Richmond Hill, West Yorkshire
| Richmond Hill | |
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 Nos 1-43, The Garth, Saxton Gardens flats |
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| Richmond Hill shown within West Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE316334 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEEDS |
| Postcode district | LS9 |
| Dialling code | 0113 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | |
Richmond Hill is a district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The district lies one mile to the east of the city centre. It lies between York Road (A64 road), East End Park and Cross Green. The appropriate City of Leeds ward is called Burmantofts and Richmond Hill. The area is made up of a variety of different types of buildings and architecture. Since around 2000, the city centre has encroached into the Richmond Hill area.
Richmond Hill developed as both a residential and industrial area during the late 18th and 19th centuries. Housing in the area was originally small, individual cottages for local workers, during the industrial revolution however, many streets of back-to-back terrace houses to house many of the industrial workers in the area. Many of these houses still stand, however in the twentieth century much of the housing stock was updated with schemes such as the Saxton Gardens housing scheme. The Saxton Gardens estate has been redeveloped by Urban Splash to create 410 homes, complete with allotments and the largest communal garden in the city.
There are 3 churches in the area. On top of Richmond Hill itself is the Church of England Parish Church of St Saviour (Diocese of Ripon and Leeds), a Grade I listed building from 1845, founded by Edward Bouverie Pusey. Nearby is the now redundant Roman Catholic Church of Mount St Mary's (opened 1857, closed 1989). Mount St Mary's Catholic High School is close to both churches. On the York Road is a small building, All Saints Church built in 1980 to replace an earlier and larger church of the same name.
In May 2012 it was reported that the area has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the United Kingdom, with one in ten girls in the area becoming pregnant by the age of 18.
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