Halton Moor
Encyclopedia
Halton Moor is a district of east Leeds
, West Yorkshire
, England
, located around three miles east of Leeds city centre
and is close to the A63
. It is situated between Killingbeck
to the north, Temple Newsam
to the south, Osmondthorpe
to the west and Halton
and Colton
to the east.
The area is mainly a council housing estate with approximately 1000 homes, made up of mainly semi-detached houses, with some detached houses, some terraced houses and some high rise blocks. Halton Moor lies entirely within the LS15 postcode, with Wyke Beck forming its western boundary.
Through the 1980s and 1990s, the estate suffered a period of decline. Although the estate benefited from estate action funding from 1989, by 2000 the decline was so marked that a committee of MPs
recommended the estate for demolition and reconstruction. However, following substantial intervention on the estate, both through renovation of the housing stock and selective demolition of harder to let properties, the estate is now seen as having good scope for continuing regeneration.
and Leeds City Centre. The western boundary of Halton Moor is marked by Wyke Beck, a tributary of the River Aire
which rises in Roundhay Park
and discharges into the River Aire at Rothwell
.
The estate is laid out around Coronation Parade, a central boulevard running east to west. Several roads running broadly north to south following the contours of the hillside, while at the centre of the estate is a relatively large open greenspace. Subsequently, substantial traffic calming
including the installation of speed cushions
and bumps
, chicanes and selective road closures have been introduced on the estate to reduce the level of joyriding. To the north of the Halton Moor Estate but forming part of Halton Moor as a whole is the Sutton Park Estate, an older housing estate built by the William Sutton Housing Trust
and now part of the Affinity Sutton housing association
. In 2011, construction of 54 new homes including a number built to the German 'passivhaus' standard for low energy development was completed.
Halton Moor combined with the Wykebecks in Osmondthorpe has a population of around 6,233 people. 5.43% of the population is from a BME background, around half the proportion for Leeds as a whole. The area has higher than average levels of benefit claimants and worklessness, though it compares favourably to Leeds as a whole for indicators around quality of housing and environment, and community safety.
parish of St Wilfrid, Halton, which is is a grade II* listed church built in 1939 at a cost of £11,700 and designed by A. Randall Wells
. The church is in the Arts and Crafts
style and still has many of the original fittings designed by Wells as well as contemporary art by Eric Gill
.
On the Halton Moor estate, the current Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church was opened in 1962. Until 2008, the church was not part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds, but was instead under the jurisdiction of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
, a French
Roman Catholic order. Corpus Christi has primary and secondary schools operated by the Diocese of Leeds associated with it.
of Leeds City Council
. Following the council elections of 2011 the ward is represented by two Labour
councillors and one Conservative
councillor.
Halton Moor is within the Leeds East
parliamentary constituency, represented by George Mudie
(Labour). Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)
for Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament constituency
since the European Parliament election, 2009
, are Godfrey Bloom
(UK Independence Party), Andrew Brons
(BNP
), Timothy Kirkhope
(Conservative), Linda McAvan
(Labour), Edward McMillan-Scott
(Liberal Democrat
), and Diana Wallis
(Liberal Democrat).
and philanthropist
Jimi Heselden
was born and brought up in Halton Moor.
The author and playwright Keith Waterhouse
moved to Halton Moor from Hunslet
, and attended Osmondthorpe School.
Simon Clifford
, the football coach and owner of Garforth Town A.F.C.
, taught for several years at Corpus Christi Catholic Primary school in Halton Moor.
The former Wales international footballer
Aubrey Powell
, who also played for Leeds United, Everton
and Birmingham City
lived for many years in Halton Moor following his retirement from football.
in which journalist Donal MacIntyre
focused on crime and delinquency in the area, particularly showing arson
on Bonfire Night
(during which police were attacked with fireworks), car theft, joyriding
.
Prior to the United Kingdom general elections of 2001
and 2005
, the author and journalist Sue Townsend
reported from Halton Moor for The Observer
, looking at the impact of a Labour Government on some of the most deprived areas in Leeds. The latter visit identified the improvements to the estate brought about by the regeneration efforts focused upon it.
The TV films Tina Goes Shopping and Tina Takes a Break, the first two parts of a trilogy including Mischief Night
directed by Penny Woolcock
were partly filmed on Halton Moor and using several actors from the area,> some of whom subsequently fell foul of the law in real life for activites depicted in the films.
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, located around three miles east of Leeds city centre
Leeds City Centre
Leeds city centre is the central business district of Leeds, England. It is within the Leeds Central parliamentary constituency, represented by Hilary Benn as MP since a by-election in 1999...
and is close to the A63
A63 road
The A63 is a major road in Yorkshire, England between Leeds and Hull.-Leeds – Howden:The route out to Selby is shadowed by the Leeds-Selby railway....
. It is situated between Killingbeck
Killingbeck
Killingbeck is a district of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England that is situated between Seacroft to the north, Cross Gates and Whitkirk to the east, Gipton to the west, Halton Moor to the south, Halton to the south east and Osmondthorpe to the south west. It blends in to the Cross Gates and...
to the north, Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam is a Tudor-Jacobean house with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
to the south, Osmondthorpe
Osmondthorpe
Osmondthorpe is a district of east Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, although it is considered part of the Halton Moor district.It is situated in the LS9 Leeds postcode area, two miles to the east of Leeds city centre between East End Park and Halton Moor.At the edge of Osmondthorpe lies the...
to the west and Halton
Halton, Leeds
Halton is a district of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, situated between Cross Gates to the north, Halton Moor to the west, Colton to the east and Whitkirk to the South. Temple Newsam lies directly south of the estate.-History:...
and Colton
Colton, Leeds
Colton is a district of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, situated between Cross Gates to the north, Halton and Halton Moor to the west, Whitkirk to the north-west and Austhorpe to the north-east...
to the east.
The area is mainly a council housing estate with approximately 1000 homes, made up of mainly semi-detached houses, with some detached houses, some terraced houses and some high rise blocks. Halton Moor lies entirely within the LS15 postcode, with Wyke Beck forming its western boundary.
History
Prior to the 20th century, Halton Moor was open land between Osmondthorpe, constructed in the late 19th Century, and the older village of Halton. The Halton Moor estate was built in the 1930s, one of several low-density housing estates in Leeds built to accommodate the growing population and to house people moved from the areas of high-density housing destroyed in the inner-city slum clearances.Through the 1980s and 1990s, the estate suffered a period of decline. Although the estate benefited from estate action funding from 1989, by 2000 the decline was so marked that a committee of MPs
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
recommended the estate for demolition and reconstruction. However, following substantial intervention on the estate, both through renovation of the housing stock and selective demolition of harder to let properties, the estate is now seen as having good scope for continuing regeneration.
Geography and demographics
Halton Moor was built as a low density garden suburb, one of several constructed in Leeds in the 1930s and 1940s. It is set on the side of a hill overlooking East End ParkEast End Park, Leeds
East End Park is an inner city area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Burmantofts to the north west, Harehills to the north east , Halton Moor to the east, Richmond Hill to the west and Cross Green to the south west...
and Leeds City Centre. The western boundary of Halton Moor is marked by Wyke Beck, a tributary of the River Aire
River Aire
The River Aire is a major river in Yorkshire, England of length . Part of the river is canalised, and is known as the Aire and Calder Navigation....
which rises in Roundhay Park
Roundhay Park
Roundhay Park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is one of the biggest city parks in Europe. It has over of parkland, lakes, woodland and gardens which are owned by Leeds City Council. The park is one of the most popular attractions in Leeds, nearly a million people visit each year...
and discharges into the River Aire at Rothwell
Rothwell
Rothwell is the name of several places in the United Kingdom:*Rothwell, Lincolnshire*Rothwell, Northamptonshire*Rothwell, West YorkshireRothwell is also the name of one place in Australia:*Rothwell, QueenslandIn names:...
.
The estate is laid out around Coronation Parade, a central boulevard running east to west. Several roads running broadly north to south following the contours of the hillside, while at the centre of the estate is a relatively large open greenspace. Subsequently, substantial traffic calming
Traffic calming
Traffic calming is intended to slow or reduce motor-vehicle traffic in order to improve the living conditions for residents as well as to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists. Urban planners and traffic engineers have many strategies for traffic calming...
including the installation of speed cushions
Speed cushion
Speed cushions are traffic calming devices designed as several small speed humps installed across the width of the road with spaces between them. They are generally installed in a series across a roadway resembling a split speed hump. The design of speed cushions forces cars to slow down as they...
and bumps
Speed bump
A speed bump is a speed-reducing feature of road design to slow traffic or reduce through traffic, via...
, chicanes and selective road closures have been introduced on the estate to reduce the level of joyriding. To the north of the Halton Moor Estate but forming part of Halton Moor as a whole is the Sutton Park Estate, an older housing estate built by the William Sutton Housing Trust
William Richard Sutton
William Richard Sutton was the founder of the UK's first door-to-door long distance parcel service and founder of the William Sutton housing trust.Born at London's Cheapside, he founded the business of Sutton and Co., general carriers in 1861...
and now part of the Affinity Sutton housing association
Housing association
Housing associations in the United Kingdom are independent not-for-profit bodies that provide low-cost "social housing" for people in housing need. Any trading surplus is used to maintain existing homes and to help finance new ones...
. In 2011, construction of 54 new homes including a number built to the German 'passivhaus' standard for low energy development was completed.
Halton Moor combined with the Wykebecks in Osmondthorpe has a population of around 6,233 people. 5.43% of the population is from a BME background, around half the proportion for Leeds as a whole. The area has higher than average levels of benefit claimants and worklessness, though it compares favourably to Leeds as a whole for indicators around quality of housing and environment, and community safety.
Religious sites
The whole of the Halton Moor estate is within the AnglicanChurch of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
parish of St Wilfrid, Halton, which is is a grade II* listed church built in 1939 at a cost of £11,700 and designed by A. Randall Wells
Randall Wells
Albert Randall Wells was an English architect who worked principally in the Arts and Crafts style.He was the son of an architect, Arthur Wells of Hastings...
. The church is in the Arts and Crafts
Arts and crafts
Arts and crafts comprise a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with one's hands and skill. These can be sub-divided into handicrafts or "traditional crafts" and "the rest"...
style and still has many of the original fittings designed by Wells as well as contemporary art by Eric Gill
Eric Gill
Arthur Eric Rowton Gill was a British sculptor, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement...
.
On the Halton Moor estate, the current Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church was opened in 1962. Until 2008, the church was not part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds, but was instead under the jurisdiction of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816 by Saint Eugene de Mazenod, a French priest born in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on August 1, 1782. The congregation was given recognition by Pope...
, a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Roman Catholic order. Corpus Christi has primary and secondary schools operated by the Diocese of Leeds associated with it.
Government
Halton Moor is within the Temple Newsam WardWards of the United Kingdom
A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...
of Leeds City Council
Leeds City Council
Leeds City Council is the local authority for the City of Leeds metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England.-History:The city council was established in 1974, with the first elections being held in advance in 1973...
. Following the council elections of 2011 the ward is represented by two Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
councillors and one Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
councillor.
Halton Moor is within the Leeds East
Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency)
Leeds East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
parliamentary constituency, represented by George Mudie
George Mudie
George Edward Mudie is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds East since 1992.-Early life:...
(Labour). Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
for Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament constituency
Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)
Yorkshire and the Humber is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :...
since the European Parliament election, 2009
European Parliament election, 2009
Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...
, are Godfrey Bloom
Godfrey Bloom
Godfrey Bloom is a Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber for the United Kingdom Independence Party...
(UK Independence Party), Andrew Brons
Andrew Brons
Andrew Henry William Brons is a British politician. Long active in far right politics in Britain, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber for the British National Party at the 2009 European Parliament election...
(BNP
British National Party
The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...
), Timothy Kirkhope
Timothy Kirkhope
Timothy John Robert Kirkhope is a British lawyer and politician, currently serving as Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber for the Conservative Party. After serving for ten years as Member of Parliament for Leeds North East, he was first elected to the European Parliament...
(Conservative), Linda McAvan
Linda McAvan
Linda McAvan is a British Labour Party politician, who is a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for Yorkshire and the Humber...
(Labour), Edward McMillan-Scott
Edward McMillan-Scott
Edward Hugh Christian McMillan-Scott is a British Member of the European Parliament and one of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament...
(Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
), and Diana Wallis
Diana Wallis
Diana Paulette Wallis is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is a Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber. Wallis was first elected in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 and in 2009....
(Liberal Democrat).
Notable people
The entrepreneurEntrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and philanthropist
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
Jimi Heselden
Jimi Heselden
James William "Jimi" Heselden OBE was a British entrepreneur. A former coal miner, Heselden made his fortune manufacturing the Hesco bastion barrier system. In 2010, he bought Segway Inc., maker of the Segway personal transport system. Heselden died in 2010 from injuries apparently sustained...
was born and brought up in Halton Moor.
The author and playwright Keith Waterhouse
Keith Waterhouse
Keith Spencer Waterhouse CBE was a novelist, newspaper columnist, and the writer of many television series.-Biography:Keith Waterhouse was born in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
moved to Halton Moor from Hunslet
Hunslet
Hunslet is an inner-city area in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is south east of the city centre and has an industrial past.Hunslet had many engineering companies based in the district, such as John Fowler & Co...
, and attended Osmondthorpe School.
Simon Clifford
Simon Clifford
Simon Darcy Clifford is an English football coach, and a businessman known for introducing Brazilian training techniques into the UK with his Brazilian Soccer Schools....
, the football coach and owner of Garforth Town A.F.C.
Garforth Town A.F.C.
Garforth Town Association Football Club are an English football team based in Garforth, West Yorkshire. They currently play in the Northern Premier League Division One North, the 8th level of the English football pyramid.-History:...
, taught for several years at Corpus Christi Catholic Primary school in Halton Moor.
The former Wales international footballer
Wales national football team
The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international...
Aubrey Powell
Aubrey Powell (footballer)
Aubrey Powell was a Welsh international footballer who played eight official matches for Wales, plus four wartime internationals....
, who also played for Leeds United, Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
and Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
lived for many years in Halton Moor following his retirement from football.
In the Media
Due to its decline through the 1980s and 1990s, Halton Moor has been the focus of a signficant degree of media attention, of which much has been bad. In 2008 this culminated in the area being one of the subjects of the television series CCTV CitiesCCTV Cities
CCTV Cities is a 2008 British television documentary program, produced and presented by journalist Donal MacIntyre. Each episode featured a British town or city. Leeds , Wigan, Edinburgh and London were all featured...
in which journalist Donal MacIntyre
Donal MacIntyre
Donal MacIntyre is an Irish investigative journalist, specialising in investigations, undercover operations and television exposés. His work is in the area of care homes for the elderly and the learning disabled...
focused on crime and delinquency in the area, particularly showing arson
Arson
Arson is the crime of intentionally or maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires...
on Bonfire Night
Guy Fawkes Night
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in England. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding...
(during which police were attacked with fireworks), car theft, joyriding
Joyride (crime)
To joyride is to drive around in a stolen car, boat, or other vehicle with no particular goal, a ride taken solely for pleasure.In English law, joyriding is not considered to be theft, because the intention to "permanently deprive" the owner of the vehicle cannot be proven...
.
Prior to the United Kingdom general elections of 2001
United Kingdom general election, 2001
The United Kingdom general election, 2001 was held on Thursday 7 June 2001 to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. It was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media, as the Labour Party was re-elected with another landslide result and only suffered a net loss of 6 seats...
and 2005
United Kingdom general election, 2005
The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....
, the author and journalist Sue Townsend
Sue Townsend
-Adrian Mole series:* The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ , her best selling book, and the best-selling new British fiction book of the 1980s.* The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole * The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole...
reported from Halton Moor for The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
, looking at the impact of a Labour Government on some of the most deprived areas in Leeds. The latter visit identified the improvements to the estate brought about by the regeneration efforts focused upon it.
The TV films Tina Goes Shopping and Tina Takes a Break, the first two parts of a trilogy including Mischief Night
Mischief night (film)
Mischief Nights is a British comedy film released in 2006. It is the third installment of the Tina Trilogy following on from Tina Goes Shopping and Tina Takes a Break . However, unlike the previous two Channel 4 films Mischief Night broadens its scope to consider the wider community that Tina...
directed by Penny Woolcock
Penny Woolcock
Penny Woolcock is a British filmmaker, opera director, and screenwriter. She was raised in a British community in Montevideo, speaking English and going to English schools...
were partly filmed on Halton Moor and using several actors from the area,> some of whom subsequently fell foul of the law in real life for activites depicted in the films.