Forge Lane Leeds
72 addresses across 5 postcodes (LS12), about 220 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 23005119.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Leeds costs £2,284 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Burley Park, about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Low Moor, is about 320 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 15.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 43 to 52 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 73 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Burley Park Medical Centre, about 700 m (0.4 miles) away, with 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 720 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 40% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 34 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Leeds in 2026-27: Band D £2,284 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,522 | £1,776 | £2,030 | £2,284 | £2,791 | £3,299 | £3,806 | £4,567 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (88% of about 1,950 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, ARMLEY (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): A4D01.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- Former office block of the Scotch Foundry, grade II
- Former warehouse of the Scotch Foundry, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 177 Kirkstall Road, Burley: up to 57 homes, permissioned (420 m (0.3 miles))
- Mistress Lane Armley: up to 41 homes, not permissioned (550 m (0.3 miles))
- Burley Willows Care Home, Willow Garth, Burley: up to 28 homes, not permissioned (580 m (0.4 miles))
- Site Between 1 And 13 Stocks Hill And 28 Crab Lane , Armley , Leeds , LS12 2AD: up to 15 homes, not permissioned (610 m (0.4 miles))
- Former New Western Social Club, Eyres Avenue, Armley: up to 13 homes, permissioned (710 m (0.4 miles))
- 2 Theaker Lane , Armley: up to 15 homes, permissioned (750 m (0.5 miles))
- Land at 116 Cardigan Road, Headingley: up to 14 homes, not permissioned (790 m (0.5 miles))
- Land Adjacent To 11 Hall Road, Armley, Leeds, LS12 1UZ: up to 9 homes, permissioned (810 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS12 2PY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LS12 2HG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LS12 2PS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LS12 2PU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| LS12 2EE | not in 2 or 3 |
Height above sea level
The street's 73 addresses are between 43 m and 52 m above sea level (51 m on average); the ground rises about 9 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS12 2EE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| LS12 2HG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| LS12 2PS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| LS12 2PU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| LS12 2PY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Burley Park 756,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Headingley 391,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) | |
| Leeds 27 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 40 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Forge Lane Armley | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Dyer Street Leeds City Centre | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Car parks | West Street Car Park | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kirkstall Road Car Park GeniePoint | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 8.9 km (5.6 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Burley Park Medical Centre | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 10 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Prime Health Pharmacy | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 10 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest M & B Practices LTD | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Leeds Dental Hospital | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Elland Road Police Station | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | 4 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest MFG - Kirkstall Service Station Cashzone | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Low Moor 8,390 m² | 320 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Armley Park 13 ha | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 390 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.0 ha | 380 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,450 m² | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 6 parks and gardens, 24 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Armley Mills Main Range, a listed building (Grade II*), 270 m north-west. 41 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 6 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Armley Mills Main Range | Listed building, Grade II* | 270 m north-west |
| Armley Prison: Inner Range | Listed building, Grade II* | 640 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Church of St Matthias | Listed building, Grade II* | 640 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Armley Prison: Revetment Wall on East Side of Gloucester Terrace | Listed building, Grade II* | 650 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Armley House (Gott's Park) | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cunliff Wood | Wood | 350 m north-west |
| The Goit | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Ridge Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Kirkstall Goit | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-west |
| Gamble Hill Vale | Valley | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) west |
| Miles Hill | Hill | 3.2 km (2 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 15.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 5 |
| Under 55 | 71 | 68 |
2 of the street's 73 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 5 from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Leeds: see them on the Leeds page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 570 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Armley Park Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 630 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Burley St Matthias Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Rosebank Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 900 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Kirkstall Valley Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Dec 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Castleton Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Five Lanes Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Luminate Education Group | 16 plus | 14–99 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Brudenell Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bites&Tea Junction LS12 2PU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 100 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Baxter Storey (Farnell) LS12 2TU | Other catering premises | 140 m | 5 Very good | 12 Jun 2024 |
| Nigerian Yorkshire Communities Network | Retailers - other | 190 m | 5 Very good | 9 Jun 2026 |
| Adams Foodservice Trading Ltd LS4 2AY | Retailers - other | 200 m | 5 Very good | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Libations Rum LS12 2BJ | Manufacturers/packers | 270 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| The Climbing Lab LS4 2AZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 270 m | 5 Very good | 21 Aug 2025 |
| Doboy Donuts LS4 2BL | Manufacturers/packers | 280 m | 5 Very good | 5 Jun 2025 |
| Renaissance Nurseries Armley LS12 2LB | Other catering premises | 300 m | 5 Very good | 1 May 2025 |
| Asda Express PFS Armley LS12 2QN | Retailers - other | 300 m | 5 Very good | 13 Mar 2026 |
| B And M Stores LS12 2QN | Retailers - other | 300 m | 5 Very good | 5 Jul 2019 |
| Love Handmade Cakes LS4 2BL | Manufacturers/packers | 310 m | 5 Very good | 24 Jan 2022 |
| Doboy Donuts LS4 2BL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 5 Very good | 5 Jun 2025 |
| Doboy Donuts LS4 2BL | Manufacturers/packers | 310 m | 5 Very good | 5 Jun 2025 |
| Doboy Donuts LS4 2BL | Manufacturers/packers | 310 m | 5 Very good | 5 Jun 2025 |
| Black Bakes LS4 2BL | Other catering premises | 310 m | 5 Very good | 19 Nov 2021 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 8 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 6 |
| Vehicle crime | 6 |
| Robbery | 4 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Bicycle theft | 2 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Theatre/Concert Hall (12); On or near Shopping Area (10); On or near Parking Area (10); On or near Pickering Street (1); On or near Forge Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 31 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 6% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 40% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 13% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 20% | 17% |
| Private rented | 39% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 66% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 7% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 31% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 12% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 16% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 78% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 84% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 1 to 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- LS12 2PY: 63 addresses of 64 in the postcode
- LS12 2HG: 3 addresses
- LS12 2PS: 3 addresses
- LS12 2PU: 2 addresses of 26 in the postcode
- LS12 2EE: 1 address of 13 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Pickering Mount · Pickering Street · Viaduct Road · Canal Road · Back Nunington Street · Milford Place · Nunington Street · Nunington Terrace · Nunington Avenue · Bodley Terrace · Nunnington Street · Lennox Road
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.