Horsforth Hall Park

Horsforth Hall Park is a green space, 3 hectares in size, and can be found 6-miles north west of Leeds city.

Friends of Hall Park

The Friends of Hall Park group are a bunch of folk dedicated to supporting and enhancing the maintenance of the park green space. The group support community initiatives that emerge through the local networks, like the recent installation of a ‘natter bench’ to tackle isolation. For more information head to Leeds City Council ‘friends of’ page.

Walking

If you like to keep it simple then a circular walk of the park perimetre clocks a good mile and a half. You can check this route out over at mypacer.

Walking is good, but walking and talking when you’ve got a lot going on in your life is even better. The importance of this has been recognised by NCT Leeds so much so that they put on regular walk and talk session for new mums. For the next NCT walk and talk session in Hall Park keep an eye out on the NCT Leeds website.

Running

The park is home to the Horsforth Harriers running club. They host and lead an absolute beginners to an advanced running section and aim to cater for all  abilities. You can join the club every Tuesday night from 7pm in the park at the cricket pavilion.

Cricket

On those sunny blue sky days nothing beats settling down on the grass with an ice cream to drift in and out of watching the small drama of a cricket match. The park is home of the Horsforth Hall Park Cricket Club – a community based cricket club that prioritise hosting family friendly events. It’s not a stuffy membership at this club! For their latest events and details of joining the cricket club check out their Facebook page.

Bowling Green

In the spring and summer months it’s a perfect opportunity to get involved in the bowls group that use the crown green pitch in the park. People are invited to sign up and play at their leisure. Or if you want to compete then you can join a singles and pairs league with the club.

Trim Trail

This trim trail has been installed for park visitors to direct their own exercise routine. Dotted all over the park this trim trail will get you moving in all directions, while working your core fitness. You can use high bars, parallel bars and benches amongst other workout stations to train the whole body.

Skate Park

A recent addition to the park has been the heavy duty and highly professional skate park. Located just behind the cricket club pavilion it offers budding young skaters the chance to exercise their skills on a scooter, BMX or skateboard. As one rider observed:  “it’s incredibly fun and a challenging skatepark that has a little bit of everything.” – one you won’t get bored of anytime soon.

Playground

One of the most inclusive features of this wonderful park is how the playground has been improved to allow both disabled and abled bodied children to play together. The outdoor play area includes a brilliant sandpit area and climbing structure call the ‘spiders web’. What’s more the play space is clean and organised in a way that your child will feel safe and contained under your supervision.

Japanese Garden

Over at the northern end of Hall Park is the Japanese Garden. Walking through this garden is like being transported to somewhere new. A large pond, with colourful koi carp splashing about, is the centre piece of this little piece of Eden. You’ll walk across the pond over a beautiful red arched bridge. Take a seat on the red wooden bench and appreciate the plants – camellias, acers, conifers and lots more. It’s a blissful escape.

Horsforth Food & Drink Festival

Every year the ever-popular Horsforth Food & Drink festival brings a carnival feel to the park. People love tucking into the street food stalls and drinks bars. You can wonder around eating and drinking while listening to live music or getting involved in the family friendly entertainment. There’s cookery classes, bouncy castles, and a fun fair. Dogs are also welcome too. For the latest information keep an eye on their Facebook Page.

Horsforth Family Fun Fair

Once a year between April-May over the bank holiday the park welcomes the family fun fair into town. It’s a jam packed weekend full of rides and activities. Only posters for this online – up to you whether you want to keep it with limited information?

Annual Dog Show

Every year the park welcomes the Annual Dog Show and Family Fun Day. Hosted by the voluntary group Animal Arkaid – a group of likeminded people that have been supporting neglected and abused animals since 2010. The dog show raises important funds for this cause. For the latest event info check out the Facebook event page.

Bandstand Concerts

The beautiful Victorian bandstand regularly plays host to live music events, in particular the brass band kind. There’s no dedicated place online for these event listings, so you’ll have to keep a tab of this yourself.

Horsforth was once classed as the largest village in England before it got consumed by the expansion of Leeds from the city centre, this accolade officially came to end in 1974.

Horsforth was an agricultural community as recent as 150-years ago. And in times before this it was known for producing top quality stone and textiles. In recent times the area has become a musical hub with lots of up and coming artists aiming to push music into the mainstream.

There are toilets in the park but these are not suitable for disabled access.

Picnic

The park comes with so much variety and open space it’s an ideal place to come and enjoy a picnic. Get in the shade or under the suns rays and enjoy some food and drink alfresco.

Fish and Chips

One of the more popular fish and chips in Leeds. If you are looking for some food on the go then head up to The Regent.

Restaurants

A little walk up from the eastern edge of the park into the high street of Horsforth is  Trattoria Ilforno – these guys are maestros in preparing fresh Italian pizza, pasta and dessert dishes.

If you don’t want to venture to far then the park actually has a restaurant in it. Towards the northern end near the car park is Ameen’s Indian restaurant – a divine dining experience is promised for curry lovers alike.

There are two disabled parking spaces in the main car park off Hall Lane. Park for free on-site in Horsforth Hall Car Park, postcode: LS18 5JY (Google Map Directions)

Entrances and paths are disability accessible.

Train

Jump on a train – every half hour – from Leeds station to Horsforth. From the station it’s just a 15-minute walk to Horsforth Hall Park.

Taxi

From the centre of Leeds it’s a 20-minute taxi ride.

Bus

If travelling by bus to Horsforth Hall Park the number 50 bus takes you within walking distance of the park entrance.