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Harehills Parade from Roundhay Road

Harehills is an inner-city area of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, situated between Burmantofts and Gipton, and adjacent to Chapeltown, characterised by its streets of dense, back-to-back terraced housing. The area is home to a large south Asian community. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Burmantofts is an area of 1960s high-rise housing blocks in inner-city east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England adjacent to the city centre and St. ... Oak Tree Drive, Gipton, West Yorkshire. ... Chapeltown is an inner-city suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and is the centre of the citys British Afro-Caribbean community. ... Back-to-back houses are a form of terraced house, common in Victorian English inner city areas, in which two houses share a rear wall (or in which the rear wall of the house directly abuts a factory or other building). ...


Despite many perceptions of the area, Harehills is not all bad, with many clean and well kept streets.


In 2001 the area was home to rioting after an Asian man was arrested by police. This followed riots earlier that summer in south Asian communities in Oldham and Bradford. For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... The larger City of Bradford Metropolitan District includes other settlements in the surrounding area. ...


Harehills is centred around Harehills Parade, a lively shopping district at the junction of Roundhay Road, Harehills Lane and Harehills Road by the former Fforde Greene public house.


One of the interesting features of Harehills is the Masjid it is one of a few purpose built mosques in the UK. A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ...


IMPaCT is a community partnership which aims to improve the Chapeltown and Harehills areas.


External links

  • IMPaCT Community Website
  • BBC Guide to Harehills
  • Appeal after take-away shooting

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History of St Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, Harehills, Leeds, Yorkshire. (829 words)
Harehills in 1890 was almost a sheer expanse of agricultural land-a mere place-name on the outskirts of Leeds.
When the need of a school at Harehills became urgent and children were in danger of losing the Faith, the Canon A. Collingwood, Vicar General of the Diocese seized the opportunity of fulfilling a long cherished ambition-to build a Church and School dedicated to the Apostle of England.
The recessed main entrance from Harehills Road is approached by a wide flight of steps and on a corbel immediately over the main entrance is a stone figure of St. Augustine, his hand raised in Benediction.
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