Fire Station Details - Gipton old fire station

Name:	Gipton old fire station
Address:	Gipton Approach
Town:	Gipton, Leeds
Brigade:	West Yorkshire
Postcode:	LS9 6NL

Year Range:	1937-2015

Confirmed Latitude/Longitude:	53.802705 North 01.494117 West

Further Information/ Provenance:
http://www.westyorksfire.gov.uk/stations/gipton http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-19855873 - one of 10 stations (Gipton, Stanks, Rawdon, Otley, Brighouse, Elland, Hemsworth, South Elmsall, Batley and Dewsbury) to be closed and replaced by 5 'super-stations' (Killingbeck, Menston, Rastrick, South Kirkby and Batley Carr) http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2004512_90623111 - opened on 7th October 1937 Fire Cover 199, page 459 - Gipton & Stanks to be replaced by Killingbeck - Dewsbury & Batley to be replaced by Batley Carr - Elland & Brighouse to be replaced by Rastrick - Rawdon & Otley to be replaced by Menston - South Elmsall & Hemsworth to be replaced by South Kirby - Hunslet & Morley to be replaced by ? - Rothwell & Garforth to be replaced by a merged new site - Cookridge & Moorstown to be replaced by a new 1 pump site - Shipley & Idle to be replaced by new merged site - Ossett to be replaced by new station nearer Wakefield city centre Fire Cover 212, page 52 - Killingbeck operational 06/10/2015, when Gipton & Stanks closed


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