Friends of Parkinson's Park CIC

Welcome to Parkinson’s Park

Posted on May 10, 2017 by andyeyeam

Parkinson’s Park sits on the hillside behind the old Crompton Parkinson site on Netherfield Road: access is via entrances on Kelcliffe Lane, Greenshaw Terrace, Parkinson Way, Nethercliffe Crescent and Hillside Avenue. This historic area was given to the people of Guiseley to use as a park by Frank & Albert Parkinson in the 1930’s: it has been used for walks, play, and events ever since . Now owned by Bellway Homes, basic maintenance is done by Meadfleet The Friends of Parkinson’s Park CIC (FOPP) was set up to once again make the Park an attractive green space for community use and events, whilst helping to manage its varied natural habitats. On these pages you can read the history, examine the ecology and sign up to follow and comment on progress – as well as tell us your own stories of the park.

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Posted on November 30, 2025 by andyeyeam

Lets make this a special Christmas event

We would ask that paraders stick to the pavements and do not stray onto the road. And, as always, that children are accompanied by adults and dogs kept under close control. If the weather is pouring down, we will cancel the event, so watch out on the day on our Facebook page. Parkinson’s Park.

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Great British Spring Clean: Join the Litter Heroes

Posted on March 16, 2025 by andyeyeam

Parkinson’s Park is taking part in the Great British Spring Clean, organized by Keep Britain Tidy.

Saturday 22nd March, 10 am – 12 noon.
Meet at the Farm gate.
Litter pickers and bags provided.

Litter-picking is a simple action. It can make an immediate difference. This act also creates a visible change in the environment where we live, work, and play. Think of it as an opportunity to get out in the fresh air and make a difference.

Come and help tidy the Park, to get rid of all the rubbish and pieces of plastic from various activities.

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Supporting Purple4Polio at Parkinson’s Park This Spring

Posted on March 9, 2025 by andyeyeam

Parkinson’s Park is lovely this time of year, where you can enjoy fresh air and spring flowers. This year, the park supports a great cause: Purple4Polio.

Parkinson’s Park has teamed up with Aireborough Rotary Club. They have planted purple crocus bulbs. These bulbs add color to highlight that polio remains a global issue.

See if you can find the word “POLIO” made from purple crocuses at the top of the park.

The purple color is important. On mass polio immunization days, a child’s little finger is painted purple. This shows they have received the vaccine.

Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland’s Purple4Polio campaign invites communities to help eliminate polio. Each year, Rotary clubs plant millions of purple crocus bulbs to raise awareness.

See here for more details on Purple4Polio

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Christmas Lantern Parade

Posted on November 30, 2024 by andyeyeam

🎅✨ Time to embrace the festive spirit—dust off your Santa hats, don your antlers, and rock those cozy Christmas jumpers. 🎄 🎶

🎄✨ Please join us for our well established Christmas Lantern Parade which returns on Sunday, December 15th, bringing back our tradition of a heartwarming community parade from Parkinson’s Park to the Guiseley Memorial for carols. 🌟

This year, the festivities include lanterns, drummers, dancing by the Buttercross Belles as well as Carols which will incude the voices of a children’s choir. 🎶❄️

🎺🎼 All accompanied by Guiseley’s fabulous brass band 🎺🎼

Come and share the magic of the season with us! 🎅❤️

You may meet at the park at 3:45 pm for the 4 pm parade to the memorial, or go to directly to the memorial for 4pm where the Buttercrossbelles will be dancing. Carols will be sung from 4:30 pm to 5 pm.

Lets make this a special Christmas event

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CANCELLED – Apple Day- 20th October 2024 – 1pm to 2pm

Posted on September 28, 2024 by andyeyeam

CANCELLED

DUE TO THE POOR WEATHER FORECAST TOMORROW’S APPLE DAY IS CANCELLED

Sorry to all those looking forward do it.

Apple Day is an autumnal celebration of one of our most popular fruits. We celebrate the diversity of apple varieties, and their culinary versatility. It’s an occasion to enjoy the flavors of apples in various forms, from fresh apples, apple cakes, apple juice, and of course, lets not forget apple ciders. Apple Day enables us to get outside and experience the season and to remember the joy of natural simple delicous food and drink.

The event will take place at Parkinson’s Park’s very own community orchard which you can find at the bottom corner at the entrance that comes in from Greenshaw Terrace.

There will be apple juice, apple cakes, apple recipes and an opportunity to learn more about apples and the varieties growing in the orchard. I can assure you that the Gooseberry and Apple Crumble muffin is a delight not to be missed.

For safety please wear sturdy footwear, and children must be accompanied by an adult. Clean hands are also vital.

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Retirement Beckons

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Jennifer Inskip Kirkby

This is my last official post for Friends of Parkinson’s Park CIC, as I have decided to retire after 13 years as Vice Chair. As one of the founders of FOPP, I can say our initial objectives have been achieved; namely to save the park from dereliction, have it recognized in the Leeds Local Plan as a community green space, and to create a community hub that can be enjoyed by all local residents. The Park really came into its own during lockdown, proving the benefit of doing this.

I leave the Park in the good hands of the many people who now contribute to its upkeep in one way or another – some officially and some just quietly doing what they can.

Frank and Albert Parkinson left us a valuable legacy and we should be grateful to them for that. You can read more on the history of the Park here.

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FOPP Events 2024

Posted on April 18, 2024 by Jennifer Inskip Kirkby

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Explorers In The Park

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Jennifer Inskip Kirkby

In contrast to our last post on drug users, the local Explorer Group started doing small projects in the Park last summer. One of the projects was to create a tree pit around the Jubilee Oak, which they then planted with bulbs last Autumn – their hard work has now come to fruition.

The Explores will be back this year after Easter. We look forward to working with them again in 2024.

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Drug Users In The Park

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Jennifer Inskip Kirkby

The Park has been used for a number of years by drug users and even dealers. This became a major issue when the Park was not looked after back in the 2000’s and was one of the reasons why the Friends were formed.

Unfortunately, incidents of this and related anti-social behaviours are growing again. Evidence of drug taking has been found this week in both the Orchard, and in a shelter that has been dismantled on the wooded slopes. The activity takes place in some of the more isolated places in the Park, especially in the bottom copse and on the wooded slope.

We’ve had discussions with both Meadfleet (the people responsible for the land) and the Police and have been asked to report incidents when found.

We’d therefore like to ask park users if they spot any evidence of drug taking to report it to us on parkinsonspark@gmail.com – if you have photographic evidence of where and what please send that too. We’ll be compiling a regular report.

Picture – a shelter that has been dismantled where drug packets were found