What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
White Rose Shopping Centre is Leeds’ best family day out destination this May half term, with fun for all the family including a brand-new Jurassic-themed escape room, special cinema sessions, and an all-weather Woodland Play Area. The Jurassic Freeze room, launched at The Escapologist, invites families to uncover missing raptor fossils to escape the icy tundra to civilisation. To fuel the
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. We start on Saturday with a pop up event in Middleton Park, 10am-12pm, where the Love Exploring Leeds Team will on hand
Paul Grist, a teacher and artist from Beeston, showed me round his current exhibition in the atrium of Bexley Wing at St James’s Hospital, Yorkshire’s regional cancer centre. The space is both a peaceful, quiet space and busy thoroughfare where, as Paul puts it “you will see all of life:
Oh my Cod! Tomorrow, Fryday 27 May 2022, is National Fish & Chip Day and we want to know which is the best plaice in South Leeds (LS10 and LS11) to get Britain’s favourite takeaway meal. Did you know … The tradition of frying fish in batter seems to have
The Open Access Youth Club at The Hunslet Club has been running for a year now. To celebrate they held an open evening last week (17 May 2022) and went I along to find out how the project is progressing. The building on Hillidge Road was already buzzing when I
Cherished stories, memories and photos of royal events in Leeds are being brought together as the city prepares to mark Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. People in Leeds are being asked to come forward with their contributions to the new historical record, which will be hosted by Leeds Libraries’
Leeds’s ‘Lake District’ features prominently in a new publication about the history of the lakes and ponds of Leeds. Local historian, Anthony Silson’s latest book takes the reader on a tour of all the stretches of water in the city of Leeds. It is remarkable just how many lakes and
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. We start on Saturday morning with two great family events. First up from 10-11am it’s Family Lego Club at The Holbeck club,
Leeds City Council is aiming to recruit 80 more foster carers in the next 12 months to provide high quality care and support for the children and young people that they look after. The number has been shared during Foster Care Fortnight 2022 as part of a city-wide drive to
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. We start in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston where the Bridge Café will be holding another table top sale on Saturday 9am-12pm in