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Hyde Park is an inner-city residential area of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, situated between the University of Leeds and Headingley. It sits in the Headingley and Hyde Park ward of Leeds City Council. The area is in the centre of the city's student community, being next to Headingley, another large student community.
[3] [4] In 2020, it was described as the second most socio-economically deprived area in Leeds. [5] [6] Earlier in 2024, Leeds Children’s Services had presented claims to family court that a baby had been injured, and that the family might attempt to take the children out of the country. The judge ruled that the children should be taken into ...
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Throughout its history Leeds has had several riots, often recurring in the same areas. [citation needed] Below is a list of recorded riots that have taken place. [1]The most famous of these is perhaps the 1981 Chapeltown riot, [citation needed] which took place the same time as riots in London (), Birmingham and Liverpool ().
Headingley is in the Leeds Central and Headingley constituency. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Alex Sobel (Labour Party) who has represented the area since the 2017 general election. The ward of Headingley and Hyde Park has two Labour councillors, Abdul Hannan and Jonathan Pryor and one Green councillor, Tim Goodall.
The Brudenell Social Club is a live music venue and social club in Hyde Park, Leeds, England. [4] While being a social enterprise, it retains the "community atmosphere of its origins as a working men's club".
Woodhouse Moor is an open space approximately one mile (1.6 km) from Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England.Today it consists of 3 parts: a formal park, Woodhouse Moor (often referred to as Hyde Park - see below), of around 26 hectares in area [1] on the west of Woodhouse Lane (the A660), and two other open areas on the east of it.
Hyde Park Picture House was designed by architects Thomas Winn & Sons in 1906. [1] It was originally built for Leeds hotel businessman Henry Child, who owned The Mitre hotel in Leeds City Centre, however Leeds Corporation repeatedly rejected his application to transfer his license to his proposed new hotel, The Paragon, and the building was therefore modified to become Brudenell Road Social ...