Swarcliffe

Swarcliffe
Boundary Stone, from south
Swarcliffe is located in Leeds
Swarcliffe
Swarcliffe
Swarcliffe is located in West Yorkshire
Swarcliffe
Swarcliffe
Location within West Yorkshire
Population6,751 [1]
OS grid referenceSE36543620
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLeeds
Postcode districtLS14, LS15
Dialling code0113
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°49′12″N 1°26′53″W / 53.820°N 1.448°W / 53.820; -1.448

Swarcliffe, originally the Swarcliffe Estate, is a district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is 4.9 miles (8 km) east of Leeds city centre, and within the LS14 and LS15 Leeds postcode area. The district falls within the Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward of the Leeds Metropolitan Council.

In the 1950s, the Swarcliffe housing estate was developed, by the County Borough of Leeds, including semi detached council houses, three-storey blocks containing flats, and three brick-built, nine-storey blocks of flats. Two of these were demolished in the 1990s, and the third in 2007. A private finance initiative redevelopment of Swarcliffe began in 2006.

From 1955 to 1992, the MP for Leeds East constituency, including Swarcliffe, was Denis Healey.

In 2009, over 91% of the population in Swarcliffe were "hard-pressed".[1]

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