What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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 this week in Belle Isle where the Repair Cafe is back at BITMO’s Gate on Saturday, 1-4pm. Bring your broken
The Watsonian Pavilion in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston, will close from Monday (17 February 2025) until Sunday 9 March in order for improvements to be carried out across the building. The pavilion, which includes The Bridge Cafe run by Health for All, will have its flooring, kitchen units and canopy
As previously reported, new car parking charges have come into force at Leeds Urban Bike Park, Middleton Park, along with four other parks across the city. The Bike Park, which is a not-for-profit social enterprise, says it’s dismayed that the charges will hit its after-school clubs and social activities. As
The Neighbourhood Policing Team for Middleton and Belle Isle were continuing tackling the ward’s priority on drugs yesterday afternoon (11 February 2025). The team was again patrolling the car park on the junction of Aberfield Gate and Belle Isle Road. They stopped a vehicle which was trying to leave the
Preferred Homes has completed its first development in South Leeds, comprising 63 self-contained apartments at Hunslet Moor House, over 30 of which are already occupied. Built on the site of a derelict 1970s shopping precinct on Hunslet Hall Road, the modern Extra Care Housing apartments at Hunslet Moor House represent
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided winter walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (16 February 2025). Winter days can sometimes be crisp and clear, with good views from the Park over Leeds. Join us on our Winter Guided walk and let us hope for good luck
The ability of people to gather and acknowledge common interests is key to creating a community. This happens in a limited way with things such as sporting events but such events could be seen as a model for how things could work at a more local level when removed from the constraints of commerce.
Yorkshire-based wool bedding brand, Floks, has partnered with Beeston bedmaker, Harrison Spinks, to create a premium range of responsibly-sourced wool mattresses. United by a shared passion for ethical manufacturing, quality, and support for British farming, the collaboration combines Floks’ expertise in sustainable wool bedding with Harrison Spinks’ heritage in crafting
White Rose Shopping Centre is inviting young artists to join free craft sessions this half term, from Monday 17 until Friday 21 February 2025. Fun for the whole family, the sessions will be held from 11am–4pm each day in White Rose’s Central Atrium, near the escalators leading to The Balcony
Leading build-to-rent provider PLATFORM_ has officially revealed the name of its 10th – and first mixed-use – development in the UK. Sweetfields, Leeds, will become a 1.3 million sqft neighbourhood in the South Bank area of Holbeck incorporating over 1,350 new homes, 160,000 sqft of Grade A office and commercial