has been proving a suprisingly popular venue for wedding receptions, parties and functions this year with over 100 such events having taken place during 2012 inside the club. The Hunslet Club has two licenced bars and catering facililities and can meet the needs of anything

Hunslet Fire station wins reprieve from closure

Fire chiefs have performed a u-turn and have decided to keep Hunslet Fire Station on Dewbury Road open. The original recommendation put forward by Chief Fire Officer Simon Pilling was to close both Morley and Hunslet fire stations and merge them at a site in between the two, with the

South Leeds roundup: Holbeck horse, Cottingley cars and Middleton Park

Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making South Leeds tick on the area’s best websites, blogs and on Facebook. Just a reminder that the monthly South Leeds Life group meeting will be held tomorrow at St Luke’s Church, Malvern Road at 2pm. All welcome to attend to discuss the blog,

Hunslet Club Volunteer For Over 50 Years Ken Holdsworth Passes Away

The Hunslet Club is sad to announce the passing of Ken Holdsworth, former caretaker & volunteer for over 50 years at the club, aged 89. Ken was known and loved by everyone at the Hunslet Club for his quiet, modest, cheerful and hard working dedication to helping children and young

Police report at Hunslet TARA meeting

Sergeant Sam Greaves attended the Hunslet Tenants and Residents meeting on Wednesday 5 December, the meeting was well attended, writes Holbeck NPT. One matter raised was that unknown males are gaining access to the corridors of flats on Hemmingway Garth. This is occurring during the evenings and it is suspected

Debate: What would you do to improve South Leeds?

Communities in South Leeds are renowned for their hard-working community groups and organisations. There are a lot of good people in South Leeds! While we are lucky to have places like Middleton Park and Cross Flatts Park on our doorstep, there are other aspects of Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley Hall,

Hunslet Club Christmas Showing Coming Up This Weekend

Everyone is welcome to the Hunslet Club “Trip To The Movies” Christmas Show, with superb performances from the hundreds of club dancers & performers. Tickets available now! If your child might be interested in taking part in shows like this, see http://www.hunsletclub.org.uk for details of the many groups that they

South of the River – in “City Centre South”

Before the present consultation about a new high school, I confess I hadn’t heard of “City Centre South”. Hunslet? Yes. Holbeck? Yes. But City Centre South? Where’s that? Where is this new part of Leeds? It is bounded by the River Aire to the north, the Inner Ring road extension