What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Local Councillors Andrew Scopes, Shaf Ali and Annie Maloney are pleased to welcome planning giving the go-ahead to a multi-use games area (MUGA) on Cottingley Drive. As we have previously reported, the MUGA will be sited on the former skate park and accompanied with gym equipment, including a sit-up table,
Leeds kitchen, bar and events space, Fearns, has announced that they will once again be joining forces with Leeds Dock Estate and Tilly & Primrose Markets to host its second collaborative artisan market. Following the successful debut earlier in the year, new dates have been confirmed for the market at
Ofsted published their inspection report on Park View Academy in Beeston last week (18 September 2025). The inspection took place at the end of the summer term on 1-2 July 2025, when Park View were finally able to showcase their fantastic school and to show the incredible journey it has
The Hunslet RLFC-sponsored Handwriting Competition, now in its second year, had a bumper number of entries on display at The Great Middleton Park Show this month. This year, six local primary schools entered their Year 4 pupils – 251 of them, aged 8 to 9 years – into the challenge
Updated 24 September 2025 An agenda supplement has now been published with details of the finance report. The committee will be considering the following grant applications: Cranmore and Raylands Community Centre (Health For All) A grant of £9,000 towards employing a part time worker to support volunteers running various groups
Active Leeds is opening the doors to all their gyms across Leeds, including South Leeds Stadium and Middleton leisure Centre, on Wednesday (24 September 2025) as they celebrate National Fitness Day. Anyone will be able to access the gyms for free from open to close in an effort to encourage
Because life is unpredictable, it’s important to have some savings put aside that you can fall back on if something unexpected happens, like losing your job, becoming unwell or suddenly receiving a bill for which you hadn’t already budgeted. Greg Potter, Head of Member Experience at Leeds Credit Union, gives
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 15 September 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Retrospective change of use application from
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. We start this week in Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park where Beeston in Bloom will be holding a Plant Sale on Saturday morning from 10am-2pm at the Watsonian Pavilion. Over in Hunslet Carr there
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (21 September 2025) exploring history in Beeston Wood. It is nearly 70 years since you could take a ride from Leeds to Middleton by tram through the woods – the most exciting tram ride