Grasmere Road Playing Fields : Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:16 pm
As I was at a bit of a loose end this afternoon I decided to take a ride and have a look at what, as a kid, we always knew as Grasmere playing fields on Batley Road, Flanshaw. The playing fields are still there lying between Flanshaw beck and the new ALDI store on Batley Road. I spent quite some time studying them and came to the conclusion that they would be a very good location for a new 12,000 capacity community stadium. Allowing for a minimum 100m length pitch, the ground could be accommodated in either N/S or E/W orientation, with adequate spectator space on all four sides, and still space left over for parking. Traffic egress onto the main road would be a little restrictive, but a set of lights may ease that problem.There are currently two sets of football goal posts in place so any club that uses the facilities would be able to transfer their games to the new community stadium.As I recall the land used to be in the ownership of Wakefield City Council; so whether that has now passed to WMDC or WDH I don't know. Knowing the situation these days the land is probably ear marked for about 350 new houses, I suppose.
I would suggest to anybody passing to just pull up and have a look and I would like to see your thoughts on here.