Thorpe Park Leeds or simply Thorpe Park is a

business park A business park or office park is a designated area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. These types of developments are often located in suburban areas where land and building costs are more affordable, and are typically ...

located near Brown Moor,

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

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. Companies that are headquartered in Thorpe Park include

Northern Gas Networks Northern Gas Networks Limited is the British company responsible for distributing gas to homes and businesses across Yorkshire, the North East and northern Cumbria, England. Northern Gas Networks Limited is one of eight gas distribution networks ...

Boost Drinks Boost Drinks Limited is a British drinks company that sells primarily energy and sports drinks through convenience stores, independent retail chains and petrol forecourts. It was established in 2001 and is headquartered in Leeds. History Th ...

and

Pharmacy2U Pharmacy2U is an online pharmacy located in the UK. Pharmacy2U has been involved in piloting the electronic transfer of prescriptions in the UK. They manage NHS repeat prescriptions on behalf of patients. Pharmacy2U was founded by pharmacist D ...

. The

Thorpe Park railway station Thorpe Park is a proposed railway station, to be sited in the Thorpe Park area to the east of Leeds, England on the Selby Line. The station has no connection to the amusement park Thorpe Park in southern England, which is served by Staines rai ...

is anticipated to open in the area in 2024. The overall development of the business park is expected to be complete by 2035.

History

In 2000, Scarborough Group International (SGI) began development on the business park. The chairman of SGI Kevin McCabe said that they wanted to create the "largest and best out of town, mixed-use development that Yorkshire has ever seen". Phase two development at Thorpe Park Leeds was enabled following an investment deal with Legal & General Capital in 2015. The Springs shopping centre was opened in October 2018. In May 2021, a life-size statue of

Captain Tom Moore Captain Sir Thomas Moore (30 April 1920 – 2 February 2021), more popularly known as Captain Tom, was a British Army officer and fundraiser who made international headlines in 2020 when he raised money for charity in the run-up to his 100th bir ...

was unveiled at the park before being positioned at Tom Moore's birthplace in

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bi ...

. In August 2021, SGI began development on a £52 million office building which has been pre-let to credit management company, Lowell.

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* {{City of Leeds Business parks of England Economy of Leeds Parks and commons in Leeds Thorpe Park Leeds