What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided autumn walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (17 November 2024). The extensive woodlands at Middleton Park are a magnificent sight at this time of year, with their golden autumn colurs. This month’s Friends of Middleton Park guided walk takes a
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (27 October 2024) entitled Death in the Park. Middleton Park in South Leeds, famous for its magnificent semi-ancient woodlands, early coal mining remains and historic railway, has been the scene of many deaths in
This month the Friends of Middleton Park guided walk is part of the Heritage Open Days events in Leeds. The walk and talk on Sunday (15 September 2024) explores the role of religion within Middleton. From the Reformation until catholic emancipation the Catholic faith survived because some catholic gentry allowed
It’s the Great Middleton Park Show on Sunday (8 September 2024) and that doesn’t just mean juicy jams and scrumptious cakes in the produce show. this year you can also get your bike fixed. The Big Bike Fix Leeds project have confirmed that they will be running a bike-fixing station
The Great Middleton Park Show returns for 2024 with a theme to celebrate Nature’s Beauty on Sunday 8 September from 1pm to 4pm. The Show, as tradition, promises to feature its famous Produce Show, where anyone can enter in a variety of categories including: Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers, Home Produce and
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (11 August 2024) around the Old South Leeds Golf Course land. After South Leeds Golf Club closed, over 4 years ago, most of the land was incorporated into Middleton Park. In that time there
Local singers, dancers and musicians will be performing for free on Sunday (4 August 2024) as the Friends of Middleton Park stage this year’s Middleton’s Got Talent. It all takes place on the bandstand next to Middleton Park Visitor Centre between 12-4pm. There will also be fun and games with
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (28 July 2024) looking at the park’s trees and butterflies. The land that used to be the “Old Nine” of the municipal golf course at Middleton has in recent years been planted with specimen
Friends of Middleton Park welcome back Oddsocks Theatre Company for a night of Shakespeare in the park next Tuesday (16 July 2024). If you think that sounds a bit heavy for a Tuesday night, you clearly haven’t seen Oddsocks before. The company perform Shakespeare with a twist of pantomime and
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk on Sunday (30 June 2024) looking at the history of Broom Pit and explore the land where the pit once stood. Although much of the area was landfilled and landscaped after the mine closed in 1968 there are still