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List of council high-rise apartment buildings in the City of Leeds

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This article lists existing and demolished council commissioned high-rise apartment buildings in the City of Leeds. High-rise being defined as being eight stories or more.

Armley

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Burnsall Court Theaker Lane, Armley 1963  
Existent Burnsall Croft Theaker Lane, Armley 1965  
Existent Burnsall Gardens Theaker Lane, Armley 1963  
Existent Burnsall Grange Theaker Lane 1966  
Exitant The Heights East Tong Road, Armley  
Existent The Heights West Tong Road, Armley  
Existent Westerly Croft Mistress Lane, Armley 1963  
Existent Westerly Rise Mistress Lane, Armley 1963  

Beckett Park

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Queenswood Court Queenswood Drive, Beckett Park 1963  
Existent Queenswood Heights Queenswood Drive, Beckett Park 1965  

Beeston

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Crescent Grange Dewsbury Road, Beeston  
Existent Crescent Towers Dewsbury Road, Beeston  

Bramley

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Gamble Hill Croft Gamble Hill Estate, Bramley 1968  
Existent Gamble Hill Grange Gamble Hill Estate, Bramley 1969  
Existent Poplar Court 1 Poplar Mount, Bramley 1964  
Existent Poplar Court 2 Poplar Mount, Bramley 1964  
Existent Poplar Mount 1 Poplar Mount, Bramley 1963  
Existent Poplar Mount 2 Poplar Mount, Bramley 1963  
Existent Rycroft Court Court Rycroft Avenue, Bramley  
Existent Rycroft Green Rycroft Avenue, Bramley  
Existent Rycroft Place Rycroft Avenue, Bramley  
Existent Rycroft Towers Swinnow Lane, Bramley  

Burley

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Marlborough Towers Duncombe Street, Leeds 1966  

Burmantofts

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Brignall Croft Gargrave Approach, Burmantofts 1966  
Existent Cromwell Heights Cromwell Street, Burmantofts  
Existent Ebor Gardens Flats (4 blocks) Ebor Gardens Estate  
Existent Naseby Grange Cromwell Street, Burmantofts  
Existent Gargrave Court Gargrave Approach, Burmantofts 1966  
Demolished Oxton Close Oxton Way, Burmantofts 10 storey T block with deck access. Part of a five block development of which only Torre Gardens and Torre Green exist. Demolished between 1987 and 2002.
Demolished Oxton Gardens Oxton Way, Burmantofts 10 storey T block with deck access. Part of a five block development of which only Torre Gardens and Torre Green exist. Demolished between 1987 and 2002.
Demolished Oxton Place Oxton Way, Burmantofts 10 storey T block with deck access. Part of a five block development of which only Torre Gardens and Torre Green exist. Demolished between 1987 and 2002.
Existent Scargill Grange Gargrave Approach, Burmantofts 1966  
Existent Torre Gardens Torre Road One of two remaining blocks of what was originally a five block development.
Existent Torre Green Torre Road One of two remaining blocks of what was originally a five block development.

Chapel Allerton

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Potternewton Heights Potternewton Lane, Chapel Allerton 1965   Built by George Wimpey

Cottingley

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Cottingley Heights Cottingley 1972  
Existent Cottingley Towers Cottingley 1972  

Farnley

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Whincover Grange Whincover Drive, Farnley  

Farsley

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Marsden Court Farsley  

Gipton

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Brecon Court Brecon Approach, Gipton  
Existent Briasdale Court Oak Tree Drive, Gipton  
Existent Briasdale Croft, Gipton Oak Tree Drive, Gipton  
Existent Gipton Gate East Gipton  
Existent Gipton Gate West Gipton  

Gledhow

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Gledhow Towers Brackenwood Drive, Gledhow  
Existent Lidget Towers Gledhow  

Halton Moor

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Lakeland Court Cartmel Drive, Halton Moor   Originally three blocks plus low rise four-storye blocks of maisonettes. These were demolished in the 1990s and Lakeland Court was reclad and the decks glazed in

Harehills

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Shakespeare Court Beckett Street, Harehills 1969  
Existent Shakespeare Grange Beckett Street, Harehills 1969  
Existent Shakespeare Towers Beckett Street, Harehills 1969  

Holbeck

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Demolished (2010) Gaitskell Flats (5 blocks) Holbeck Moor Road  
Existent Meynell Heights Meynell Approach, Holbeck 1966  

Ireland Wood

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Beevers Court Iveson Approach, Ireland Wood  

Killingbeck

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Demolished Highways flats (2 blocks) York Road, Killingbeck   Demolition proposed in 2021[1]

Manually demolished 2024

Kirkstall

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Grayston Crest Eden Mount, Kirkstall  
Existent Grayson Heights Eden Mount, Kirkstall  

Lincoln Green

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Lincoln Road Flats (8 blocks, 480 flats) Lincoln Road, Lincoln Gren 1958   Constructed by Shepherd Building Group to design by architect RAH Livett. Refurbished 2014–15 with red metalwork repainted turquoise.
Existent Roxby Close Beckett Street, Burmantofts 1959   Constructed by George Wimpey to design by architect RAH Livett.

Little London

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Carlton Croft Little London  
Existent Carlton Garth Little London  
Demolished (2010) Carlton Towers (flats 1-49) Little London  
Demolished (2010) Carlton Towers (flats 50–98) Little London
Existent Lovell Park Grange Lovell Park Road, Little London 1964  
Existent Lovell Park Heights Lovell Park Road, Little London 1964  
Existent Lovell Park Towers Lovell Park Road, Little London 1964  
Existent Oatlands Court Oatlands Court, Little London 1969  
Existent Oatlands Heights Oatlands Drive, Little London 1969  
Existent Oatlands Towers Oatlands Drive, Little London 1969  

Moor Alleron

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Leafield Towers King Lane, Moor Allerton  
Existent Scotland Wood Flats (3 blocks) Scotland Wood Road, Moor Allerton

Moor Grange

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Clayton Court Filingfir Drive, Moor Grange 1958  
Existent Clayton Grange Filingfir Drive, Moor Grange 1958   This block of flats was used in the filming of The Beiderbecke Affair
Existent Moor Grange Court Butcher Hill, Moor Grange 1958  

Saxton Gardens

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Saxton Gardens Flats (eight blocks) Marsh Lane, Leeds  

Seacroft

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Bailey Towers Bailey's Lane, Seacroft  
Existent Barncroft Court Boggart Hill Drive, Seacroft 1962  
Existent Barncroft Grange Boggart Hill Drive, Seacroft 1962  
Existent Barncroft Heights Boggart Hill Drive, Seacroft 1962  
Existent Barncroft Towers Boggart Hill Drive, Seacroft 1963  
Existent Brooklands Towers Bailey's Lane, Seacroft  
Existent Parkway Court Foundry Lane, Seacroft  
Existent Parkway Grange Foundry Lane, Seacroft  
Existent Queensview Brooklands Avenue, Seacroft  
Existent Ramshead Heights North Parkway, Seacroft
Existent Seacroft Gate 1 North Parkway, Seacroft  
Existent Seacroft Gate 2 York Roaf, Seacroft  

Swarcliffe

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Demolished Ash Tree Court Swarcliffe Manually demolished 2005
Demolished Ash Tree Grange Swarcliffe Manually demolished 2003
Demolished Brayton Grange Swarcliffe 1966 Demolished by explosives 2001
Demolished Elmet Towers Swarcliffe   Deck access 'T' block. All others in area were internal access 'H' blocks. Manually demolished 2008
Demolished Farndale Court Swarcliffe Demolished by explosives 2001
Demolished Langbar Grange Swarcliffe 1966
 
 Manually demolished 2006
Demolished Langbar Towers Swarcliffe Manually demolished 2003[2]
Demolished Penwell Croft Swarcliffe Manually demolished 2005
Existent Sherburn Court Sherburn Approach, Swarcliffe   Last remaining high-rise in Swarcliffe

West Park

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Norman Towers Spen Lane, West Park 1958  

Woodhouse

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Holborn Towers Shay Street, Woodhouse 1965  

Wortley

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Current status Name Location Completed Image Notes
Existent Clyde Court Wellington Road, Wortley 1968  
Existent Clyde Grange Wellington Road, Wortley 1968  
Existent Wortley Towers Tong Road, Wortley 1966  
Existent Wortley Heights Tong Road, Wortley  

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "These are the high-rise Leeds tower blocks with 120 flats that could be demolished". Yorkshire Evening Post. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Langbar Towers". Emporis. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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