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…
Tickets are now available for this Heritage Open Days event, brought to you by Oakwood Film Academy with the support of The Friends of Roundhay Park. You will see two short films: Game Changer & The Roundhay Park 150 anniversary celebration. There will be an opportunity for Q&A with the film makers and the whole…
Summer Bands in Leeds Parks are returning. Unlike previous years, there won’t be a printed brochure for the 2025 series, so please follow the link for updates: https://www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/summer-bands-2025/
Girls from the Al Kauthar Academy in Leeds joined our monthly litter pick today. We had a very successful morning, collecting over 35 bags of rubbish. Thank you to all that attended.
Scott Pullen’s fun fairs are back in Roundhay Park for the bank holiday week.
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