What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The first meeting of the expanded Outer South Community Committee, now including Middleton Park ward, took place on Monday (14 July 2025) at Leeds Civic Hall. As we reported in April, following a reorganisation, Middleton Park ward now joins Ardsley & Robin Hood, Morley North, Morley South and Rothwell wards
Middleton Park is one of seven parks in Leeds to have been awarded the Green Flag Award after being recognised as being of international quality. Middleton Park, Golden Acre Park, Kirkstall Abbey, Otley Chevin Forest Park, Pudsey Park, Roundhay Park and Temple Newsam Estate are all managed by Leeds City
South Leeds Lakers Running Club again hosted a successful Yorkshire Veterans Athletic Association Grand Prix race on Middleton Clearings last Wednesday (9 July 2025). It’s become a regular fixture at the height of summer and is a popular race for over 35 year old athletes from various Yorkshire clubs. Previous
Friends of Middleton Park are hosting another brass band concert this Sunday (13 July 2025) 2-4pm. when they will be welcoming Soundtrack Brass to play in the Park. Soundtrack’s Musical Director, Martyn Beecham, said: “Pontefract-based SoundTrack Brass began as a group of 5 friends meeting up to play together as
I took up the challenge to walk 60 miles in June to raise funds for Dementia UK. Two miles a day might not sound much, but I have dementia and bad knees. I completed the 60 miles on 25 June, five days early. I managed to get off to a
Pensioner Kathi Rakhshan has completed another high flying wing walk to raise money for Middleton Park Equestrian Centre (MPEC) riding for the disabled. Kathi is 72 and has had two hip replacements, but has always been an adventurous type. Suffering from arthritis put a brake on her adventures, but in
Friends of Middleton Park welcome back Oddsocks Theatre Company for a night of Shakespeare in the park on Tuesday (8 July 2025). If you think that sounds a bit heavy for a Tuesday night, you clearly haven’t seen Oddsocks before. The company perform Shakespeare with a twist of pantomime and
A man who raped and sexually abused three young girls over a period of two decades has been jailed. Sydney Burdon, aged 65, of Throstle Hill, Middleton was charged with nine counts of sexual offending against three girls aged between nine and 16-years-old. Burdon was arrested in January 2021 after
Police searching for Andrew Holmes who was reported missing from Morley in Leeds have found a body of a man. Officers were called to reports of a man’s body being found by a member of the public on land off Dewsbury Road, Middleton, Leeds, at 6:05pm yesterday. Formal identification is
