Editing Seacroft (section)

===Satellite town within the city boundary===
The village developed slowly over the centuries and saw very little change until the post-war years.  Work on the estate began in the 1950s.  Many of the older houses on the estate are more traditional red-brick semis built around the Beechwood area, to the North of the estate.  In the 1960s many [[prefabricated housing|prefabricated houses]] and high-rise flats were constructed on the estate.  Two main roads were built through the estate, these being North Parkway and South Parkway.  North Parkway was built with a dual carriageway, in a similar way as Oak Tree Drive, Coldcotes Drive and Gipton Approach in neighbouring Gipton.

In 1934, Leeds City Council bought {{convert|1000|acre|km2}} for municipal housing, and after World War II the majority of houses and blocks of flats were built. The council had planned for Seacroft to be a "satellite town within the city boundary"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.any-village.com/UK/England/West-Yorkshire/Seacroft/home.aspx |title=Seacroft, West Yorkshire &#124; England &#124; United Kingdom (UK) &#124; Parish &#124; Village &#124; Community &#124; Seacroft |publisher=Any-village.com |access-date=22 June 2010}}</ref>

In addition to this vision, other areas surrounding Seacroft were built using the same principle. In the 1960s building work in the [[Swarcliffe]] and Stanks areas started, and in the 1970s in [[Whinmoor]]. However, none of these were as large or ambitious as Seacroft, with the intention that these areas use many of the amenities built along with the Seacroft Estate such as the Civic Centre and Seacroft's secondary schools.  As such amenities were kept to a minimum in Swarcliffe and Whinmoor, with the estates only having small local shops, public houses and primary schools.  Seacroft also has the main central bus interchange for North East Leeds, although the nearest railway station is in [[Cross Gates]].