Holt Park
53°51′29″N 1°36′04″W / 53.858°N 1.601°W
Holt Park is a medium-sized low-rise 1970s housing estate in the northwest suburbs of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 6 miles (10 km) from Leeds city centre situated between Tinshill, Cookridge and Adel, and is at the edge of the Leeds urban fringe, bordering the green belt which makes up two thirds of the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds. The nearby Tinshill BT Tower dominates the skyline.
Holt Park is in the
Housing
One half of Holt Park was built as a
The farm was sold to the developers by The Co-op, who purchased the land in 1920 as one of five dairy farms in Leeds.[1] The earlier housing was completed before the farm was closed, and the farmer took advantage of this delivering milk to all the new residents in the early years.[1]
The council housing is a mixture of two-story terraced houses, end-bungalows and flats with bedroom numbers ranging from one to four. These are set in cul-de-sacs within, off and on the periphery of Holtdale Approach, connected by various alleyways and footpaths. Some of this stock is now privately owned, but much of it remains under the control of the Council. Several blocks of flats, set over three storeys, also exist, albeit owned/managed by a housing association. At the same time two schools (Holt Park Middle School and Ralph Thoresby High School), a sports centre (Holt Park Leisure Centre), a
Ralph Thoresby School
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The original Ralph Thoresby buildings were built around 1975 and remained the school's premises until September 2007. It was strategically built as part of the district centre and so the leisure centre and the library were fully accessible to the public and part of the school's premises.
Holt Park Library and
Holt Park District Centre
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The shopping centre began to decrease in character from the late 1990s, with many businesses occupying the units either closing or relocating. The Asda supermarket that has been the main anchor of the centre since it opened in the early 1970s, has enlarged its floor space by taking over some of the empty shop units. A complete redevelopment of the district centre has been discussed for many years. In 2005, a planning application was submitted to Leeds City Council for a complete rebuild of the shopping centre and a standalone Asda superstore with a petrol station to be built next to it. The plans were ultimately rejected. However, discussions remain ongoing.
Adjacent to the shopping centre is High Farm, the farm which the estate was originally built on and around, and later converted into a
Public houses
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There is now just one public house in Holt Park, The High Farm, adjacent to the shopping centre, is situated in the old farm buildings and won awards when converted into a pub in the 1970s. The High Farm pub was formerly tied to Hull based brewery North Country Breweries and latterly the Mansfield Brewery. It has a function room in an original barn with beams dating back to the 16th century.
Transport
Holt Park has bus services operated by
The Route 6 "Sky Blue Line" (formerly the 96 "Sky Line") bus service runs through
Route 940 (operated by Connexionsbuses) also runs from the shopping centre to Otley, via Bramhope and Pool-in-Wharfedale.
Routes 31 and 32 operate from Holt Park Shopping Centre to Horsforth Green on circular routes. These are run by Squarepeg Buses.
All buses are governed by West Yorkshire Metro (and The West Yorkshire Combined Authority).
The nearest railway station to Holt Park is
Location grid
Gallery
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A bus outside the Asda Supermarket at Holt Park
References
External links
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- "HoltParkToday.com". Retrieved 11 August 2011. An independent community driven website that provides local news, events and information to those living in Holt Park and the surrounding areas
- "The Ancient Parish of Adel". GENUKI. Retrieved 29 October 2007. Holt Park was in this parish