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The Forest of Leeds was originally the Forest of Loidis in which today's city of Leeds arose.[1] It now refers to patches of woodland throughout the metropolitan district, managed by Leeds City Council amounting to 1200 hectares.[2] These are in 55 units of various kinds of woodlands, including those of Belle Isle, Gledhow, Golden Acre Park, Lotherton Hall, Meanwood Valley, Middleton Park, Moortown, Roundhay Park, Temple Newsam and Woodhouse Ridge, formed as a forest in 1993.[3]
References
edit- ^ Fletcher, J. S. The Story of English Towns: Leeds. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. OCLC 221589888. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ^ Towards a Leeds Forest Strategy Archived 10 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Leeds City Council (2006)
- ^ "Welcome to the Forest of Leeds". Leeds City Council. 2006. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009.
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