Beckett Park

Coordinates: 53°49′22″N 1°35′30″W / 53.8229°N 1.5916°W / 53.8229; -1.5916

Beckett Park is a residential area and a large park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It borders on to Headingley, West Park and Kirkstall. It is named after Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe.

Queenswood Drive, the main thoroughfare through the district, runs from the south at Kirkstall Lane and continues right up to Spen Lane on the edge of West Park, The length of this road is about 2 miles. This is where Leeds 6 (LS6) meets Leeds 16 (LS16) postal districts.

The park stretches from Queenswood Drive to the West and Batcliffe Mount to the East. St Chads Drive to the North and Langdale Terrace to the South. It also encompasses the Beckett Park School, a children's park and a new skater park and tennis courts. Due to the sports facilities, the park is popular with local students, a large population of whom live in the surrounding area of Headingley during term-time.

It is also home to the Leeds Beckett University's Headingley Campus, formerly the City of Leeds Training College and the Carnegie College of Physical Education. Leeds Metropolitan University was renamed Leeds Beckett University from September 2014: the Chancellor, Sir Bob Murray, said "We will be very proud to adopt a new name for our University which is so closely linked to the location and birthplace of two of our major founding colleges." This renaming was widely publicized by the University, including much new and altered signage in the city center and Headingley, in addition to the giving away of free hoodies, all of which referenced the term 'Beckett' - much broadening knowledge of the park.