What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided historical coal mining walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (16 March 2025). Middleton colliery has been in operation, for certain from the early 1600s, and probably back to medieval times. The walk will take in some of the areas mined
A public inquiry has heard arguments for and against the closure of a footpath next to Cockburn School in Beeston during a two-day hearing which concluded yesterday (11 December 2024). Helen Heward, the Planning Inspector, conducted the inquiry to decide whether to confirm the Diversion Order made by Leeds City
Leeds City Council intends to bring in car parking charges at Leeds Urban Bike Park (LUBP) on Ring Road Beeston Park in Middleton and is conducting a formal public consultation. The local authority is facing unprecedented pressure on its finances and attempted to bring in the charges two years ago,
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 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
Middleton Park is amongst seven parks and green spaces in Leeds to have been awarded the prestigious Green Flag Award after achieving the international quality mark once more. Golden Acre Park, Kirkstall Abbey, Middleton Park, Otley Chevin Forest Park, Pudsey Park, Roundhay Park and Temple Newsam Estate are all managed
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