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Continue reading →: Garforth hustings- 15th April, LIVE 🔴
8.44pm- The hustings have officially ended! Thank you for reading, folks! Now The Garforth Gazette is going to buy herself a bag of chips as a reward 🙂 Good tidings to everyone. 8.34pm- The hustings are ending. 8.24pm- Someone is asking about pot holes. Dobson- He believes that more money…
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Continue reading →: Great Preston hustings- 14th April- LIVE 🔴
8.26pm- Now the hustings are over! Thank you to everyone who read this massive wall of text and hopefully you can find some useful information. I will write an article summarising later on- so check for that! 8.19pm- Everyone is giving their thanks and support to others that attended. 8.09pm-…
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Continue reading →: A quick word from The Garforth Gazette…
Tomorrow will be the first hustings event for the Garforth and Swillington ward, and it will be held in Great Preston. On Wednesday, there will be one in Garforth. From 7pm on both of these days, I plan to run live coverage of the events. What this means is that…
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Continue reading →: Hustings for upcoming May elections to take place in Garforth and Great Preston
There has recently been hustings announced for prospective candidates for the council elections on the 7th May. These events are intended for citizens of the Garforth and Swillington ward to ask questions to all prospective candidates about matters of policy. In this ward, so far two candidates for the seat…
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Continue reading →: Planning application shows that new hair salon is planned for Main Street
A planning application to convert a disused retail establishment into a hair salon was granted full planning permission by Leeds City Council in late March, with the premises being titled ‘Sui Generis Hair salon’. The address of these premises will be 62 Main Street, between Himalayan Essence and GE Hartley…
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Continue reading →: Bar Lane road will be closed until 13th AprilAccording to the Causeway.one.network, which details road closures and roadworks around the UK, Bar Lane will be closed from Aberford Road until after Easter. A repair to a burst water main, carried out by Yorkshire Water, will take place until 6pm on April 13th. The work is currently listed as…
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Continue reading →: Planning application shows that Garforth Aagrah intends to expand car park and restaurantOn Thursday 12th of March, a ‘Consent, agreement or approval required by conditions 3 (material samples), 10 (car park and servicing management plan), 11 (EV charging) and 12 (cycle parking) to planning application 24/06896/FU’ for Aagrah Garforth was decided, with the details indicating that the Indian restaurant plans to expand…
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Continue reading →: Spotlight on: Incredible EdibleTucked away on a little road behind Church Lane, there is a vegetable box marked ‘Incredible Edible’. I stood there in the sunshine, looking at the plants labelled ‘mint’, ‘sage’ and ‘lettuce’. A few minutes later, Jenny, a volunteer at Incredible Edible, met me, waving and smiling. She was waiting…
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Continue reading →: Garforth Fire Station runs car wash for Fire Fighters CharityToday, Sunday 29th March, Garforth Fire Station hosted a fundraising car-wash in order to raise funds for the Fire Fighters Charity. The event ran from 10am-3.30pm, with staff standing outside waving to cars and buses nearby! Posters had also been placed in the surrounding area, repping the Fire Fighters Charity.…
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Continue reading →: Garforth and Micklefield Children’s Centres close down at the end of the month
On Tuesday, 31st of March 2026, both Garforth and Micklefield Children’s Centres will be closing. Following these closures, the closest Children’s Centre locations will be in Kippax, Cross Gates and Manston. These changes have been implemented following the latest review of Children’s Centres in Leeds- and in order to save…
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Continue reading →: What’s happening in LS25? -Easter 2026
Hello, Garforth Gazette readers! The Easter holidays are on the horizon, and now that nearly everyone has a lot more time, I thought that I would highlight some events that are happening in and around the LS25 area at the end of March, start of April, and after Easter. Hopefully…
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Continue reading →: Augustus Court Care Home offers free lunches to kids during Easter holidays
Augustus Court Care Home in Garforth has offered free packed lunches to children during the Easter holidays as part of their ‘Let’s Do Free Lunch’ initiative. Lunches are available to collect every day between the 6th and 17th April at 11am from Augustus Court Care Home, LS25 1HG. The lunches…
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Continue reading →: Thalassaki- a Restaurant Review!After visiting Thalassaki, a Greek restaurant in Cross Gates last week, I thought that I would write a few words about the food and decor there. Now… I know that Cross Gates is not within the LS25 area… but it’s fifteen minutes away by car and twenty-five by bus- so…
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Continue reading →: Spotlight on: Garforth Hedgehogs RescueThe shed was covered in hedgehog decorations. ‘I ❤️ Hedgehogs’, said a small hanging plaque. ‘All guests must be approved by Hedgehog’, read a metal plate. ‘Home is where the hedgehogs are’ was featured on another ornament. A small hedgehog stuffy was next to water bottles. This shed was built…
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Continue reading →: Aberford Literature Festival returns to LS25 this summer
Aberford Literature Festival is set to return to LS25 this summer, taking place from the 19th to the 21st of June. This literary festival has been running since 2024, and offers opportunities for nearby residents to participate in writing workshops, attend author discussions and participate in a murder mystery night.…
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Continue reading →: The Original Factory Shop closes in late March after decades of businessIt has been recently announced on Facebook that Garforth’s Original Factory shop, like many of its predecessors, will be closing down and ceasing business operations. The date that has been given for the closure is Sunday 22nd March. The Original Factory Shop has been trading in Garforth for the last…
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Continue reading →: Visiting Garforth Market- outside of the Gascoigne!Hello, Garforth Gazette! As someone who is very invested in the LS25 community, there’s not much that I love more than going out to local events and seeing what’s happening! Yesterday, I visited the Garforth Market, which is organised by Yorkshire Urban Markets and runs every month. I managed to…
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Continue reading →: Garforth Lions grants scheme returns for community enterprises
Four days ago, the Garforth and District Lions confirmed on social media that they would be returning a previously successful community monetary grants scheme, which ran before in 2025. The Lions stated that ‘we are able to offer funding in support of causes, events and other enterprises planned by local…