What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Leeds Transport Historical Society is holding an evening stroll on Monday 13 July 2015 down part of the trackbed of the Middleton Tramway to commemorate the ninetieth anniversary of its opening on 12 November 1925. The group will meet on the Ring Road Beeston Park at the junction with
Trinity Network has been providing opportunities for older people in South Leeds to get together and remain active for thirty years. Originally set up by the South Leeds Team Ministry they now operate from their community centre next to Belle Isle United Reform Church on Nesfield Road and from the
Since opening two more charity shops in South Leeds, St Luke’s CARES is looking for more keen people to volunteer a bit of their time in their local shop. As well as shops on Beeston Road and in Morley, St Luke’s now also have a small shop in Middleton on
A consultation is being held on Thursday (17 July 2014) to discuss plans for a new Aldi supermarket on the site of the former Police station on Burton Road off Dewsbury Road in Beeston. Aldi are proposing to build a store with 1,108 m2 of retail space, 80% of
This advert for Almonds Removal and Storage was revealed when the modern hoarding was taken down earlier this winter. The sign is on a gable end of a row of shops on Dewsbury Road at the junction with Garnet Road and Parkside Lane. Just along Dewsbury Road you can
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week with a question posed on The Leeds Guardian: Is it time for Dewsbury Road to have a facelift? The question was raised by reader Mr Singh, who has spotted
The junction of Tunstall Road and Dewsbury Road is not the prettiest part of South Leeds, but it’s looking brighter thanks to a Beeston in Bloom working party. [slideshow_deploy id=’21915′] The group tackled the planter at the bottom of Rowland Road on Tuesday (14 January 2014). The ‘In Bloom’-ers
If you’ve ever wanted to own a Police station, now is your opportunity as Holbeck Police Station has been put on the market. The building is 33,433 square feet and sits on a 2.1 acre site is being advertised as a refurbishment opportunity, but is more realistically likely to
Councillors met last night (6 November 2013) as the Inner South Area Committee and amongst the topics debated were Middleton Park golf course, the new Asda at Middleton and the new Ruth Gorse Academy high school. The meeting always starts with an open forum where any local resident can
As a community reporter you don’t expect a story to drop into your lap, but that’s what happened this afternoon. I had to pick up a parcel from the Sorting Office. My Other Half had the car so I was on foot and I noticed that the traffic into