What is Beeston?
{{Infobox UK place |country = England |coordinates = {{coord|53.7761|-1.5559|display=inline,title}} |official_name = Beeston |pushpin_map = United Kingdom Leeds |population = 22,187 |population_ref =([[2011 Census for England and Wales|2011 Census]])<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E05001415|title=Beeston and Holbeck Ward (as of 2011)|access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref> |metropolitan_borough = [[City of Leeds]] |metropolitan_county = [[West Yorkshire]] |region = Yorkshire and the Humber |constituency_westminster = [[Leeds Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds Central]] |post_town = LEEDS |postcode_district = LS11 |postcode_area = LS |dial_code = 0113 |os_grid_reference = SE294313 |static_image_name = John Charles Approach, Leeds (36696169114).jpg| |static_image_caption = View over Beeston }} '''Beeston''' is a suburb of [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]], England located on a hill about 2 miles (3&nbsp;km) south of the centre of the city. The start of Beeston was in the [[medieval]] period. It remained a small place for people to live until the late part of the [[Victorian era]] when it became a mostly residential area for people working in Leeds and surrounding industrial areas like [[Holbeck]] and [[Hunslet]]. When the [[2011 Census for England and Wales|2011 Census]] was being carried out, Beeston had a population of 22,187 (which included [[Holbeck]]). Some parts of the area, around Cross Flatts Park, suffer from high levels of [[poverty]], while areas to the centre and south are generally considered richer. Beeston is home to the [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] football club stadium on Elland Road and [[Hunslet R.L.F.C.|Hunslet]] rugby league club. ==Places of worship== Beeston has at least ten churches of many religions including [[Church of England]], [[Roman Catholic]], [[Methodism|Methodist]] and [[Baptist]]. The Anglican churches of St Mary on Town Street and St Luke on Malvern Road were ma