Thorpe Park Leeds

{{Short description|Business park in Leeds, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}

{{Other uses|Thorpe Park (disambiguation)}}

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| official_name = Thorpe Park

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| image1 = Thorpe Park, Leeds 007.jpg

| alt1 = Greggs at Thorpe Park

| image2 = Odeon Multiplex cinema, Thorpe Park (geograph 6292211).jpg

| alt2 = Odeon cinema, Thorpe Park

| image3 = The view from room 317 Thorpe Park hotel Leeds (geograph 4870538).jpg

| alt3 = Thorpe Park Hotel

| image4 = Roundabout, Thorpe Park (geograph 1987688).jpg

| alt4 = Roundabout, Thorpe Park

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| footer = From top, left to right: Office buildings, an Odeon cinema, Thorpe Park Hotel, view of a roundabout, a Greggs branch and The Springs retail park.

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| coordinates = {{coord|53.799|-1.424|type:landmark_dim:2000|display=inline,title}}

| country = England

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| post_town = LEEDS

| postcode_district = LS15

| postcode_area = LS

| dial_code = 0113

| constituency_westminster = Leeds East

| metropolitan_borough = City of Leeds

| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

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Thorpe Park Leeds{{Cite web|title=Thorpe Park Leeds|url=https://thorpeparkleeds.com/|website=Thorpe Park Leeds|access-date=9 November 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211109181018/https://thorpeparkleeds.com/|archive-date=9 November 2021}} or simply Thorpe Park is a business park located near Brown Moor, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.{{Cite web|title= More than 3,000 new jobs set to be created as next phase of Thorpe Park Leeds is revealed |url= https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/more-3000-new-jobs-set-be-created-next-phase-thorpe-park-leeds-revealed-3066702 |website=The Yorkshire Post|date=14 December 2020|first=Mark|last=Casci|access-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230403051735/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/more-than-3000-new-jobs-set-to-be-created-as-next-phase-of-thorpe-park-leeds-is-revealed-3066702|archive-date=3 April 2023}} Companies that are headquartered in Thorpe Park include Northern Gas Networks,{{Cite web|title=NGN STATEMENT OF EXCLUDED CONNECTIONS|url=https://www.northerngasnetworks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/NGN-Statement-of-Excluded-Connections-Mar-2019-Draft.pdf |website=Northern Gas Networks|access-date=8 November 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211108170826/https://www.northerngasnetworks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/NGN-Statement-of-Excluded-Connections-Mar-2019-Draft.pdf|archive-date=8 November 2021}} Boost Drinks{{Cite web|title= BOOST DRINKS LIMITED |url= https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04242514 |website=GOV.UK|access-date=10 October 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211106082405/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04242514|archive-date=6 November 2021}} and Pharmacy2U.{{Cite web|title=Help and support|url=https://www.pharmacy2u.co.uk/help-and-support/|website=Pharmacy2U|access-date=8 November 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211108174344/https://www.pharmacy2u.co.uk/help-and-support/|archive-date=8 November 2021}} The Thorpe Park railway station is anticipated to open in the area in 2024.{{Cite web|title=Thorpe Park|url=https://www.leeds.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/east-leeds-extension/thorpe-park|website=Leeds.gov.uk|access-date=8 November 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211108172043/https://www.leeds.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/east-leeds-extension/thorpe-park|archive-date=8 November 2021}} The overall development of the business park is expected to be complete by 2035.{{Cite web|title= New public park opens at Thorpe Park Leeds designed by award-winning landscape architects|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/new-public-park-opens-at-thorpe-park-leeds-designed-by-award-winning-landscape-architects-3286967|website=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=25 June 2021|access-date=6 November 2021|first=Daniel|last=Sheridan|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211106095242/https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/new-public-park-opens-at-thorpe-park-leeds-designed-by-award-winning-landscape-architects-3286967|archive-date=6 November 2021}}

History

In 2000, Scarborough Group International (SGI) began development on the business park. The chairman of SGI Kevin McCabe said that they wanted to create the "largest and best out of town, mixed-use development that Yorkshire has ever seen".{{Cite web|title=SGI SETS OUT FUTURE THORPE PARK LEEDS PLANS|url=https://www.insidermedia.com/news/yorkshire/sgi-sets-out-future-thorpe-park-leeds-plans|website=Insider Media|date=27 October 2021|access-date=6 November 2021|first=Stephen|last=Farrell|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211106094517/https://www.insidermedia.com/news/yorkshire/sgi-sets-out-future-thorpe-park-leeds-plans|archive-date=6 November 2021}}

Phase two development at Thorpe Park Leeds was enabled following an investment deal with Legal & General Capital in 2015.{{Cite web|title= Work begins on £52m office build at Thorpe Park in Leeds |url=https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/planning-construction-news/thorpe-park-in-leeds/93611/|website=pbctoday|date=19 May 2021|access-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211106100138/https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/planning-construction-news/thorpe-park-in-leeds/93611/|archive-date=6 November 2021}}

The Springs retail park was opened in October 2018.{{Cite web|title=Massive crowds visit The Springs for new retail park's launch celebrations|url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-leeds/shopping/huge-crowds-shoppers-visit-springs-15276151|website=Leeds Live|date=13 October 2018|first=Craig|last=Jones|access-date=8 November 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211108201744/https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-leeds/shopping/huge-crowds-shoppers-visit-springs-15276151|archive-date=8 November 2021}} In May 2021, a life-size statue of Captain Tom Moore was unveiled at the park before being positioned at Tom Moore's birthplace in Keighley.{{Cite web|title= Incredible life-size Captain Sir Tom Moore statue by Leeds man set for Thorpe Park grand reveal|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/incredible-life-size-captain-sir-tom-moore-statue-by-leeds-man-set-for-thorpe-park-grand-reveal-3216436 |website=The Yorkshire Post|date=28 April 2021|first=Ruth|last=Dacey|access-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230403080413/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/incredible-life-size-captain-sir-tom-moore-statue-by-leeds-man-set-for-thorpe-park-grand-reveal-3216436|archive-date=3 April 2023}} In August 2021, SGI began development on a £52 million office building which has been pre-let to credit management company, Lowell.{{Cite web|title= New £52m office development will bring 1,500 people to work at Thorpe Park Leeds |url= https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/consumer/new-ps52m-office-development-will-bring-1500-people-to-work-at-thorpe-park-leeds-3357167|website=The Yorkshire Post |date=24 August 2021|access-date=6 November 2021|first=Greg|last=Wright|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230403051322/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/consumer/new-ps52m-office-development-will-bring-1500-people-to-work-at-thorpe-park-leeds-3357167|archive-date=3 April 2023}}

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