Tag: Belle Isle Circus

Windmill pupils plant an orchard for Belle Isle

Children from Windmill Primary School helped to plant fruit trees and bushes on Thursday (23 February 2023) as part of a Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation (BITMO) project to create a community orchard in Belle Isle. Peter Sutton, BITMO’s Community Development manager explained the background to the project: “There’s a

When are South Leeds Christmas Lights switching on?

Christmas Lights in Beeston, Belle Isle, Holbeck and Middleton will be switched on at events over the next two weeks. Belle Isle goes first on Wednesday 2 December* at 4pm on Belle Isle Circus. The event will feature music from Windmill Primary School (and possibly Opera North). Beeston follows on

“Save our Circus” say Belle Isle Trolleybus protesters

Residents from Belle Isle and Hunslet held a picnic on Belle Isle Circus on Saturday 25 April to protest about the plans for the Trolleybus. As South Leeds Life has previously reported, West Yorkshire Metro plan to build the ‘New Generation Transport’ Trolleybus on a route from Stourton to Holt

Windmill Primary School Sing Carols on Belle Isle Circus

On a very cold December evening Windmill Primary School children from years 3, 4, 5 and 6 walked down from their school and gathered on Belle Isle Circus to sing carols and switch on the Belle Isle Circus Christmas Tree lights. The children were the only ones that looked warm,