Tag: friends of Middleton Park

Middleton Park Golf Course closure to be debated

Senior councillors are being recommended to press ahead with the closure of Middleton Park Golf Course at a meeting next Wednesday. Leeds City Council’s powerful executive board will discuss a number of options regarding the long-term viability of both Middleton Park and Gotts Park local authority golf courses. This follows

Middleton Park Craft, Flower and Produce Show on Sunday

Once again the Annual Craft, Flower and Produce Show will kick off with an enthusiastic blast. Now in its fifth year the event is artfully run and organised by the Friends of Middleton Park. This is a fantastic opportunity for the whole community to come together and share their gardening,

South Leeds Roundup: Flowers, Foundations and Friday Nights

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. Now’s the time to see this lovely wild flower border according to Friends of Middleton Park. They have the West Yorkshire Brass Band performing on Sunday (7 September) and then

South Leeds Roundup: Dogs, Docks and Data

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. Apparently today is National Dog Day so it seems appropriate to start with the Friends of Middleton Park who have posted some lovely photos from last Sunday’s dog show. The

South Leeds Roundup: Strength games, swifts and scything skills

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Hunslet. Never mind ‘The World’s Stongest Man’, The Live Well Project were putting local children through their paces. Events included mini Strongman events including Kettlebell

South Leeds Roundup: Water, Witness and wasps’ nests

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week with intriguing photos of Slung Low preparing for their water-borne version of Moby Dick to be performed at (on? in?) Leeds Dock next month. Tickets for

Middleton Park gains prestigious Green Flag award

Middleton Park is known by many as the ‘green jewel of South Leeds’ – in fact local residents have been saying for years how great it is! And now it’s been revealed that the historic park has just scooped a prestigious national Green Flag award. Middleton joins a select band

South Leeds Roundup: Sport Day, Spinning and Shakespeare

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. It’s the time of year for school sports days and Hunslet St Mary’s and posted some great pictures of their day together with a roundup of the schools sporting achievements this year.