What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This Sunday (17 May 2026) 2-4pm, Friends of Middleton Park welcome back Hands Across Ceilidh Band, this time with their friends Leeds People’s Choir. The band and choir will be performing on the bandstand and the cafe will be open for refreshments. This is a free event and everyone is
An inspirational eight-year-old from Middleton is proving that kindness, determination and courage can make a huge difference in the lives of others. Harper, who has autism, is proudly representing Leeds in the Junior Miss Glamour pageant based in Kent, and is now hoping to go all the way to the
The Friends of Middleton Park have unveiled their summer programme of events for 2026 and as usual it includes live music, dance, history walks, some Shakespeare and the Great Middleton Park Show. It starts with Bluebell Walks. FoMP volunteers will meet Middleton Railway passengers at Park Halt at 11:20am, 12:40pm
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided Spring walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (19 April 2026). Spring is here early this year – and the signs are all around in the woods. The Bluebells are already in flower, the woodpeckers are drumming, birds are nest building
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided winter walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (15 March 2026) exploring the legacy of the Brandling family in Middleton and Leeds Ralph Brandling married Anne Leigh, the heiress of the Middleton Estate, in 1697 and inherited the estate in 1706.
A rare and valuable butterfly habitat in Middleton Park has been destroyed by poorly planned tree planting in what appears to be a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. The land, which is also the last historic field in the area, lies off
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided winter walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (15 February 2026). This is the first of their 2026 Monthly Guided Walks which will take place every month in the park up to November. The Friends are doing a Winter Guided walk
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (16 November 2025) exploring the tramway that ran through the woods. One hundred years ago, on 10 November 1925 the Ministry of Transport inspector checked over the new tramway from Leeds to Middleton. Two
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (26 October 2025) for Halloween telling tales of Death in the Park. Middleton Park in South Leeds, famous for its magnificent semi-ancient woodlands, early coal mining and historic railway, has been the scene of
Friends of Middleton Park are having an apple pressing day at the Visitor Centre in Middleton Park, on Sunday (19 October 2025) from 2-4pm. It’s a free family event, and there is no booking required. Children will have to be accompanied by a responsible adult. There will be lots of