Beckett Park

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Beckett Park is an area of and a large park in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It borders on to Headingley, West Park and Kirkstall.

Queenswood Drive, the main thoroughfare through the district, runs from the south at Kirkstall Lane and continues right up to Spen Lane on the edge of West Park, The lengh of this road is just under 1 mile. This is where Leeds 6 (LS6) meets Leeds 16 (LS16) postal districts.

The park stretches from Queenswood Drive to the West and Batcliffe Mount to the East. St Chads Drive to the North and Langdale Terrace to the South. It also encompasses the Beckett Park School, a children's park and a new skater park and tennis courts. It is home to the Leeds Metropolitan University Headingley Campus, which includes Carnegie College (formerly known as the Beckett Park Campus.)

Located in the wood near to the campus is a monument to Queen Victoria's visit to the Leeds Town Hall in the year 1852.

It has one pub called the Duttons Arms and a Working Mens social club called the Queenswood Social Club. It has one school called the Beckett Park Junior Mixed and Infant School. As well as a children's private nursery and a local library

There are also local shops, a post office, a hair salon and a pizza takeaway in this area. Among other attractions to this area there are extensive woodlands and nature trails, with great views of nearby areas of Leeds.

[edit] Location Grid

	North: West Park
West: Kirkstall	Beckett Park	East: Far Headingley
	South: Headingley