The Kirkstall Valley Campaign was an action group formed to fight the development of a river valley near
Kirkstall
Kirkstall is a north-western suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the eastern side of the River Aire. The area sits in the Kirkstall (ward), Kirkstall electoral ward, ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds Central and Headingley (UK Parl ...
, England. It spanned over ten years from around 1986 through 1996. The official campaign was founded in June 1988.
It became the subject of an important legal case that was reported in ''
The Times
''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its si ...
'' law reports.
References
External links
The Kirkstall Valley Campaign Home Page.
History of Yorkshire
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