What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Friends of Middleton Park welcome back Oddsocks Theatre Company for a night of Shakespeare in the park next Tuesday (11 July 2023). 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 (FoMP) will be holding their annual ‘fun’ dog show on Sunday (11 June 2023). The show is free to enter and certificates and rosettes will be presented to the top three in each of seven categories: Biggest smile Waggiest tail Prettiest bitch Most handsome dog
The Friends of Middleton Park have unveiled their summer programme of events for 2023 and as usual it includes live music, dance, history walks, some Shakespeare and the Great Middleton Park Show. Live music includes the Corpus Christi Band (4 June), Phoenix Brass Band (2 July), Wakefield Big Band (3
On Sunday (13 May 2023) the Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk around the Beeston Woods section of the park. Beeston Woods contain a treasure trove of remains of our past. From the 800 year old dispute between William de Grammaire and John of Beeston that
If you go down to the woods … Nature is gearing up to put on a spectacular display in Middleton Park – the bluebells are flowering. The leaves started appearing in January and have been growing stronger and denser. Over the last few weeks the first flowers have emerged providing
Having already run Free Play sessions this Easter – the last one is on Wednesday 12 April 2023, 1-3pm with DAZL running dance activities – the Friends of Middleton Park have a busy April ahead of them. On Sunday 16 April they host a Spring Woodland Walk, meeting at the
The ‘Old Nine’ Tree Trail at Middleton Park is a joint project between Wade’s Charity, The Friends of Middleton Park and Leeds City Council, where the old municipal golf couse is being planted with a collection of specimen trees native to Britain. The aim is to create a ‘Tree Trail’
This year the Friends of Middleton Park are looking for new volunteers to join our Show Committee to help organise one of our biggest events of the year, The Great Middleton Park Show. The Show includes a craft, flower and produce competition, market and food stalls, an entertainment arena with
This month’s free guided walk in Middleton Park is on Sunday (5 March 2023). This Winter Guided Walk will take in different parts of this very large park depending on the weather, and the conditions under foot. Middleton Woods can be magical in snowy wintery conditions, and somewhat spooky in
LEEDS 2023 Year of Culture is inviting groups and indiviuals to step forward and take part in My LEEDS Summer events across the city. Neighbourhood Hosts has been appointed for each of the city’s 33 wards and they are working people in their communities to create activities. Hosts in South