Moor Allerton is an area of Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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, England

England

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. The area is situated in North Leeds, near to King Lane and the Leeds Outer Ring Road

Leeds Outer Ring Road

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. The area is mainly made up of post war council housing and has a good reputation. This combined with relatively low house prices has made the area popular with first time buyers. In the 1990s much of the area's Shopping Centre was rebuilt. It now has a large Sainsbury's ,a Homebase

Homebase

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 a Comet, a newsagency, several other retailers, a library

Library

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 and a public house

Public house

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 called The Penny Fun. The centre has previously had a Jones of Oakwood (electronic retailers) and a Burger King

Burger King

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. The earlier part of the centre was opened by Mr Arthur Craven (director of library services) on the 5 March 1982. By 1985 the library had become the busiest branch library in Leeds.

Moor Allerton is situated along King Lane, on the outside of the Outer Ring Road

Leeds Outer Ring Road

The Leeds Outer Ring Road is a main road that runs around most of the perimeter of the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The ring road is approximately long and consists of single and dual carriageways....

. To the West of King Lane is the Black Moor Estate and to the East is the Ling Field Estate, Lingfield Towers, however lies within the Outer Ring Road. The Black Moor Estate has its own amenities. There is a public house called the Cranmer Bank as well as a parade of shops with a post office

Post office

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 a Happy Shopper

Happy Shopper

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, charity shops, a Chinese and an Italian takeaway. Moortown Social Club is situated on Cranmer Gardens. Famous inhabitants of Moor Allerton include former professional golfer Peter Alliss

Peter Alliss

Peter Alliss is an English professional golfer, BBC television presenter and commentator, author and golf course designer. Alliss is known for his charismatic and unique style of commentary, often displaying a witty demeanour...

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