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04th February 2025 Towngate Blog

Towngate re-visits the legendary Copperworks, Haigh Park Road, Stourton, Leeds LS10 1RT

By Julia M. Ford, Marketing Manager

We are thrilled to be revisiting the famous, Towngate owned Copperworks in Stourton, which has been a South Leeds Landmark since it was built as the Leeds Copperworks in 1894.

From the invention of the Yorkshire Fitting and the supply of materials for the shipbuilding repairs in World War 1, the Copperworks has played a pivotal role in British Industry and history.

Generations of families have worked at the site, seeing the transition from Leeds Copperworks into Yorkshire Copperworks, as well as multiple mergers and takeovers since.

The site has played host to a number of industrial breakthroughs, as well as royal visits, and at its peak was the workplace of a 5,000 strong workforce.  It finally closed its doors in 1980.

In 1930 a works brass band was formed as the Yorkshire Copperworks Band.  This we believe, still exists today as the Yorkshire Imperial Band, or Yorkshire Imps, which you may have seen performing in Middleton Park over the years.

The old works were purchased by Towngate PLC in 2003, and during Towngate’s ownership, the site has undergone significant refurbishments, whilst taking strides to maintain its strong heritage. It is maintained to a high standard, with the buildings and land modernised to work as ideal industrial/commercial accommodation for the modern-day occupier.

The Copperworks is ideally located on Haigh Park Road in Stourton, leeds, just minutes from Leeds City Centre and Leeds Railway Station.  It lies within one mile of both J 44 of the M1 Motorway and J7 of the M621 Motorway., and in easy reach of Leeds / Bradford, Manchester and Liverpool Airports and the ports of Liverpool and Hull.

Towngate is now pleased to present, to let, industrial / warehouse premises up to approximately 125,000 sq ft, within the building now named as Copperworks 2.

The property offers cost effective, flexible terms and a working height of 9.5 metres, and an additional yard area of 2.5 acres.  Furthermore, additional open storage land is potentially available on site.

For further information; visit our specific Copperworks 2 Page

Alternatively, please contact:

Tom Lamb / Julia Ford, Towngate PLC;  01484 715635 or Get in touch

 

With thanks to South Leeds Life.