Cottingley Towers & Cottingley Heights are twin high-rise towers of
rented-flat accommodation on top of a hill in
Cottingley, Leeds
Cottingley is an urban area in the south-west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Cottingley falls within Beeston and Holbeck ward of the Leeds City Council, and is classed as an area of Beeston. The area includes Cottingley Hall Cemetery and ...
,
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
,
England
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. Cottingley Towers & Cottingley Heights were previously the tallest
residential building
A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas.
Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single-family housing, multi-family resi ...
s in Leeds, with 25 floors each. The towers are tall but are not classed as
skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...
s. They were built between 1971-2 and were refurbished in 1989.
The towers were once heralded as the tallest residential buildings in Europe. Much has been done to address crime in the area and levels of crime have subsided notably over the past 10 years. When built, it was decided not to put a flat number 13 in either block as some regard 13 to be unlucky, and this was also the first time buildings of this design had been constructed. The Towers and Heights fall within the Beeston and Holbeck ward of the Leeds City Council.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1972
Buildings and structures in Leeds
Places in Leeds
Twin towers
Towers in West Yorkshire
Apartment buildings in England
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