Scott Hall, Leeds

Guided bus on Scott Hall Road

Scott Hall is a suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, adjacent to Chapeltown and Meanwood. The suburb falls within the Moortown ward of Leeds Metropolitan Council. It is made up largely of council housing and has an industrial past, with a number of disused factories to the west in Meanwood Valley.

Location

The A61 road between Leeds and Harrogate is the main thoroughfare known as Scott Hall Road, served by First buses 7/7A/7S.[1] It has a sports centre which was refurbished at a cost of £500,000 in 2009,[2][3][4] and student accommodation.[5] There is a guided bus route along Scott Hall Road, which has given rise to some controversy.[6] Scott Hall Oval is used by the Caribbean Cricket Club.[7] Part of the Leeds Half Marathon course goes through Scott Hall Road.[8]

History

Medical centre and sports centre at junction of Scott Hall Road and Potternewton Lane

The sports field at the junction between Scott Hall Road and Potternewton Lane used to be part of Scott Hall Farm.[9] Scott Hall Farm itself, at Scott Hall Street, Buslingthorpe, LS7, is a Grade II listed building but was on the Heritage at Risk list, being described as "vulnerable through neglect and decay" in 2009.[10] Bronte House was a large building for single women, built in the 1930s at the junction of Buslingthorpe Lane and Scott Hall Drive.[11] The PHAB club, which assists disabled people to enjoy life alongside able-bodied friends, started at the Prince Philip Centre in Scott Hall Avenue in 1970.[12]

The cul-de-sac Scott Hall Square suffered increasing levels of burglary and other crimes from the mid-90s. The situation eventually became so severe that the city council decided to purchase and demolish all houses in the street. Two of the Yorkshire Ripper's victims lived just a few doors from each other in Scott Hall Avenue. They were his first victim, Wilma McCann, and his fifth, Jayne MacDonald.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Metro". Website front page. 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Leeds Online". Scott Hall Sports Centre. 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Leeds Live It Love It". Scott Hall Leisure Centre. 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Networks". Scott Hall Leisure Centre Refurb. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "StudentStreet.co.uk". Scott Hall. October 2009. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  6. ↑ "Light Rail Transit Association - UK Development Group". Park & Ride, a doubtful response in Leeds. March 2001. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "Caribbean Cricket Club". Club page. 2001. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "Leeds half marathon" (PDF). Route description. 10 May 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "Scott Hall Farm (archive photo c. 1900)". Leodis. c. 1900. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "Leeds Civic Trust" (PDF). Heritage at risk. 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  11. ↑ "Archive photo of Bronte House". Leodis. 1930s. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  12. ↑ "The Prince Philip PHAB club in Leeds". PHAB. 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  13. ↑ "Jayne MacDonald". Yorkshire Ripper history. Retrieved 15 March 2010.

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