Moving to Leeds

[ilovebrie8]

Thinking of moving to Leeds, saw some lovely new build houses in seacroft area...anyone know what it is like? Thanks

@heart80s I’ll scrub Bramley from my list...I thought it sounded nice the name ..

Avoid Beeston, Bramley, Holbeck (has the only legalised red light area in uk), also avoid Seacroft, Chapel Town, Little London, Belle Isle, Burmontofts, Harehills,

I recall that Hunslet and Middleton weren't that great either.

Okay @Monkeytapper thanks so much ...that’s very helpful to know...oh my a legalised red light area 😟. They are a no no then the ones you’ve listed I’ve started a list on paper

Avoid Seacroft. Cross Gates is better.

Leeds.....architecturally, is the ugliest city in Britain.

We used to live in Rothwell and loved it. Close to m1, m62 and wakefield and only a 15 min car journey/ bus ride into Leeds city centre. Lots of nice green areas close by too.

Roundhay,Chapel Allerton, Pudsey, Morley, Garforth, East Arsdley, Calverley are all fine.

And as pp said, Middleton and Hunslet not so great

Garforth is great for commuting with two train stations and a few different bus routes. Family live there and it seems like it'd be a nice place to live.

Rothwell, Pudsey, Morley, Garforth, East Arsdley. A lot of people on here .....who have made sure, they don't actually live in Leeds themselves. Why is that then ?

Thanks @Monkeytapper !

@tanguero what is your problem? OP asked for advice on where to live or not live and your on here sprouting shit?

@ilovebrie8 it was on the main road 'Leeds and Bradford road.' Near the Glenlea surgery which incidentally were the most amazing drs! But you couldn't pay me to live in bramley again. Join 'Leeds face' on Facebook

@14down I’ll look on Facebook for that group. Sounds awful bet you are glad you got away from Bramley ...that’s definitely off my list ! Don’t want our car torched ...

We'll tell you when you get here.
'Interesting' Leeds fact the Saxon suffix -ley means clearing in a forest - so lots of the original places date to then - if you plot the names of the places ending in -ley from say tingley and east Ardsley in the south -
to Otley and Ilkley in the north you can see where the woodlands were. Also the origin of ley lines that are supposed to run through Leeds.

@tanguero Well for me I was trying to hold on to some veil of anonymity (in conjunction with my answers to other threads) but since you're so full of suspicion I actually lived 20 years in Garforth before moving some years ago. Family still live there. I said it seems like it'd be a nice place to live because it is.

Happy now? I suspect others respondents may have been equally deliberately vague for reasons of anonymity

OP, if you have any questions about that area specifically I'll do my best but it's been a while since I left now

@ilovebrie8 if you want an amusing story, the 'memories of bramley' Facebook page changed its name to crimes in bramley because of the amount of crime being reported. We don't live in Leeds anymore but I don't miss bramley

@tanguero

Rothwell, Pudsey, Morley, Garforth, East Arsdley. A lot of people on here .....who have made sure, they don't actually live in Leeds themselves. Why is that then ?

I don't understand what your point is? That those places aren't Leeds?

I would have considered Pudsey as Leeds. It is nearer to the city centre than Guiseley.

Pudsey is in Leeds it's an LS28 postcode.

All those places are within the boundaries Leeds City Council. Not everyone wants to live in a city centre!

Yep I would class anywhere with a LS postcode as Leeds! If OP made a thread called 'moving to Seacroft' it never would have got as many replies as it's only a small area.

Farsley has a train station so trains to centre would get you there in 12min. Horsforth too but your money will go further in Farsley. Farsley also has lots going for it in terms of pubs, cafes and even art galleries.

@Dailywalk I’ll look at Farsley sounds ideal if it has a train station as buses to town centre will be a lot longer. Thanks