What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds Sanctuary, the Methodist Church in the city centre, is organising regular social events in and around Leeds Dock. A monthly lunchtime Wellbeing Walk is a chance to get some fresh air and stretch you legs in good company. You’re invited to come solo or in your team, bring your
On Sunday (17 September 2023) the Friends of Middleton Park will be leading a free guided walk in Middleton Park entitled ‘The Brandlings and their Legacy’. In 1697 Ralph Brandling of Durham married Anne Leigh, the heir to the Middleton estate. On the death of Anne’s father in 1706 Ralph
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
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
This Sunday (18 September 2022), the Friends of Middleton Park have organised a mobility scooter, wheelchair and pram friendly accessable guided walk in Middleton Park. The walk will be on suitable surfaces for wheelchairs, prams etc. Besides enjoying the wonderfull and extensive ancient semi-natural woodland that the park is famous
On Sunday (22 May 2022) volunteers from the Friends of Middleton Park will lead a guided walk through the park looking at its early mining history. Coal was already the major source of income to the owners of the Park in the 1630’s, but it was in the 1750’s with
A Yorkshire charity has launched a free resource to encourage people of all abilities to walk and cycle around Leeds’ green spaces. Open Country, which has bases in Harrogate and Wakefield, has produced new ‘Breakfree’ packs to inspire and inform people of the many accessible routes across the Leeds city
Join a walk with Leeds City Walking Tours that takes you to a steam train ride and a gem of a railway museum on Sunday 15 August. From 1758, horses pulled carts of coal into Leeds from Middleton Colliery. In 1812 a new age began – not just for this
I’m retiring from the BITMO’s GATE Walk and Talk as Walk Group Leader, as soon as a new leader can be found. Don’t worry, I won’t leave until a new Leader is found. I would like to thank Carla Yeomans and Peter of BITMO’s GATE and all the walkers over
Growing up in a city with a tramway network means that impressionable youngsters can be bitten by the tram bug! I was hooked before I was three, in 1940. It’s not uncommon. The French film maker Bernard Tavernier, of a similar age to me, in a newspaper interview told how