What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This weekend (27 & 28 June 2015) sees the Leeds Waterfront Festival providing fun activities and entertainment at various locations along the river Aire in Leeds city centre. New for this year, a team of volunteers from South Leeds will be building a boat out of junk (literally stuff rescued
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Over on the Culture Vulture, Phil Kirby has been up on the roof of Temple Works in Holbeck to sample another bottle of Asda’s wine in his Come Wine With Me series.
Residents of the h2010 development near Knostrop Cut on the River Aire are raising objections to part of the Flood Alleviation Scheme, which is currently going through the planning system. Residents are concerned about the small basin known as Knostrop Quay River Arm, which is directly outside their homes.
We’ve had some stick here at South Leeds Towers whenever we’ve mentioned ‘city centre south’. Some readers tell us they’ve never heard of it! And I suppose they have a point. ‘City Centre South’, as it’s known, is the name given to the area between the River Aire and the
A day of family fun events celebrating the fantastic colour, splendour and wildlife which exists in the surroundings of a popular museum in South Leeds will be held this weekend. As part of the Hedgerow Festival on Sunday 13 October from 11:00am – 3:30pm, visitors will have the opportunity
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Let’s start with a sign of how much cleaner the River Aire is these days. Down at Skelton Grange Environment Centre they have been watching salmon (or are they trout?) jumping the
The Leeds Waterfront Festival returns to a host of venues along the river this weekend, 29th and 30th June. Organisers promise a host of entertainments and activities from boat rides to heritage walks and from disco dancing to stilt walking. The New Dock will host a dramatic Dragon boat
Before the present consultation about a new high school, I confess I hadn’t heard of “City Centre South”. Hunslet? Yes. Holbeck? Yes. But City Centre South? Where’s that? Where is this new part of Leeds? It is bounded by the River Aire to the north, the Inner Ring road extension
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHrLN6FK9Pc&w=420&h=315] We were having a quick look through YouTube and discovered this lovely little video which features images of abandoned industrial south Leeds heritage alongside the River Aire. There are some poignant images of the area’s past – It’s been uploaded onto YouTube by Jacobus180670. The music’s called ‘Wading
South Leeds resident Paul Ibbotson has compiled this guest post for South Leeds Life about Atlantic salmon in the River Aire… Atlantic salmon should soon be passing through Leeds to spawning grounds that have not been used since the industrial revolution. Leeds City Council are to install fish passes