Moortown, West Yorkshire

Moortown is a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a civil parish and electoral ward in the north of the city. It is situated between Roundhay and Brackenwood on the east and Weetwood on the west, with Chapel Allerton to the south, and Alwoodley to the north.

Definition

The suburb is around the junction of the (North-South) Harrogate Road A61 road and the Leeds Outer Ring Road (A6120) (West-East), at that point called the Moortown Ring Road, and overlooked by a Water Tower. However, the council ward boundary is the Ring Road, with properties to the North now being in the Alwoodley ward. The Church of England parish includes areas north of the Ring Road. A set of woods north and south of the Ring Road and by the water tower are called the "Moortown Plantation".

Moortown Corner

Moortown Corner is the junction between Street Lane and Harrogate Road, a local shopping area and geographical reference. The building known as the Corner House was built as a cinema (1938-1940), ballroom and restaurant but now contains a casino and shops. It is home to large Marks and Spencer Simply Food supermarket, serving the wealthy North Leeds population. Branches of The Leeds Building Society, Yorkshire Bank and Halifax can also be found at Moortown Corner.

Moortown Corner is served by First Leeds service 2 and 3, which are represented red on the 10-minute frequency Overground network. Less regularly, services 35, 38, 45, 46 and 47 run through Moortown Corner. Harrogate & District service 36 also serves Moortown Corner between Central Leeds and Harrogate every 20 minutes.

Religions

Moortown has longstanding Jewish and Roman Catholic communities, with schools and places of worship for both these groups. There are secular schools as well. Moortown and neighbouring Alwoodley are the centre of the Leeds Jewish Community.

St Gemmas Hospice

Moortown is home to [http://www.st-gemma.co.uk/ St Gemma's Hospice] . This is situated to the south of Moortown Corner on Harrogate Road. St Gemmas Hospice have many charity shops around Leeds, assisting funding for the hospice, with branches in Wetherby, Otley, Moor Grange, Guiseley, Horsforth, Alwoodley, Roundhay, Oakwood, Cross Gates, Halton, Beeston, Pudsey and Morley. Outside of the City of Leeds there is also a branch in Ilkley. [http://www.st-gemma.co.uk/shops/location1.htm]

port

There is a Rugby Union football club. [http://www.moortown-gc.co.uk/ Moortown golf club] hosted the 1929 Ryder Cup, but is well North of the Ring Road and is now in the Alwoodley ward.

External links

* [http://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2004113_37865847 Moortown Corner House 2003, Leodis Photographic Archive]
* [http://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=5123 Moortown Corner 1950, with tram tracks along Street Lane, Leodis Photographic Archive]
* [http://www.leeds.gov.uk/fol/fol_11.html Moortown Plantation, Forest of Leeds]
*cite web |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Leeds/index.html |title=The Ancient Parish of Leeds |publisher=GENUKI Historical and genealogical resource for area including Moortown

chools

* [http://www.allertongrange.leedslearning.org/ Allerton Grange High School]
* [http://www.cardinalheenan.leeds.sch.uk/ Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School]
* [http://www.carrmanorhighschool.co.uk/ Carr Manor High School]
* [http://www.carrmanor-pri.leeds.sch.uk/ Carr Manor Primary School]
* [http://www.immaculate-heart-of-mary.leeds.sch.uk/ Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School]
* [http://www.moortownprimaryschool.co.uk/ Moortown Primary School]

Religion

* [http://www.immaculateheart.org.uk/ Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church]
* [http://www.moortownbaptist.org.uk/ Moortown Baptist Church]
* [http://www.leedsnemethodist.org.uk/Moortown.htm Moortown Methodist Church]
* [http://www.allnationscc.org/ All Nations Community Church]
* [http://www.sinaisynagogue.org.uk/ Sinai Synagogue, Roman Avenue, Moortown]