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Cross Flatts Park covers an area of 44 acres (17.8 hectares) [22] in the centre of Beeston. While the park formerly suffered from neglect and had a high crime rate, through the work of the Council and community groups such as Friends of Cross Flatts Park and Beeston in Bloom the park has been cleaned up and made safer and more welcoming. [23]
Lincoln Road Flats (8 blocks, 480 flats) Lincoln Road, Lincoln Gren 1958 Constructed by Shepherd Building Group to design by architect RAH Livett. Refurbished 2014–15 with red metalwork repainted turquoise. Existent Roxby Close Beckett Street, Burmantofts 1959 Constructed by George Wimpey to design by architect RAH Livett.
Crossflatts has a crown green bowling club (Bingley Bowling Green Club Ltd, Slenningford) who play in the Worth Valley League and Aire-Wharfe League, two football clubs (Royal and Crossflatts) and a cricket club which plays in the Craven & District League.
The metropolitan borough is divided into 33 wards, each of which elects three members of Leeds City Council.The ward boundaries were last reorganised in 2004. A map of the wards is available on the council website, [1] as is a postcode-to-ward tool. [2]
The complex was commissioned by Leeds City Council, designed by Yorkshire Development Group and built by Shepherd Construction. The development, which consisted of of 350 flats and maisonettes, [1] was completed in 1968. [2] The complex was designed in the style of so-called 'streets in the sky' with overhead walkways connecting blocks.
Cliffe Park and Western Flatts Park form one large park, though they were once the grounds of separate mansions – Cliffe House and Western Flatts House. The latter was demolished a long time ago, but in the 1930s the former was handed over to the then Leeds Education Committee and turned into a residential school for 'difficult' boys, though ...
There are over 3,300 listed buildings in City of Leeds district (a wider area than Leeds, which includes several other towns such as Otley and Morley). [1] Lists of buildings in the upper two categories can be found at Grade I listed buildings in West Yorkshire (Leeds section) and Grade II* listed buildings in Leeds.
The Leeds Blitz comprised nine air raids on the city of Leeds by the Nazi German Luftwaffe. The heaviest raid took place on the night of 14/15 March 1941, affecting the city centre , Beeston , [ 1 ] Bramley [ 2 ] and Armley .