Wykebeck is an area of east

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named after the

Wyke Beck Wyke Beck is a stream that runs from Roundhay Park to the River Aire in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Described as an ''Urban Beck'', the stream flows through housing estates and then an industrial landscape in its lower reaches. Wyke Bec ...

and situated between

Gipton Gipton is a suburb of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, between the A58 to the north and the A64 to the south. It is in the Gipton and Harehills ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds East parliamentary constituency. The separate area a ...

and

Seacroft Seacroft is an outer-city suburb/township consisting mainly of council estate housing covering an extensive area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the LS14 Leeds postcode area, around east of Leeds city centre. It sits in th ...

along Wykebeck Road. The area falls within the Gipton and Harehills ward of the Leeds City Council. The area is seldom referred to, instead people usually perceive Gipton to be West of the beck and Seacroft to be East of it. The area consists of several blocks of highrise

council flats A council house is a form of British Public housing in the United Kingdom, public housing built by Local government in the United Kingdom, local authorities. A council estate is a building complex containing a number of council houses and othe ...

to the south. Wykebeck Valley Road runs through the area, from York Road ( A64) to Foundry Lane. Wykebeck Valley walking way passes to the north of the area.

Schools

Wykebeck Primary School is on Brander Street.

References

External links

Leodis website
containing archive photographs of Wykebeck (type Wykebeck into search box). Places in Leeds {{WestYorkshire-geo-stub