Editing Seacroft (section)

{{Short description|Suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England}}
{{about|the area of Leeds|the village in Lincolnshire|Seacroft, Lincolnshire}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.8222|-1.4599|display=inline,title}}
| official_name            = Seacroft
| pushpin_map              = United Kingdom Leeds
| population               = 14,246
| population_ref           = (2011 Census)<ref>53 Super Output Areas within the Killingbeck and Seacroft ward make up Seacroft http://ukcensusdata.com/killingbeck-and-seacroft-e05001430#sthash.8wFY4n3n.vrLNgl3N.dpbs.dpbs</ref>
| metropolitan_borough     = [[City of Leeds]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[West Yorkshire]]
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = [[Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds East]]
| post_town                = LEEDS
| postcode_district        = LS14
| postcode_area            = LS
| dial_code                = 0113
| os_grid_reference        = SE362365
| static_image_name        = Seacroft from Fearnville 001.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Seacroft from Fearnville
}}

'''Seacroft''' is an outer-city suburb/township consisting mainly of [[council estate]] housing covering an extensive area of east [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]], England. It lies in the LS14 [[LS postcode area|Leeds postcode area]], around {{convert|4|mi|km}} east of [[Leeds city centre]].

It sits in the [[Killingbeck and Seacroft (ward)|Killingbeck & Seacroft]] ward of [[Leeds City Council]] and [[Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds East]] [[United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|parliamentary constituency]].

The population of the corresponding Leeds City Ward was nearly 18,000 in 2001<ref name=ONS>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ Office for National Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106173813/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |date=6 January 2009 }} 2001 census for Seacroft ward 17,725 on 29 April 2001</ref> and fell to 14,426 in 2011.  The name is often used as a catch-all for Seacroft and the neighbouring areas of [[Whinmoor]] and [[Swarcliffe]], other large east Leeds council estates which merge into each other.

Seacroft includes one of the largest council estates in the country and Yorkshire's second-largest council estate, after [[Bransholme]] in [[Kingston upon Hull]]. The latter, however, was part of [[Humberside]] county from 1974 to 1996.  Because of its size, Seacroft has often been referred to as a town.  The original vision, envisaged by the council, was that it would be a 'Town within the City Limits', and the Seacroft Civic Centre was often referred to as the 'Seacroft Town Centre'.<ref name=Leodiaerial>[http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200862_166842 Leodis photographic archive] Seacroft Town Centre, aerial view</ref>