What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Concerns have been raised about pedestrian safety at the parade of shops on the corner of Belle Isle Road and Moor Road in Hunslet Carr. A new pedestrian refuge was installed to allow easier crossing of Moor Road in 2021, but then the nearby pedestrian barriers were removed during recent
Percy R Wood Funeral Service in Hunslet will be installing their Memory Christmas Tree in their our garden on Balm Road next week. If you have someone special you would like to remember this Christmas, please get in touch to place a memory bauble on the tree. If you hung
Following the request of residents, Cllrs Paul Wray and Mohammed Iqbal (Labour, Hunslet and Riverside) highlighted to Highways Leeds officers the lack of a crossing facility on Balm Road at the Playfair Road junction in Hunslet. This space is particularly difficult for mobility users to cross, who must instead travel
The Leeds Steel Works became one of the largest iron and steel works in Yorkshire. It occupied an area of around 25 acres (10 hectares) between Balm Road and Pepper Road in Hunslet and lying alongside the Midland Railway line. Its perimeter extended to just over one mile and at
Hunslet & Riverside Councillors Mohammed Iqbal, Elizabeth Nash and Paul Wray have moved to address concerns raised by residents about a number of road safety issues on Moor Road in Hunslet, specifically: Moor Road roundabout Crossing points Parking at the junction with Royal Drive Speeding motorists Poor road markings on
When a modern advertising hoarding was removed from the end of a row of houses at the Balm Road junction in Hunslet Carr several years ago it revealed an old hand painted sign promoting Bile Beans. This type of advertising sign was the forerunner of the modern advertisements papered on
Detectives in Leeds are investigating following an armed robbery yesterday evening in Hunslet. Officers were called around 8.33pm on Thursday 9 November 2017 after four suspects entered the Mecca Bingo on Balm Road brandishing weapons including a knife. They made threats to staff before making off with an amount of
Whilst trains may not be running for another sixteen years, plans for the High Speed Rail (HS2) route are well advanced and a consultation event is being held residents affected by new line. The route from London will enter Leeds through Woodlesford where a tunnel will take the line under
Holbeck resident Steve Peacock has been part of the Middleton Life local history project. With help from our new community reporters’ website he’s written this overview on the days when trams trundled through south Leeds: I have been interested in the local history of Leeds for many years now and,