Woodhouse Ridge

The woods are centred at grid reference 53.820061, -1.560144[1] and are enclosed by Meanwood Road to the east and by Headingley to the north and Woodhouse, Leeds to the South.The Ridge has a number of interesting features, including a Victorian bandstand, a world war two air raid shelter, a packhorse bridge, the Meanwood Beck and allotments, all connected by a network of public footpaths.[4][5][6] The public area was expanded in 1901 with the addition of Batty's Wood, an area of oak and ash woodland that is shown on John Tuke's 1781 map of common land in Leeds district as "Battye Wood", located on steeply sloping land above Meanwood Beck, its western flank marked by a footpath to the bridge crossing to former Bentley Common.[7] In 1974, the abandoned mill buildings and silted millpond abutting the Meanwood Beck, which were believed to have dated from at least 1610, were acquired by the City Council, demolished and the site planted with trees and a grassy glade and added to The Ridge's parkland.Woodhouse Ridge is designated as a Local Nature Area by Leeds City Council and is the responsibility of its Parks and Countryside Service.