What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Last Saturday’s (5 April 2025) parkrun in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston, not only marked the 12th birthday of the event, but also saw the graduation of the latest group of ‘Couch to 5k’ (C25K) runners. South Leeds Lakers running club organised the programme which helps people who have never run
People Matters, a Holbeck-based social care organisation and charity headed on down to Cross Flatts parkrun on Saturday (8 June 2024) to raise money and awareness for the organisation. It was the first time we had done an event of this kind and we had lots of our members, volunteers
With excitement mounting for Leeds United’s Championship playoff final at Wembley on Sunday, organisers of Cross Flatts parkrun have renamed Saturday’s event ‘Farke-run’, in honour of the Leeds manager Daniel Farke. Runners, walkers and joggers attending on Saturday are encouraged to wear Leeds United shirts and Event Director Mark Hodgekinson
Visitor David Leese wrote the report for Saturday’s (17 June 2023) Cross Flatts parkrun: On this warm sunshine filled June morning it was a pleasure to be at this Parkrun as a tourist, and to appreciate the welcome, friendliness of the other park runners. The encouraging volunteers encouraging not only
It’s ten years since parkrun first appeared in Beeston. Whilst runners and walkers celebrated on 1 April, we spoke to some of those most involved in its success. Mark Hodgkinson, the driving force behind Cross Flatts parkrun, dates its origins to a football injury that led him to take up
Leeds City Council has confirmed that parkrun events will be able to restart in council managed parks and green spaces. The council would like to pass on their thanks to parkrun UK organisers for their constructive approach regarding the restart, and for their ongoing commitment to ensure that appropriate steps
Over 50 children took part in the first Cross Flatts Junior parkrun, back after lockdown, on Sunday (25 April 2021). Junior parkrun is a free, timed 2km run, jog or walk around the top end of Cross Flatts Park. Normally for 4-14 years olds it’s currently limited to 4-10 year
Cross Flatts Park is now home to an automated external defibrillator (AED) that is accessible to all after local Councillors funded an external cabinet to house it. For just over three years the AED, bought by the Cross Flatts parkrun, has lived inside the kitchen at the Watsonian Pavilion in
A new shelter in Cross Flatts Park, dubbed the ‘Runners’ Retreat’, has been opened by Cross Flatts parkrun super-volunteer Sue Richardson. Mark Hodgkinson, one of the organisers who helped start the weekly event six years ago explained: “Sue is one of our longstanding volunteers, who got roped in very early
A Beeston woman has taken the bold step of taking on a running challenge each month until Christmas, in order to raise money to support Diabetes UK. Mel Arendt, 42, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2015 after a routine health check. She’s taking on the running challenge after