What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
England’s largest roller-skate festival is happening on your doorstep in South Leeds – and you’re invited! Roller-skating saw a massive revival during the pandemic, powered by a wave of TikTok inspiration. But long before it was trending, dedicated skaters were keeping the wheels turning. Northern Roll is a celebration of
Renowned for working with children and young people, LS-TEN Skatepark in Hunslet has now started a new training course for adults. The six week course will teach anyone over 20 all the basics before getting to grips with some skatepark obstacles. The LS-TEN coaches will work with you at your
Mini Riders takes place from 9-9:50am every Saturday and Sunday at Hunslet’s LS-TEN skatepark. It’s the perfect place to start for children who are new to wheeled sports, or haven’t visited a skatepark before. Mini Riders sessions are friendly and relaxed family sessions suitable for toddlers to 8 year olds. A
Street Skate Together is part of Civic Skateboarding – a project by artist and skateboarder Harry Meadley produced for Leeds 2023 Year of Culture. At its core, Civic Skateboarding is about forming better relationships between skateboarders and Leeds’ civic and cultural institutions with the long-term goal of making the city’s
People from across Leeds and the region are rallying to rescue the former Works Skatepark in Hunslet, with the centre set to reopen this week. As previously reported, the skatepark charity ceased trading and closed at the start of the month, due to financial difficulties. But the immediate outcry online
The acclaimed Works skatepark in Hunslet are inviting young people from across south Leeds to come try their hand at skateboarding, scooting and BMXing this summer – for just £3 for the whole day, any day. Youngsters are welcome anytime between 10am-8pm any Monday to Friday, and 10am-7pm Saturdays and
Pioneering Hunslet-based youth charity The Works marked the end of the year with a bang and a party this week, and publicly launched an innovative range of new community programmes for 2015. Based in an epic old Victorian mill and now in its eleventh year, the charity boasts the biggest
Why isn’t there a skate park in Beeston or the death box brought back at Holbeck? Hunslet, Cottingley and Holbeck have skate parks so why can’t Beeston? This post was written by Ryan using our Create an article for South Leeds Life page. What do you think? Does
This summer ‘The Works Skatepark Charity’ will be running the highly successful ‘£3 summer’. The Programme sees the doors of The Works opened from 10am to 8pm for £3 all day every day of the summer holidays 23 July – 1 September 2014. The Works is an indoor skatepark
A new skate park in Holbeck opened its gates to excited local youngsters on Friday after being re-located from its original location. Holbeck Skatepark, which was officially opened to the public by local councillor, David Congreve on Friday morning, has been relocated to Holbeck Moor from the South Leeds Sports