Tinshill
53°51′04″N 1°37′05″W / 53.851°N 1.618°W
Tinshill (pronounced Tins-hill) is a district of Leeds, 4 miles (7 km) north of Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Horsforth and Cookridge. When the estate was planned in the 1940s it was originally known as the 'Cookridge Tower Estate'.[1] The estate predated surrounding estates such as Ireland Wood and Moor Grange. Holt Park came many years later and provided many facilities such as an Asda supermarket, shopping centre, leisure centre and secondary school.
The area is mainly made up of former Leeds City Council housing although a growing number of the houses are now privately owned. It is near to the Tinshill BT Tower also known as the Cookridge Tower one of the highest points in the city. Horsforth railway station is closer to Tinshill than Horsforth; the station is on the Cookridge side of the Moseley beck.
Tinshill is predominantly made up of council housing. Around the same time as the construction of the Tinshill estate, many private houses were built in the area.(Leodis Photograph [1]) There are also many brick built council flats in the area built around a similar time.[2]
Tinshill (Working Mens Club) on Silk Mill Drive is the terminus of the First Leeds Overground route 19a bus route the "Pink Line". Route 6, the "Sky Blue Line" runs through Tinshill also. Route 19a from Tinshill runs via - Headingley Stadium - Leeds city centre - York Road - Colton Sainsbury's. Route 6 runs from Holt Park - Cookridge - Tinshill - Weetwood - Headingley - University of Leeds to Leeds City Bus Station.
References
- ^ "Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds - Display". leodis.net. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
- ^ "Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds - Display". leodis.net. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
External links
- "The Ancient Parish of Adel". GENUKI. Retrieved 2007-10-29. Tinshill was in this parish
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