What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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’
I was deeply saddened to learn late last month of the untimely death of Nick Rose, our former Chair and Friend of Middleton Park for over ten years. Nick was there at the start when the Friends of Middleton Park were founded in 2003, and he has been with us
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
My photo shows the outside toilets for the old cottages still standing on Town Street. The cottages where built on instruction from Ms Maude to house workers who worked in the park. People were poor in the 1800s, especially park & cemetery workers. When Ms Maude died, she left Middleton