Moor Grange

[1] Moor Grange was also the name of a boys county secondary school sited across the ring road.

It had a football pitch, a cricket square, a rugby field, an athletics area including long jump, high jump and pole vault, a running track of 440 yards and two tennis courts.

On the junction of Spen Lane and Butcher Hill was West Park County Secondary (Girls) School.

Another church was built in the late 1960s called St Andrews on the junction of Butcher Hill and Old Oak Drive which is technically on the Spen estate.

There is the Linton Croft complex of sheltered housing situated at the top of Old Farm Parade.

Most Street names are preceded by Old Farm, Latchmere, Moor Grange and Fillingfir.

Some old and recent pictures of the estate can be seen on the Leodis website which has a large collection of photos from Leeds and surrounding areas.

It is circled by the West Park section of the Leeds Outer Ring Road (A6120), Spen Lane and Butcher Hill.

At peak time, five or six passenger jets may pass over Moor Grange to land at the airport every hour.

Bus services are now operated by First Leeds, and Moor Grange is served by route 56.

The route, which is part of the 'Overground Network', operates between Whinmoor, Headingley and Moor Grange, where it terminates on Latchmere Drive.

Route 27, between Leeds and Guiseley, operates along Spen Lane and Butcher Hill.

[8] The Leeds to Harrogate railway line passes near to Moor Grange, although the nearest stations are at Headingley and Horsforth.

[9] Moor Grange has one pub called The Dalesman at the junction of Butcher Hill and Old Farm Approach.

The now defunct Hark To Rover at the bottom of Spen Lane, which was originally a row of shops, has recently been returned to retail use.

[11] Moor Grange is also the name of a row of houses in Yeadon situated on Victoria Road (A658).

Moor Grange is also the name of a fictional Horse Stable and Country Estate set in Devon, UK in the books about "Kit Hunter Show Jumper" by Peter Grey.

Moor Grange is also the name of a farm located on Scotland Lane, Horsforth, Leeds.

Moor Grange County Secondary School in 1973
The Dalesman is the only pub on the estate and is seen here temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Low rise council flats on Fillingfir Drive
Flats on Latchmere View
Butcher Hill Playing Fields. The football match and abduction scenes in The Beiderbecke Affair were filmed here.