Fearnville

Coordinates: 53°49′00″N 1°29′13″W / 53.81659°N 1.48702°W / 53.81659; -1.48702

Fearnville
Fearnville Leisure Centre
Fearnville  Fearnville shown within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE331373
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEEDS
Postcode district	LS8
Dialling code	0113
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Leeds East
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Fearnville is a small area of Leeds which has boundaries with Roundhay, Seacroft, Oakwood, Gipton and Harehills. Fearnville is commonly described as being part of Roundhay or Oakwood, although it is classed as being in the Killingbeck and Seacroft ward.

Fearnville Leisure Centre

Fearnville Leisure Centre, off of Oakwood Lane, is a fitness/leisure centre commonly used by residents from Fearnville and the surrounding areas. It offers a variety of facilities, such as swimming, gym and football.^[1] There is a crown green bowling club on the grounds.^[2]

Gipton Gala

The Fearnville Leisure Centre playing fields are the location of the annual Gipton Gala^[3]. The Gipton Gala is a local festival, similar to the Leeds West Indian Carnival, but on a much more minor scale. Usually, a procession starts at Gipton fire station on the morning of the gala, and makes its way to Fearnville Leisure Centre. There have been fears in the past for the future of the carnival when there were talks in 2009 of closing Fearnville Leisure Centre, which would mean the location of the gala being lost. ^[4] However, in 2010, there has been serious concern for the years gala, because of a group of travellers that set up a group of caravans on the fields a few weeks before the gala was set to happen^[5]. This is the first time, since the gala was reintroduced to locals, that there has been talk of cancelling the gala. However, they were moved off of the fields used for the gala by West Yorkshire Police on Monday 6th July 2010.

Fearnville Hall

Fearnville Hall (sometimes referred to as Fearnville House) is a small country house, located off of Dib Lane, behind a row of houses on Dib Lane and the adjacent Fearnville Crescent. Fearnville Hall is a Grade 2 listed building, built in the early 19th century. The building is a two-story house, made with grit stone and ashlar with a slate roof. Currently, Fearnville Hall is in a very poor state of repair. The grounds of the house are open through the driveway off of Dib Lane, apart from part of a tree trunk placed in the driveway to try to deter fly tippers from using the ground. The grounds being open has meant that there has been much vandalism caused to the building, which has resulted in many of the windows and doors being covered with metal sheets.^[6]

Amenities

Dib Lane is the main shopping parade in Fearnville. This shopping parade is split into two parts by houses and a pub, The Grange. The Grange pub is built on the site of an old manor house, and was named after the manor house, which sometimes causes people to confuse Fearnville Hall with The Grange. Dib Lane consists of many shops and takeaways, as well as a veterinary surgery, pharmacy and hair dressers. There is also a small shopping parade opposite Fearnville Leisure Centre which mainly consists of takeaways. On the boundary of Fearnville and Oakwood/Roundhay, there is a Co-op supermarket and small shopping parade as well as a McDonald's.

References

1. ^ "Fearnville leisure centre". Leeds.gov.uk. http://www.leeds.gov.uk/page.aspx?pageidentifier=718B7ED87428B8B680256E1A00385E78. Retrieved 2010-06-22. 
2. ^ United Kingdom (2007-03-21). "Fearnville Crown Green Bowling Club". Bowlsclub.org. http://bowlsclub.org/club/7860/. Retrieved 2010-06-22. 
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6. ^ "Microsoft Word - Heritage at Risk.doc" (PDF). http://www.leedscivictrust.org.uk/files/leedscivic/HARFearnvilleHall_3.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-22.