Cockburn School

Cockburn School (formerly Cockburn High School) is a mixed secondary school located in the Beeston area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The original school on this site was Parkside secondary modern, which was an all-boys school. The headmaster for much of the time was Mr C Wadsworth. It was previously a foundation school administered by Leeds City Council and The Learning Trust (South Leeds). The Learning trust also includes Beeston Primary School, Clapgate Primary School, Hugh Gaitskell Primary School, Lane End Primary School, Middleton Primary School, Middleton St Mary's CE Primary School, St Philip's RC Primary School and Westwood Primary School. However, Cockburn School was converted to academy status in February 2016. The school is now part of a multi-academy trust, and hopes that other schools within The Learning Trust (South Leeds) will convert to academy status and join the trust, whilst continuing to work closely with the partner schools. Cockburn School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. The school also has a specialism in the performing arts.

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Stank Hall

The Stank Hall complex is a grouping of historic buildings in Beeston, a suburb of Leeds in England comprising the thirteenth century Stank Old Hall, which is built on the footings of an earlier structure, the fifteenth century barn and the sixteenth century Stank New Hall, the New Hall was damaged by arson and then demolished by Leeds City Council in 2018, despite attempts to save the building by local group Friends of Stank Hall. Today only Stank Old Hall and Stank Hall Barn remain. Stank Old Hall was originally built as a Royal hunting lodge attached to nearby Rothwell Castle, and still contains remnants of its earlier structure including a rare garderobe. It has been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 19 October 1951. Immediately to the north stands a Grade II*–listed barn of the late 15th century that was built for the Beeston family who acquired the site when it passed out of Royal ownership and into a second life as a hall and farm, and was subsequently acquired by the Hodgson family in the 17th century. From that point on the site became a farm of known antiquity and was heavily damaged in the Beeston Mining Disaster of 1874 in which nine local minters were killed in an explosion underground, some of the mining works running directly under the Stank Hall site. This caused damage to the buildings, including the loss of the end of the wing that had connected Stank Old Hall to Stank New Hall, damage to the structure of Stank Hall Barn and the complete loss of a wide wing which fronted the approach to the complex from where the railway bridge now stands. The damage did reveal a number of carved items of antiquity which had previously been hidden on the buildings, and there were offered for sale through the local newspapers. During demolition work to the back of the site in the 20th century to build the bypass an icehouse was uncovered and demolished and a number of early carved faces were recovered by the work crew, although the whereabouts of these are unknown. During recent works excavation to the front of the barn the footings of an earlier medieval hall with large pillar bases to support a heavy roof was found which crossed immediately under the floor of the barn. Major Greathead's Chapel, used as a courthouse for Courts Leet, which was built up against the end of the barn adjoining the public footpath in the 17th century, contains structural elements believed to come from an early chapel which stood onsite, including the doorway from the end of the barn into the ground floor of the chapel which is created with elements of two early medieval carved doorways. The buildings passed through the hands of the local mining company in the 19th century and then into the ownership of Leeds City Council, who removed the last residential tenants from the buildings in the late 20th century. The Stank Hall site is reputed to be haunted by a number of ghosts, including a bald headed man in late seventeenth century clothes, a large black dog that runs in the field to the back of the barn and a small man with spiky red hair and a tartan bomber jacket from the 1970s who walks up onto the site whistling but always disappears from view halfway up the path.] In 2014, the Stank Hall Site was rented from the Leeds City Council by the Friends of Stank Hall Barn, who created a free food grow scheme and archaeological and local history programme with the intent of restoring the site to local use. Unfortunately the Friends of Stank Hall lost access to the site during Covid Lockdown and the site has reverted to the care of Leeds City Council, currently standing derelict. <https://southleedslife.com/brief-history-stank-hall-site-beeston/><https://southleedslife.com/mining-in-beeston-village/>

Middleton Park

Middleton Park is a public park in Middleton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It covers an area of 630 acres (255.0 ha), nearly a square mile of which 200 acres (80.9 ha) are ancient woodland. There is also a small lake, recreational areas and a former golf course. The reclaimed site of "Middleton Broom" Colliery has been incorporated into the park. By its northern boundary is the South Leeds Stadium, home of rugby league club Hunslet. The Middleton Railway runs between Moor Road, Hunslet and Park Halt railway station. It is also the site of Leeds Urban Bike Park. It is known locally as 'Miggy Park'.

White Rose Centre

The White Rose Centre is a shopping centre in the Beeston area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It spans two floors and is near the M621 motorway. It takes its name from the White Rose of York, the traditional symbol of Yorkshire. Most shops are situated on the Ground Floor. The Upper Level mezzanine and ‘The Village’ outdoor expansion houses one of two food courts as well some retail outlets, a Cineworld 11-screen cinema, a Starbucks and an al fresco dining terrace including new tenants Wagamama, Prezzo, TGI Fridays and Five Guys among others. It also houses an outdoor children's play area. Although the centre is smaller than other out-of-town shopping centres, it contains large retailers such as Next, JD Sports, Zara, H&M, Primark, River Island and Marks & Spencer. The centre opened on 25 March 1997 and accommodated major tenants including Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, Next, WHSmith, Primark, Zara, H&M, New Look, Boots and most recently Sky, with over 100 other stores and services. It contains eateries such as a McDonald's, KFC, Nando's, Starbucks, Subway, Frankie & Benny's, TGI Fridays, Graveleys, Five Guys, Krispy Kreme, multiple Costa Coffees and (newly added) Wetherspoons. The centre has 4,800 free car parking spaces, security and on-site police officers. The south part of the centre was re-developed in 2005 downsizing the Sainsbury's Savacentre to a regular Sainsbury's which made space for other units. Argos was moved into Sainsbury's in 2018. The centre has a bus station at the north end of the mall connecting it to suburban areas of Leeds and to the city centre. The centre has won awards including a British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) Gold Award, BCSC Purple apple, and Green apple awards. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, the centre suffered the loss of two of its major tenants and most popular stores. Both Debenhams and Topshop closed all stores worldwide and went into administration. The centre also lost a Disney Store, Thorntons and a Thomas Cook travel store. In 2021, it was announced that Marks & Spencer would relocate from their current unit to the larger former Debenhams site, and the new store would open on 25 May 2023. On 20 October 2023, an M&S Opticians service would open within the store.

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Elliott Hudson College

Elliott Hudson College is a sixth form located in the Beeston area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The college offers A-Level and vocational courses for up to 1400 students from the Leeds City Region. Elliott Hudson College is part of The GORSE Academies Trust which also includes Boston Spa Academy, Bruntcliffe Academy, The Farnley Academy, The Morley Academy and The Ruth Gorse Academy.