Beckett Park

Beckett Park
Beckett Park, Leeds Beckett Park
Beckett Park  Beckett Park shown within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEEDS
Postcode district	LS6
Dialling code	0113
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Leeds North West
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Beckett Park is a residential area and a large park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It borders on to Headingley, West Park and Kirkstall. It is named after Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe.

Queenswood Drive, the main thoroughfare through the district, runs from the south at Kirkstall Lane and continues right up to Spen Lane on the edge of West Park, The length of this road is about 2 miles. This is where Leeds 6 (LS6) meets Leeds 16 (LS16) postal districts.

The park stretches from Queenswood Drive to the West and Batcliffe Mount to the East. St Chads Drive to the North and Langdale Terrace to the South. It also encompasses the Beckett Park School, a children's park and a new skater park and tennis courts. Due to the sports facilities, the park is popular with local students, a large population of whom live in the surrounding area of Headingley during term-time.

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Students playing sport in Beckett Park

It is also home to the Leeds Beckett University's Headingley Campus, formerly the City of Leeds Training College and the Carnegie College of Physical Education. Leeds Metropolitan University was renamed Leeds Beckett University from September 2014: the Chancellor, Sir Bob Murray, said "We will be very proud to adopt a new name for our University which is so closely linked to the location and birthplace of two of our major founding colleges." This renaming was widely publicized by the University, including much new and altered signage in the city center and Headingley, in addition to the giving away of free hoodies, all of which referenced the term 'Beckett' - much broadening knowledge of the park.

Located in the wood near to the campus is a monument to Queen Victoria's visit to the Leeds Town Hall in the year 1858.

It has one pub called the Duttons Arms which closed recently and a Working Mens social club called the Queenswood Social Club. The local school, Beckett Park Primary School, closed permanently in August 2006. The main school building is under renovation, with plans to re-open as a school for children with learning difficulties. Parts of the site are currently used for a daily nursery.

There are also local shops, a post office, a hair salon and a pizza takeaway in this area. Among other attractions to this area there are extensive woodlands and nature trails, with great views of nearby areas of Leeds.

Education

The Yorkshire and Humberside Japanese School (ヨークシャーハンバーサイド日本語補習校 Yōkushā Hanbāsaido Nihongo Hoshūkō), a weekend Japanese educational programme, is held at Macaulay Hall at the Headlingly Campus .