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Doris's mural has been created by artist Alexandra Elstone
26th September 2025
2 mins read

New Murals Celebrate Leeds’ Sporting Heroes

Vibrant new murals honouring some of Leeds’s greatest sporting heroes, past and present, have been unveiled in communities across the city. Created by talented local artists, the striking artworks celebrate the achievements of athletes ranging from a record-breaking swimmer to a Paralympic legend. Each mural’s subject was selected by a panel of volunteers working…
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Councillor Jess Lennox, Leeds City Council’s executive member for housing, at Doris Storey House.
26th September 2025
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New Council Housing Development Honours Leeds Swimming Champion Doris Storey

A new council housing scheme in Seacroft is delivering high-quality affordable homes while also celebrating the legacy of a local sporting hero. The Leeds City Council development on Brooklands Avenue has transformed a former brownfield site into a community of 25 one-bedroom apartments alongside eight two and three-bedroom houses. In a special tribute, the…
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Specialist artists, Robert Woodland MBE and Debra Miller of The Upright Gilders
1st September 2023
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Pipes fit for a Queen as organ’s golden years return

More than 160 years ago, they made their glittering debut during a right royal performance attended by Queen Victoria. Now the magnificent decorative pipes of Leeds Town Hall’s stunning organ are being restored to their former glory as part of a once in a lifetime renewal project. Specialist artists Robert Woodland MBE and Debra…
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Temple Newsam Home Farm
1st September 2023
3 mins read

Rare Breed Conservation Experts at Temple Newsam Home Farm

A pop-up event at Temple Newsam Home Farm, Leeds, on Saturday 2nd September will give visitors the chance to talk with conservation experts and meet one of the UK’s rarest native sheep breeds. Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) and the Foundation for Common Land will show some of Temple Newsam Home Farms’ rare Whitefaced…
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On the Pitch, Off the Pitch
18th August 2023
2 mins read

Street art project aims to honour city’s unsung sports stars

Wall to play for as street art project aims to honour city’s unsung sports stars. The city’s unsung sporting heroes are set to be honoured through eye-catching new street art as part of an inspiring project to bring Leeds’s glory days to life. ‘On the Pitch, Off the Pitch’ will see five new murals…
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Leeds Town Hall's magnificent Victoria Hall
26th November 2021
2 mins read

Key moment as historic Leeds Town Hall organ pipes down for major revamp

Expert engineers have literally been pulling out all the stops this week as work to secure the future of Leeds Town Hall’s historic organ finally started. The once-in-a-lifetime project, which technicians say is among the biggest the country has ever seen, will see the huge instrument carefully deconstructed and then rebuilt and reconfigured, 163…
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Leeds Town hall organ recital
1st October 2021
2 mins read

Historic Leeds Town Hall project gets important funding boost

An important heritage project to protect and restore Leeds Town Hall’s stunning Victoria Hall has received a major funding boost this week. The National Lottery Heritage Fund has pledged a grant of £249,810 toward the scheme, which will restore the main decorative features of the magnificent performance space, including the impressive facade of the…
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