Armley

Town Street, the hub of Armley, has good provisions to offer such as a large range of charity shops, cafes, takeaways, pubs, as well as well known shops such as Boots, Tesco, Somerfield, Wilkinsons and Superdrug. There is a nice choice of smaller outlets include takeaways, cafes, traditional pubs, bookies, charity and pound shops, newsagents, post office, pizza restaurant and a party shop.

There are plans to upgrade the Town Street Amenities with smarter food and drink establishments to please the students and younger residents, as well as a traffic congestion system, proposed recently by the council which would also be a big help to filter the traffic in Town Street.

The newly built Armley Leisure Centre, due to open in May 2010, has attracting quite a stir of local excitement.

There has been a little controversy due to the age and architectural worth of the old building which has been demolished, however the old building was old, ugly and very run down. The new leisure centre is a significant investment for the area, which boasts a 100-station gym, large swimming pool, and numerous sports courts.

The impressive new Gym has state of the art cardiovascular, weights and resistance machine areas and will be a very popular site for local residents. Armley Leisure centre can now boast two sports halls suitable for a range of activities such as badminton, tennis and football, as well as fitness rooms for a range of classes such as Boxercise, Circuit Training and Yoga.

A dedicated football centre will run and organise 5-a-side leagues, casual bookings or Striker 9, a popular skills award scheme for young people.

Armley Leisure Centre will include three separate swimming pools with a 25m pool, a Teaching pool and the introduction of a Hydrotherapy pool. The Armley Gym will run a varied swim timetable including swim sessions, lane swimming, aqua aerobics and fun sessions.

Leeds City Council offers some of the best sports facilities available within a city, at a fraction of the normal costs, and without joining fees or contracts. Bodyline memberships allow local residents full access to over 20 leisure centres across Leeds which includes 17 swimming pools and 12 bodyline gyms. For more information regarding Bodyline gyms and membership see the link Bodyline Membership.

Armley Park extends from Stanningley Road in Upper Armley down to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and comprises a vast space including a public golf course with full 18 holes, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and dense woodland. At the top end near Stanningley Road, facilities include Football pitches, Basketball courts and Tennis courts as well as a children’s playground.

Armley is a diverse area, accommodating a unique mix of the young and old, as well as students and young professionals. The locals host a wide calendar full of local events.

Canal Road leads to the Armley Mills Leeds Industrial Museum, leading on to the nearby Cardigan Fields Entertainment Complex in Kirkstall Road which has a VUE Multi-screen 3D Cinema, as well as a Bowling Alley, and various Pubs and Restaurant such as McDonalds, Frankie and Benny’s, Pizza Hut, pub & nightclub, Hollywood Bowl, and Virgin Active Health and Fitness Centre.

The property Rental and Sales Market in Armley is unquestionably cheaper than surrounding areas, attracting a new surge of young professionals, a growing student population and many first time buyers keen to get on the housing ladder.

Armley has a great mix of housing, ranging from typical back-to-back terraces to the council-built flats following a bid to clear the slums that once stood. There are also a few new housing estates built since the 1960’s, and large mills currently being turned into modern apartments such as the Old School Lofts development and the New Ben Bailey Homes development offering great private rental accommodation for Students and Professionals. The area also consists of a large supply of council houses.

As is the case with most Leeds suburbs, you’re never far from a row of red brick terraces in a variety of styles, sizes and quality. Complementing this is a range of semi-detached and detached properties, with smaller houses closer to the centre, and larger properties at the top end of Upper Armley.

The most popular and coveted clusters of Armley contains converted duplex flats, purpose-built older-style flats, and modern swanky apartments which are beginning to appear in and around Armley. These are Armley Letting agents’ most sought-after terrace properties in the area, as they can command a premium due to their situation close to Armley Park.

Upper Armley consists of large semis and detached properties as well as the local favourite, the Travellers’ Rest pub. A recent Barratt development, Swallow View, consists of 1, 2, 4 and 5 bed houses and apartments, and close by is another popular development, Old School Lofts, located, as the name suggests, in a former school. Local Letting Agents Armley are currently letting 1 and 2 bed apartments at between £400 and £500 per calendar month making Armley and Ideal property investment area in Leeds.

Armley is a greatly up and coming area, not often known as the best bit of Leeds, however with the affordable Leeds property prices and realistic rental market, it is often a favoured area for those wishing to hop onto the property ladder. The people of Armley LS12 are very neighbourly, good hearted and humorous, with one street in Armley recently voted as the friendliest street in Britain by 56% of the voters of a Radio 5 Live poll at the end of 2006.

Armley has a high proportion of properties to rent, with a good mix of Leeds letting agents and Leeds estate agents along Armley Town Street. Flats and houses to rent Armley, can bring about great savings in comparison to those to let in Leeds City Centre. Armley has attracted students searching for Leeds student accommodation, as Armley offers a wide mix of housing, attractive to those wishing to rent Leeds accommodation without the heavy prices of Leeds City Centre.

Armley is going through a major redevelopment and is seen as a property Investment hotspot for those wishing to invest in Leeds property. For further information, you may wish to call us for a chat or speak to local Leeds letting agents or Estate Agents.

The upper Armley area is favoured by some and local Armley Letting Agents can show this area can command a considerable increase in rental for flats and houses to let in this area. The majority of Leeds Letting agents consider Armley highly as a useful rental market.