Roundhay articles
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Roundhay Park: What remains of the historic Leeds castle dating back to 1821
The folly was designed and built by master craftsman George Nettleton in 1821 for Thomas Nicholson, the owner of Roundhay Park. It was intended as an ornamental feature to provide entertainment for the Nicholson family. Sign up for our free monthly retro digest email His daughters visited to sew and shooting parties on the estate used the upper room as a luncheon venue. The folly served as a summerhouse and originally had a wooden roof. Located at the head of Waterloo Lake it was it was built to...
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The 15 most expensive places to buy a house in Leeds including Roundhay, Bramhope and Horsforth
Below are the most expensive places to live in the city based on the median house price during the year ending in March 2023. According to the latest Office for National Statistics data, the median house price in the most expensive area of Leeds was £620,000, while in the cheapest area it was just £102,500. Sign up for our free newsletters today Below, in ascending order, are the 15 most expensive places to buy a house in Leeds according to the latest data.
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Rachel Woolford The Apprentice winner: Inside the Leeds entrepreneur's North Studio in Roundhay
The owner of boutique gym North Studio in Roundhay and Harrogate, Rachel battled it out with pie maker Phil Turner in Thursday’s grand final. The economics graduate impressed Lord Sugar with her proposal to expand her boutique fitness studios across the north of England. Sign up today and get the latest headlines delivered straight to your inbox, with the YEP’s free newsletter Rachel left her job in finance to pursue her love for fitness - and at the time of launch, North Studio had to be...