What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Middleton Park is one of seven parks and green spaces across Leeds which have been awarded the prestigious Green Flag Award. The others are: Golden Acre Park, Kirkstall Abbey, Otley Chevin Forest Park, Pudsey Park Roundhay Park and Temple Newsam Estate. The seven sites, operated by Leeds City Council, have
On Monday (17 July 2023) members of the newly formed Friends of New Forest Plantation convened to give the waterway areas around the Plantation a quick tidy up with the primary aim of removing a substantial number of abandoned shopping trolleys. Key target areas were Throstle Carr Beck and the
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 10 July 2023. Click on the description to see the full application: Reserved Matters Application (details of scale,
Residents of the New Forest Village estate in Middleton have taken it upon themselves to form a local community collective in order to improve the New Forest Plantation greenspace (also known as Sharp Lane Plantation) that sits adjacent to the estate. The primary objective of the Friends of New Forest
Friends of Middleton Park welcome back Oddsocks Theatre Company for a night of Shakespeare in the park next Tuesday (11 July 2023). 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
To help customers tackle the cost-of-living crisis, Asda today (30 June 2023) announced that its hugely popular ‘Kids Eat for £1’ café meal deal will be extended until the end of the year and in addition the retailer will launch half price adult main meals in its cafés from 3pm
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 19 June 2023. Click on the description to see the full application: Partial demolition of existing building, new
Visitor David Leese wrote the report for Saturday’s (17 June 2023) Cross Flatts parkrun: On this warm sunshine filled June morning it was a pleasure to be at this Parkrun as a tourist, and to appreciate the welcome, friendliness of the other park runners. The encouraging volunteers encouraging not only
I spoke to Megan Fletcher who volunteers at Middleton Elderly Aid (MEA): I started at Middleton Elderly Aid in March 2022, over a year ago, when I was going into my last year at University. Since then I have competed that year and am graduating in July. Although I’ve
Elland Road hosted the Leeds and District Senior Cup Final on 30 May 2023, between Beeston St Anthony’s and Middleton FC. A hard fought game was expected between the near neighbours and so it turned out to be. Middleton, from the Yorkshire Amateur Premier league and holders of the trophy,