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Tinshill, Leeds — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The Danes named this ground Tyndr's Hyll, and Tinshill still sits four miles north of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire.
About Tinshill
Where to stay in Tinshill
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No hotel sign hangs in Tinshill. Anyone drawn out here by the Church of St James, by Troy Hill, or by the medieval farmstead in Ireland Wood will be booking a room in central Leeds and driving the four miles out. Cookridge Hospital sits a hundred and fifty metres from the farmstead site in Ireland Wood, which gives some idea of the scale of the place.
Beech House and St Gabriels House name the older frontages passed on the way.
About Tinshill
What are the main landmarks in Tinshill?
A medieval farmstead sits in Ireland Wood, a hundred and fifty metres from Cookridge Hospital, and it is the oldest built trace here. Troy Hill is the other landmark. The Church of St James, Beech House and St Gabriels House give the district its older frontages, and the Station House stands attached to Horsforth Pottery and a barn.
What is the history of Tinshill?
The Danes named the hill Tyndr's Hyll in the ninth century, and Tinshill is what centuries of use made of that. Medieval building followed. The farmstead traced in Ireland Wood belongs to a later age, and the Church of St James, Beech House, St Gabriels House and the Station House with its attached Horsforth Pottery and barn are the older fabric the district kept as Leeds spread out to meet it.
Where is Tinshill?
Tinshill stands four miles north of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, with Ireland Wood and Cookridge Hospital close by.
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Updated September 2026