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Sheffield & Balby
Area

Brighouse West Yorkshire
Area

Leeds Area
 

Doncaster
Hope Valley (Bamford)
Rotherham (closed)
Sheffield (Central)
Sheffield (Nether Edge)
Bradford
Brighouse (closed)
Halifax
Hebden Bridge
Huddersfield
Scholes
Gildersome
Ilkley
Adel
Carlton Hill
Roundhay
Otley
Rawdon

Pickering & Hull
Area

Central Yorkshire Area
 

Craven & Keighley
Area

Beverley
Bridlington (closed)
Hull
Kirkbymoorside
Malton
Pickering
Scarborough
Whitby
Ackworth
Barnsley
Carleton
High Flatts
Pontefract
Wakefield
Wooldale
Airton
Bentham
Keighley
Settle
Skipton

York Area
 

Hostels associated
with Quaker Meetings

Acomb
Friargate
Harrogate
New Earswick
Ripon (closed)
Thirsk
Airton
Bentham
Worfolk Cottage


Friends Meetings in the SHEFFIELD & BALBY Area

HOPE VALLEY      Street Map

Meets:          Quaker Community, Water Lane, Bamford, S33 0DA   
tel:                 01433-650085           OS map ref (SK 202 830)
Meetings for worship:      10.30 am Sundays.
                                             1st Sunday - bring and share lunch after meeting.
                                             1st & 3rd Sundays - usually children's meeting (please phone to check)
Provision for disabilities:  Hearing aid loop.

ROTHERHAM
This meeting is now closed.

DONCASTER      Street Map

FMH:              Oxford Place, off St. James Street, Doncaster, S. Yorks, DN1 3RH
tel:                  01909-567279
email:             coopercoop4@aol.com
website:         homepages.tesco.net/~d.swift/Doncaster.htm
Meetings for worship:     10.30 am Sunday
                                            Children's meeting 3rd Sunday.
Provision for Disabilities: Access for disabled people.  Hearing loop.
Directions:    15 minutes walk from bus and rail Stations, parking available

SHEFFIELD, CENTRAL      Street Map

FMH:  10 St. James' Street, Sheffield S1 2EW 
Contacts:
          office (weekdays): 0114-2757390
          email: sheffieldquakers@btconnect.com
          website: home.btconnect.com/sheffieldquakers
          children's activities: 0114-268-7309
          Sheffield Univ: 0114-230-4040
          Sheffield Hallam: 0114-267-0035
Meetings for worship: Sundays 10.30 am with children's meeting
                              also : 3rd Sunday, 9am after breakfast at 8.15 am
                                        2nd Sunday, 9am (no breakfast!)
                                       Wednesdays, 1.00 pm - 1.30 pm after picnic lunch at 12 noon. 
Directions:  The Meeting House is about 100 metres west of the Anglican Cathedral.
Provision for Disabilities: Access for disabled people.  Hearing loop.
Public Transport:               Station half mile, bus station half mile; Supertram and local buses to Church St.

SHEFFIELD, NETHER EDGE      Street Map

Address: Shirley House, 31 Psalter Lane, Sheffield, S11 8YL
tel:           0114- 2582567                           /0114-266-6605	OS map ref (SK 339856)
email:      dougcandler@blueyonder.co.uk/joan.hoare@virgin.net
Meetings for worship:      Sunday 10.30 am (provision for children, by request)
Provision for Disabilities: please call to discuss access

Friends Meetings in the BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE Area

BRADFORD      Street Map

FMH:        Russell St, off Melbourne Place, Little Horton Lane, BD5 0JB
tel:           01274-560283
email:      c.sherrard@btopenworld.com
Meetings for worship:      Sunday 10.45 am with Children's class (please ring 01274-541-316 in advance)
Fellowship of Healing:      1st Sunday of each month at 9.45 am
Provision for disabilities: disabled access
Station:   Bradford Exchange half a mile. 
Bus:         from interchange or City Centre to Trinity Road
Parking:  available.

BRIGHOUSE
This meeting has now closed.

HALIFAX      Street Map    

Meets at:   St John Ambulance HQ, 40 Gibbet St, Halifax, HX1 5BA
tel:              01422-882570
Meetings for worship: Sundays 10.30 am

HEBDEN BRIDGE      Street Map

Address:  Royd Square Centre, Bond Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 7DE
tel:            01422-885942
email:       hebdenbridgequakers@hotmail.co.uk
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am with Children's class (please call 01422-885-942 in advance)
Directions: driving from station, turn right at signs for Haworth and Keighley.  
Continue through traffic lights and turn left at White Lion pub, into Bridge Gate.  
Follow road round, over St George's Bridge.  
100 yards along Hangingroyd Lane, turn left opposite old Fire Station, into Bond Street.
Parking:   in Stubbing Holme Road, next left. 
Buses:     stop at the Co-op Food Fair.
Railway Station: half a mile.
Provision for disabilities: good disabled access

HUDDERSFIELD       Street Map

FMH:         Church Street, Paddock, Huddersfield, HD1 4TR 
tel:             01484-644959 / 01924-520422   OS map ref (SE 130164)
email:       jeanettegeoff@btinternet.com / johnm.glover@ntlworld.com
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am with children's meeting (please contact 01484-654548 or victoria.kennedy@huddersfieldcentral-pct.nhs.uk)
Provision for disabilities: Wheelchair access to ground floor only
Station:     1.5 miles
Bus: From rail station 301 out, 302 return (Colne Valley Circular) to Paddock JIN School (walk on to Church St, turn downhill to meeting house)
From bus station 356 (Longwood), 357 (Quarmby) to Church Street (Brow Road)
301 best for Sunday Meeting, 356/357 better otherwise.
Parking:    in FMH grounds
Directions by road: Take A62 Manchester/Oldham Road from Ring Road,
after 0.5mile turn right at Longroyd Bridge (traffic lights and sign to Friends Meeting House).
Location:  FMH is off Church Street opposite a block of 6-storey flats.

SCHOLES       Street Map

FMH:       Scholes Lane, Cleckheaton, BD19 6LT
tel:           01274-872985
email:      carol.curtis@unisonfree.net
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am. (If bringing children please phone)
                                      Thursday  7.30 pm  (half an hour)
Bus:         Leeds-Halifax buses 224, 254 from Cleckheaton bus station to the Stafford Arms.
Parking:   in Scholes Lane
Provision for disabilities: Disabled access, disabled toilets, loop system.

Friends Meetings in the LEEDS Area

GILDERSOME      Street Map

FMH:       75 Street Lane, Gildersome, Leeds, LS27 7HX
tel:           01132-564944/07745-598012
email:      malcywhalan@yahoo.co.uk
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.45 am
Parking:  on-street

ILKLEY      Street Map

FMH:       Queens Road, Ilkley, LS29 9QJ
tel:           01943-609839
email:      carol.wise1@btinternet.com
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am with children's meeting
Location: FMH is near the junction of Queens Road with Wells Road. 
Parking:  Ample street parking
Provision for disabilities: Wheelchair access, disabled toilet, hearing loop system.

LEEDS - ADEL      Street Map

FMH:       New Adel Lane, Leeds LS16 6AZ
tel:          01132-2789703/01943-461730
email:     k.knott@leeds.ac.uk / barbaraepenny@talktalk.net / ninjar@hotmail.co.uk
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.45 am with children's meeting and creche (term time only)
Station:  Leeds City, 4 miles
Bus:       no.1 from City Square or 85, 96A from Bus Station and Eastgate to New Adel Lane,
               then 5 minutes walk. 
Parking: in the grounds

LEEDS - CARLTON HILL      Street Map

FMH:       188 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9DX
tel:           01132-422208/01132-784149/01132-937609
email:      judeacton@beeb.net / m.woodhead2@ntlworld.com; 
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.45 am with children's meeting and creche
Station:   Leeds City, 1 mile
Buses from Train Station (stand G): 1, 93, 95
Buses from Bus Station (stands 20, 21 or 22): 28, 96, 97, 731 or any other bus which passes Leeds Univ. 
Parking:  Car park at rear

LEEDS - ROUNDHAY      Street Map

FMH:       136 Street Lane, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 2BW
tel:           01132-933684 / 01132-942161 / 01132-491711
email:      theodeafamily@aol.com / dapherbs@yahoo.co.uk
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.45 am with children's meeting and creche.
Bus:         no. 12 or 2 from Vicar Lane to Devonshire Avenue. 
Parking:  Street parking permitted outside the Meeting House.
Provision for disabilities: includes level access, adapted toilet, hearing loop system

OTLEY     

Meets:    in Friends' homes 
tel:           01943-463351 
email:      joanna@guise.plus.com
Meetings for worship: Twice each month at 11:00 am
                                        Children's classes by advance arrangement
Provision for disabilities: disabled access

RAWDON      Street Map

FMH:     Quakers Lane, Rawdon, Leeds, LS19 6HU
tel:         01132-391489 / 01274-617704
email:    eileen.fowler@virgin.net / dbarrass@wallflower.demon.co.uk
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.45 am
              Small children's meeting once a month (For info call 01943-877-399)
Provision for disabilities: accessible by wheelchair (but with small steps to negotiate),
                                             hearing loops.
Buses:   from Leeds - Central Bus Station, Park Row, and Wellington Street;
 and from Bradford Interchange.
Parking: on-street parking permitted outside the Meeting House.

Friends Meetings in the PICKERING & HULL Area

BEVERLEY      Street Map

FMH:        Quaker Lane, off Woodlands, Beverley, HU17 8BY
tel:            01964-550020 / 01482-863240   OS map ref  (TA 029396)
email: gail.clint@lineone.net / janet@entwistle.karoo.co.uk website: www.langdale.karoo.net Provision for disabilities: Disabled access via ramps Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am, children welcome (please phone 01482-868730 in advance) Train: Sunday trains in Summer (May to Sept). Bus: Service from Hull Directions: Follow numerous signs to Westwood Hospital and when, after sharp bend to left into Woodlands, the arched gateway to the hospital shows 150 yards ahead, Quaker Lane is a small road immediately on right. Meeting House at end with small car park behind. Access on foot: from North Bar Within via Wood Lane, then Woodlands.

BRIDLINGTON
Meeting laid down in 2005.

HULL      Street Map

FMH:        Bean Street, Anlaby Road, Hull, HU3 2PR
tel:            01482-327574  / 01482-645905  OS map reference (TA 082 286)
email:       mail@hullquakers.org.uk / harveys@quaker.karoo.co.uk
website:  www.hullquakers.org.uk
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am, 
                               also: Wednesday 12.45 - 1.15 pm.
                                        Children's meeting (please contact the Warden on 01482-327574)
Provision for disabilities: Wide, slow ramp, with adjacent parking. Full facilities, including hearing loop 
Station:    Paragon, 1 mile 
                 Proceed West along Anlaby Rd (or bus) to the Hull Royal Infirmary. 
                 Bean Street is a turning to the L off Anlaby Rd, about 50yds beyond the major set of traffic lights.
By Car:     A63 from the West (Clive Sullivan Way). On entering the 40mph zone, just before the flyover, 
                 take the slip road signed ‘Local Traffic & Infirmary’. Take the 2nd exit at the roundabout. Continue N on Rawling Way. 
                 At the Anlaby Rd junction, filter Left and Left again immediately into Bean Street. The FMH is between Kings X & Euston Closes!
Parking:   On-site.

KIRKBYMOORSIDE      Street Map

FMH:         79 West End, Kirkbymoorside, York, YO62 6AD
tel:             01751-431054 / 01751-431743   OS map ref (SE 694864)
email:        sandmartin@freeuk.com
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am, children welcome (please contact 01751-431743)
                               also: First Thursday of each month, 12:15-12:45 (bring packed lunch, details 01751-431054)
Location:  West End is off the Market Place. The FMH is 300 yards along on left.
Parking:    Street parking adjacent.
Provision for disabilities: limited access for the disabled

MALTON      Street Map

FMH:       Greengate, Malton, N. Yorks, YO17 7EN
tel:           01759-371473   OS map ref (SE 787 718)
email: candlercoon@hotmail.com Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am. Children welcome. Location: FMH is 200 yards down Greengate, off Wheelgate. Parking: at Wentworth Street car park (next street). Provision for disabilities: full facilities and parking for disabled

PICKERING      Street Map

FMH:        19 Castlegate, Pickering, N. Yorks, YO18 7AX
tel:            01751-472827    OS map ref (SE 798843)
email:       bliss@mimar.plus.com
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am. Children welcome (please contact 01751-476651)
                               also  3rd Thursday 12.30 am followed by bring-your-own lunch
Provision for disabilities:  Disabled access
Location:  FMH is near the castle. 
Parking:   outside Meeting House grounds.

SCARBOROUGH      Street Map

FMH:        Quaker Close, Woodlands Drive, Scarborough, YO12 5QZ
tel:            01723-362756/ 01723-367554 / 01723-379381
email:       heatherwoolley@talktalk.net
Meetings for worship: Sunday   10.30 am with children's class
                               also Thursday 10 am
Provision for disabilities: Facilities available for the disabled & also mother & child.
Location:  Woodlands Drive is off Scalby Road (A171) adjacent to Scarborough Hospital.
Railway Station: 1.5 miles. Take bus to hospital.
Parking:    on site.

WHITBY      Street Map     

Meets:        Community Hall, Marton Court, Byland Road, Whitby, YO21 1JN
tel:               01947-602885
Meetings for worship: 1st & 3rd Sunday 10.30 am. No children's meeting
Provision for disabilities: Good disabled access
Directions:  2nd road north on B1416 after junction with A171 at Whitby
Parking:       Free parking available.

Friends Meetings in the CENTRAL YORKSHIRE Area

ACKWORTH      Street Map

FMH:          Ackworth School, Barnsley Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, W Yorks, WF7 7LT
tel:              01977-695939 / 01977-616384 / 01226-712206    OS map ref (SE 442173)
email:         johnwattis@aol.com  / eileenfranking@aol.com 
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.45 am. Children welcome, but please give advance notice, possible.
     During term time: with senior pupils from the School
     During vacations: in the junior school, Coram House, Back Lane 
                                  or in Centre Library of the school. Please check notice on Meeting House door.
     Please telephone for details
Directions:  on the A628, half a mile mile north of crossing with the A638
Provision for disabilities: Ramp access to meeting house, disabled toilet in school building, hearing loop.

BARNSLEY      Street Map

FMH:          Huddersfield Road, Barnsley, S70 2BP. OS map ref (SE 342069)
tel:              01226-785242 / 01226-287867
email:         annfrosty@hotmail.com   
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am with children's meeting (contact 01226-753440)
Pedestrian directions: Proceed up Regent Street directly opposite bus and train interchange station
entrance, turn right opposite town hall along Church Street then Huddersfield Road. 
Location:   FMH is second building on left. 
Parking:     own car park in Western Street alongside FMH.

HIGH FLATTS      Street Map

FMH:          9 Quaker Bottom, High Flatts, Huddersfield, W. Yorks, HD8 8XU
tel:              01484-607716    OS map ref (SE 209073)
email:         highflattsquakers@googlemail.com / destimson@tiscali.co.uk
website:     http://www.highflattsquakers.org.uk
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.45 am. Children welcome (please contact 01484-866968)
Directions: 3.5 miles NW of Penistone off A629, opposite Windmill Lane. 
                    In hamlet 200 yards east of the main road.

PONTEFRACT      Street Map

FMH:         Liquorice Way, Pontefract WF8 1DR
tel:            01977-700726 / 01977-516011
email:       wlmstorey@yahoo.co.uk
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am. Children welcome.
Provision for disabilities: Disabled access to Meeting room and toilets.

PONTEFRACT - Carleton

Meets:      In members homes
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am.

WAKEFIELD      Street Map

FMH:           Thornhill Street, Wakefield, WF1 1NQ
tel:               01924-258817 / 01924-256967     OS map ref (SE 335206)
email:          janice.havelock@talktalk.net
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am with children's meeting (contact 01132-522163)
Directions:   FMH is in the town centre to south of the Cathedral, off George Street.

WOOLDALE      Street Map

FMH:           Pell Lane, Wooldale, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, HD9 1YL
tel:              01484-689196 / 01484-687306    OS map ref (SE 153092)
email:         dick.stockford@sli.org.uk / gbreth50@aol.com
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am 
Directions: FMH is signed off the A635 Holmfirth to New Mill Road
                   opposite the "Sycamore" public house via Robert Lane.

Friends Meetings in the CRAVEN & KEIGHLEY Area

AIRTON      Street Map      

FMH:      near Skipton.     OS map ref (SD 903592)
tel:         01756-753965        
Meetings for worship: 3rd Sunday of each month (except December) at 3 pm.
Provision for disabilities: Disabled access to the meeting room, but NOT to the toilets, kitchen or hostel.
Hostel:   accommodation available for 14 people (01729-830263)

BENTHAM      Street Map

FMH:     Calf Cop, Burton Road, Low Bentham, Via Lancaster, LA2 7ET
tel:         01524-262398        OS map ref (SD 649702)
Meetings for worship: 10.30 am on the 2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays in each month. 
Parking: nearby
Hostel:   accommodation not currently available, during refurbishment. Contact Ann Jeffries, 015242-62398

KEIGHLEY      Street Map

FMH:          Strawberry Street, Skipton Road, Keighley, BD21 3BA
tel:              01535-648110        OS map ref (SE 061418)
email: jpcopes@hotmail.com / robinandsylvia@aol.com Meetings for worship: Sundays 10.30 am. Children's meeting. Directions: FMH is 400 yards from Town Hall Square towards Skipton. Provision for disabilities: Disabled access and toilet and hearing loop.

SETTLE      Street Map

FMH:       Kirkgate, Settle, BD24 9DX
tel:           01729-822313 / 01729-822779 / 01729-824450     OS map ref (SD 818636)
email: friend@settlequakers.org.uk website: www.settlequakers.org.uk Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am. Children's meeting. Provision for disabilities: Disabled access and toilet and hearing loop. Parking: Car park adjacent

SKIPTON      Street Map

FMH:     The Ginnel, Newmarket Street, Skipton, BD23 2JA
tel:         01756-793623               OS map ref (SD 992515)
email: beckettreeves@f2s.com / bill@hazelhurst.org Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am. Children's meeting.

Friends Meetings in the YORK Area

HARROGATE      Street Map

FMH:    12A Queen Parade, Harrogate, HG1 5PP
tel:        01423-563391 / 01423-547394 / 01423-883305
email:  hg.quaker.warden@gmail.com /gilly@charters.demon.co.uk
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am with children's classes (contact 01423-541176)
  (also Knaresborough meeting held on 2nd Sunday at 10:30 at Calcutt Village Hall)
Provision for disabilities: Disabled access (though minor assistance required at threshold). 
                                             Disabled toilet and hearing loop.
Parking: at the rear of FMH (Homestead Road) and in surrounding streets.
RIPON
No longer held.

THIRSK      Street Map

FMH:    24 Kirkgate, Thirsk, YO7 1PL
             (Temporarily meeting in alternative premises. Please phone)
tel:        01845-524759 / 01609-776501 / 01609-779206
email: alison.clarke@english-heritage.org.uk
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am.
                                       Children welcome. Children's meeting 2nd Sunday.
Provision for disabilities: Disabled access. (Disabled toilet and hearing loop under consideration.)

YORK, ACOMB      Street Map     

FMH:          The Green, York, YO26 5LR
tel:              01904-795595
email:         green.lane@phonecoop.coop
Meetings for worship: 10.30 am. Children's class.
Provision for disabilities:   Premises equipped for wheelchairs. Hearing loop.
Directions: FMH is on the south side of the Green; B1224 York to Wetherby Road
Buses:        Available, from railway station to Acomb shops.

YORK, FRIARGATE      Street Map

FMH:        Friargate, York, YO1 9RL
tel:           01904-624065
email:      york.friargate.quakers@ukonline.co.uk
website:  www.yorkquakers.org.uk
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am with children's classes and creche
                               Also: 2nd and 4th Sunday,  9.15 am following breakfast 8.45 
                                       Wednesday, 1.15 pm following picnic lunch 12.45.
Parking:   St. George's Field (long stay) and Castle (short stay). 
Provision for disabilities:   Disabled access to most of Meeting House 
                                               (except rooms downstairs used for children's classes)
                                               Disabled parking on nearby Castlegate.
                                               Disabled toilet.  Hearing loop.

YORK, NEW EARSWICK      Street Map

FMH:          White Rose Avenue, York, Y032 4AD
tel:              01904-763433 / 01904-750366
email:         james.mccarthy90@ntlworld.com
Meetings for worship: Sunday 10.30 am with children's classes (contact 01904-330977)
   also, at Hartrigg Oaks: Tuesday 11.45 am
Directions: FMH 1.5 miles north of York, direction Haxby,
Location:   at far end of New Earswick Folk Hall car park (ample parking)
                   and visible from Folk Hall bus stop. 
Buses:       All buses from York travelling via New Earswick use this stop.
Provision for disabilities: Full disabled access.

Worfolk Cottage      Street Map

Location:     Staintondale, Scarborough    OS map ref (SE 987991)
Hostel:         accommodation for 12 people in 5 bedrooms
Directions:  One mile off the Scarborough to Whitby road.
website:      www.worfolkcottage.co.uk
Contact:      Chris Bostock, 01723-375773