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The Dale Parks from Moseley Wood area
The Dale Parks from Moseley Wood area

Cookridge is an outer suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a mixture of suburban, twentieth-century private housing and a small amount of council housing bordering Tinshill. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 892 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The Dale Parks area of Cookridge, Leeds seen from the Moseley Woods area, Summer 2002. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 892 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The Dale Parks area of Cookridge, Leeds seen from the Moseley Woods area, Summer 2002. ... , Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. ... Coat of Arms of South Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, that has a population of 2. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the Queen. See also Proposed English National Anthems. ... Cheap, safe, housing owned by the British Government. ... Tinshill (pronounced Tins-hill) is a district 7 km (4 miles) north of Leeds City Centre. ...


Traces of a Roman road exist between Cookridge and Bramhope. Motto Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Roman Empire at its greatest extent. ... Bramhope is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, just to the north of Leeds itself area. ...


Apart from a few farms, the original part of the area was developed as Cookridge Village in the 1930s and was developed by a number of local builders. In the 1950s and 1960s an ancient wood called Moseley Wood, which in the Middle Ages was famous all over England for the footpaths through out it, was developed into a large private housing estate. In the 1970s further land between Tinshill Road and Green Lane was developed to create the area known locally as 'The Dale Parks'.


Cookridge Hall is a grand building which was formerly a stately home and is now a leisure club with a golf course. [1]


Cookridge is also home to two sports clubs, Cookridge Cricket Club and Old Modernians Sports Club which has Football, Rugby and Cricket Teams of different standards.


Cookridge Hospital [2] (which is actually nearer to Horsforth than it is to Cookridge) specialises in the treatment of cancer but these facilities are due to be transferred to other hospitals in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Town Street,Horsforth Horsforth is a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ...


Near Cookridge Hospital is Tinshill, whose water-tower is at one of the highest points in Leeds - 690 feet (227 metres) above sea level, some 8 feet higher than Leeds Bradford Airport, the highest airport in the UK. Near Tinshill water-tower is Tinshill BT Tower (also known as Cookridge Tower), a prominent landmark. Tinshill (pronounced Tins-hill) is a district 7 km (4 miles) north of Leeds City Centre. ... , Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. ... Leeds Bradford International Airport (IATA airport code: LBA, ICAO airport code: EGNM) is located between the cities of Leeds and Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. ... Tinshill BT Tower is a telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete at the Cookridge area of Leeds. ...


Cookridge has one famous son: Nick Hodgson, drummer for the Kaiser Chiefs. Nicholas David James Hodgson (born October 20, 1977) is the drummer of English indie-rock band Kaiser Chiefs. ... Kaiser Chiefs are an English band from Leeds. ...


Nearby places include Adel, Holt Park, Tinshill, Horsforth, Bramhope, Moor Grange and Ireland Wood Adel is a wealthy area north of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Holt Park is a low-rise, 1970s estate on the northern edge of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Tinshill (pronounced Tins-hill) is a district 7 km (4 miles) north of Leeds City Centre. ... Town Street,Horsforth Horsforth is a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Bramhope is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, just to the north of Leeds itself area. ... Moor Grange Estate was built in Leeds in the 1950s on recliamed farm land from Old Farm. It was originally owned by the local council, and was leased by the council to tennants as a council estate. ... Ireland Wood is a small council estate on the edge of West Park in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ...


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Cookridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (171 words)
Cookridge is an outer suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Cookridge Hall is a grand building which was formerly a stately home and is now a leisure club and golf course.
Cookridge also has a famous son Nick Hodgson who is drummer for the Kaiser Chiefs.
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