East End Park: what to know before moving day
The park itself was once the grounds of Osmondthorpe Hall, which burned down in 1924, and the city bought it in 1886. It has bowling greens, tennis courts, football pitches and woodland, and the railway line runs behind it. Every year it hosts a bonfire and fun fair that can draw 10,000 people, so that is not the evening to book a move on the streets beside it.
Most of the houses are 19th-century through terraces, with some back-to-backs and a few semis and detached houses. The Glensdales, Templeviews and Charltons are a small cluster of mainly back-to-back streets; a regeneration plan called EASEL would have knocked many of them down, but it was withdrawn in 2010. The Leeds Irish Centre on York Road, opened in 1970, was the first purpose-built Irish centre in Britain, and a blue plaque there calls it the Crucible of Darts after the televised matches of 1973.
How the van gets to East End Park
Coming from Bradford, the A647 leads into Leeds and the Inner Ring Road takes you round to York Road, which carries on east past the Irish Centre. East Park Parade and Easy Road, the two through roads on the map, run through the streets around the park.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 30 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for East End Park
Each service below links to its Leeds page, which covers how the job works in and around Leeds.
East End Park: questions before you book
Are the back-to-backs by the park still standing?
Yes. The EASEL scheme that planned to demolish many of them was dropped in 2010, and streets such as Glensdale Road and Temple View Road are still lived in. A back-to-back has one door, at the front, so loading happens from the pavement: say which kind of house you have when you ask for a price.
Where does East End Park stop and Osmondthorpe begin?
There is no clear line. East End Park blends into Osmondthorpe and Halton Moor on its eastern side, and its western streets meet Richmond Hill. All of them are LS9, so a street name settles it.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): LS9 9JH is in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill ward, Leeds, unparished
- East End Park, Leeds (Wikipedia): neighbours, a mile east of the centre, near York Road (A64); through and back-to-back terraces plus semis and detached houses; EASEL demolition plans withdrawn in 2010; the Glensdales, Templeviews and Charltons; Leeds Irish Centre (1970, first purpose-built, 'Crucible of Darts' plaque); the park from Osmondthorpe Hall grounds, sold 1886, facilities, railway behind it, bonfire and fun fair up to 10,000
- Back-to-back house (Wikipedia): the front wall has the only door
- A647 road (Wikipedia): Bradford to the Armley Gyratory in Leeds
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): York Road (A64), The Irish Centre on York Road, East Park Parade, Easy Road, Dial Street, Pontefract Lane, Glensdale Road, Temple View Road, Charlton Road, the park