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We are once again, very proud to be hosting The IRONMAN Leeds 2026 takes place on Sunday 16th August. As England’s only full-distance IRONMAN, the event features a 2.4-mile lake swim in Waterloo Lake, a 112-mile bike course through the Yorkshire Dales, and a 26.2-mile marathon run course centred around the park. As one of…

Saturday 19 September • 2 PM – 3 PM Come along to a free screening of three short films produced by Oakwood File Academy, brought to you with support from The Friends of Roundhay Park. This event, for Heritage Open Days 2026, has been organised by Oakwood Film Academy in co-operation with The Friends of…

To celebrate Leeds 400 – the commemoration of 400 years since Leeds received it’s first royal charter from King Charles I – a series of creative walking workshops will be running to celebrate the beauty of Roundhay Park. Led by Bryony Aitchison and Marilou Chagnaud, this one-hour workshop (11:00am / 12:30pm / 2:00pm) invites you to pay close…

The inaugural Roundhay Festival in our beautiful park takes place on Friday 3rd, Saturday 4th, and Sunday 5th July. For those of you planning to attend, it is looking like a fantastic line-up with something for everyone’s musical tastes. Preparations for the festival began on Wednesday 17th June with work operations taking place between the…

The first concert of the season was held in Canal Gardens, Roundhay Park on Sunday 14th June. Despite a loss of power in our 2nd half the band put on a spirited performance to a very appreciative and generous crowd at the Canal Gardens in Roundhay. They raised £438 for The Stroke Association. Their next…

REAP are looking for volunteers to help us plant our new Roundhay Hedgerow and Orchard! REAP have been successful in securing funding from the Tree Council funded by Network Rail for our Roundhay Hedgerow. The hedgerow will be planted around the Roundhay Allotment boundary located on Old Park Road and Lidgett Park Lane, adjacent to…

In November 2023 REAP set up a citizen science project to monitor, record and report on water quality in Roundhay Park.  This work was initially funded by a grant from Change X which paid for a subscription, training and testing kits from Freshwater Watch.  In year 2 the project was funded by REAP and FORP with further…

Dave Sellers, a member of the Oakwood Film Academy, has made an interesting short documentary film about water quality in Leeds. This includes the work that local groups (Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods and REAP/FoRP) are doing to monitor water quality in two separate areas of North East Leeds.  You can watch the film here Filming with…