Scott Hall, Leeds
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Scott Hall is a suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, adjacent to Chapeltown and Meanwood. The suburb falls within the Chapel Allerton and Moortown wards of Leeds City Council. The Scott Hall estate is made up largely of 1930s council housing on both sides of Scott Hall Road (and streets beyond) from Buslingthorpe Lane in the south to Potternewton Lane in the north.
Location and facilities
The A61 road between Leeds and Harrogate is the main thoroughfare known as Scott Hall Road, served by First buses 7/7A/7S.<ref name="Metrobuses">Template:Cite web</ref> On this road, just north of Potternewton Lane in Miles Hill there are shops and the Scott Hall Leisure (sports) Centre which was refurbished at a cost of £500,000 in 2009.<ref name="LeedsOnlinesportscentre">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="LeedsLiveItLoveItleisureC">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Networks£5kRefurb">Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref> Scott Hall Church, formerly Scott Hall Christian Fellowship and Hope Hall, is an Evangelical fellowship.<ref name=SCChurch>Scott Hall Church, accessed 26 August 2020</ref> There is a guided bus route along Scott Hall Road, which has given rise to some controversy.<ref name="LRTAguidedbusroute01">Template:Cite web</ref> Scott Hall Oval is used by the Caribbean Cricket Club.<ref name="CaribbeanCricketClub">Template:Cite web</ref> Part of the Leeds Half Marathon course goes through Scott Hall Road.<ref name="LeedsHalfMarathon09">Template:Cite web</ref>
History
The sports field at the junction between Scott Hall Road and Potternewton Lane used to be part of Scott Hall Farm.<ref name="LeodisScottHallFarm">Template:Cite web</ref> The farmhouse itself, on Scott Hall Street, is a Grade II listed building but was on the Heritage at Risk list, being described as "vulnerable through neglect and decay" in 2009.<ref name="HeritageAtRisk09">Template:Cite web</ref> Bronte House (now flats) is a large building originally for single women, built in the 1930s at the junction of Buslingthorpe Lane and Scott Hall Drive.<ref name="LeodisBronteHouse1930s">Template:Cite web</ref> The PHAB club, which assists disabled people to enjoy life alongside able-bodied friends, started at the Prince Philip Centre in Scott Hall Avenue in 1970.<ref name="PHABleeds">Template:Cite web</ref>
Two of the Yorkshire Ripper's victims lived just a few doors from each other in Scott Hall Avenue. They were his first victim, Wilma McCann, and his fifth, Jayne MacDonald.<ref name="JayneMacDonald">Template:Cite web</ref>
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Scott Hall
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Playing fields on the former Scott Hall Farm site
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Bronte House
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Scott Hall Leisure Centre
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Scott Hall Church
