Due to the sports facilities, the park is popular with local students, a large population of whom live in the surrounding area of Headingley during term-time.

Located in the wood near to the campus is a monument to Queen Victoria's visit to the Leeds Town Hall in the year 1858.

The land originally belonged to Kirkstall Abbey but with the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was leased from The Crown to a series of private individuals who made homes there.

[7] The City of Leeds Training College moved to newly constructed buildings and the remaining West Wing of Kirkstall Grange in Beckett's Park in 1912.

"[8] This renaming was widely publicised by the University, including much new and altered signage in the city centre and Headingley, in addition to the giving away of free hoodies, all of which referenced the term 'Beckett' - much broadening knowledge of the park.