Scott Hall is a suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, adjacent to Chapeltown and Meanwood. It is made up largely of council housing and has an industrial past, with a number of disused factories to the west in Meanwood Valley.
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The A61 road between Leeds and Harrogate is the main thoroughfare known as Scott Hall Road, served by First buses.[1] It has a sports centre which was refurbished at a cost of £500,000 in 2009,[2][3][4] and student accommodation.[5] There is a guided bus route along Scott Hall Road, which has given rise to some controversy.[6] Scott Hall Oval is used by the Caribbean Cricket Club.[7] Part of the Leeds Half Marathon course goes through Scott Hall Road.[8]
The sports field at the junction between Scott Hall Road and Potternewton Lane used to be part of Scott Hall Farm.[9] Scott Hall Farm itself, at Scott Hall Street, Buslingthorpe, LS7, is a Grade II listed building but was on the Heritage at Risk list, being described as "vulnerable through neglect and decay" in 2009.[10] Bronte House was a large building for single women, built in the 1930s at the junction of Buslingthorpe Lane and Scott Hall Drive.[11] The PHAB club, which assists disabled people to enjoy life alongside able-bodied friends, started at the Prince Philip Centre in Scott Hall Avenue in 1970.[12]
The cul-de-sac Scott Hall Square suffered increasing levels of burglary and other crimes from the mid-90s. The situation eventually became so severe that the city council decided to purchase and demolish all houses in the street. Two of the Yorkshire Ripper's victims lived just a few doors from each other in Scott Hall Avenue. They were his first victim, Wilma McCann, and his fifth, Jayne MacDonald.[13]