What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Are you prepared for this year’s ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE at Skelton Grange Research Centre? On the evenings of Thursday 29, Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October 2015, you can join the terrified Skelton Grange staff and volunteers for an evening of nightmarish encounters. Find out whether you are a born survivor
Over 500 members of the local community visited The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) Skelton Grange Environment Centre in Stourton to celebrate the charity’s annual Big Green Weekend on Saturday 3 October 2015. Skelton Grange Environment Centre hosted a fun and action packed day for all. Activities included everything from fun workshops
A £45million project to improve flood defences in Leeds city centre is progressing well with work now starting to remove a length of the Knostrop Cut. As well as protecting city centre properties and jobs, the flood defence scheme will also protect 300 acres of development land and open up
This week is the last week of the school summer holidays and it’s looking like a very busy week at Skelton Grange! Tuesday and Wednesday we have Bushcraft Adventure for 8-12 year olds (places still available): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bushcraft-adventure-with-skelton-grange-for-8-12-yrs-tickets-17567380508 We also have a special Bat Walk on Wednesday evening: https://www.facebook.com/ events/423225947878700/ Thursday
The Conservation Volunteers at Skelton Grange Environment Centre are celebrating the news that they have seen over 200,000 walk through the doors of the much loved eco centre and wildlife haven in South Leeds. “The Conservation Volunteers are the unsung heroes of the environment …no one will protect what they
Mortality Calls – South Leeds writer self-publishes third work of fiction on Amazon Kindle Jonathan Sharp, from Stourton Grange, has embraced the self-publishing revolution and published his third work of fiction on Amazon Kindle. Jonathan’s novel, Mortality Calls, follows in the wake of his previous novel (Love, Death and Time
The weather is warm, the bees are buzzing and the cherries are ripening. Summer has well and truly arrived at Skelton Grange! Come join us this Friday (24 July 2015) between 10am–3pm for our Summer Festival; a day of fun, activities and crafts. Activities include: Giant Bubbles Wildflower seed collecting:
This weekend (27 & 28 June 2015) sees the Leeds Waterfront Festival providing fun activities and entertainment at various locations along the river Aire in Leeds city centre. New for this year, a team of volunteers from South Leeds will be building a boat out of junk (literally stuff rescued
What does summer taste like? TCV’s Skelton Grange Environment Centre has planned a fantastic programme of events for children and adults to get involved in during the summer, encouraging participants to have loads of fun learning in the natural environment. Set in a beautiful eco-centre and nature reserve just two
An array of fantastic activities and events are guaranteed to keep all the family entertained this Easter at Leeds Museums and Galleries. The fun kicks-off in the stunning surroundings of Thwaites Mills Watermill in Stourton, which will be hosting a very ‘special’ Spring Festival on Sunday 5 April from 11am