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Burmantofts is an area of 1960s high-rise housing blocks in inner-city east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England adjacent to the city centre and St. James's Hospital.It is a racially diverse area, with sizable Afro-Caribbean and Irish communities, but suffers the social problems typical of similar areas across the country.
After the closure of the Leeds system on 7 November 1959, [2] Sheffield became the last city in England operating trams (closing in 1960), with Glasgow (Scotland) the last in the UK (closing in 1962). The Blackpool tramway then became the UK's only commercial tramway, until the opening of the Manchester Metrolink in 1992.
Leeds had one development of medium rise large scale flats, which were built in Quarry Hill in the 1930s, however they were more conventional in their enclosed design. Construction of the complex of 350 flats and maisonettes began in 1968 [1] The complex was commissioned by Leeds City Council and built by Shepherd Construction. The building was ...
By 1906, Hunslet was home to Leeds’ second largest gas works, the city's main rail goods yards, known at the time as ‘Midland Goods Station’ (now the site of Crown Point Retail Park), as well as a large number of factories, below is a rough inventory of the major industrial premises in Hunslet at the time.
As part of the area's redevelopment, the main thoroughfare, Camp Road, was renamed Lovell Park Road to the south and Oatlands Lane further north. There are a few buildings in the area that predate the redevelopment during the 1960s and 1970s, All Souls' Church being one of them. A more modest redevelopment of the area was undertaken in the 2010s.
Lovell Park is an inner-city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.The area falls within the Hyde Park and Woodhouse ward of the Leeds Metropolitan Council. Lovell Park along with its adjacent areas Little London and Blenheim, is an area of 1960s high-rise and maisonette council housing situated between the city centre and Sheepscar.
In the early 1960s the council had planned to build 5,000 dwellings, a small shopping centre and other amenities with a pedestrian link to Seacroft. New homes have been built off of the A64 York Road, near the now closed Old Red Lion, by Strata [4] proving 2-5 bedroomed affordable housing for Leeds’ growing housing demand. As well as a new ...