Cross Green is a mainly industrial area of Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England

England

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. It is around 1 miles (1.6 km) to the south east of Leeds city centre

Leeds City Centre

Leeds city centre is the central business district of Leeds, England. It is within the Leeds Central parliamentary constituency, represented by Hilary Benn as MP since a by-election in 1999...

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The area lies in the LS9 Leeds postcode area

LS postcode area

The LS postcode area, also known as the Leeds postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around Leeds, Wetherby, Tadcaster, Pudsey, Otley and Ilkley in England...

 between Osmondthorpe

Osmondthorpe

Osmondthorpe is a district of east Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, although it is considered part of the Halton Moor district.It is situated in the LS9 Leeds postcode area, two miles to the east of Leeds city centre between East End Park and Halton Moor.At the edge of Osmondthorpe lies the...

, Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill, West Yorkshire

Richmond Hill is a district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The district lies to the east of the city centre. It lies between York Road , East End Park and Cross Green. The area is made up of a variety of different types of buildings and architecture...

 and Hunslet

Hunslet

Hunslet is an inner-city area in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is south east of the city centre and has an industrial past.Hunslet had many engineering companies based in the district, such as John Fowler & Co...

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Cross Green Comprehensive School was a medium sized secondary school set in large grounds on Cross Green Lane. In 1996, it changed its name to Copperfields College and was closed because of falling numbers and poor results and demolished in 2008. The site has now been cleared and all that remains is a painted over sign and a layby in front of the old entrance.

Cross Green is currently experiencing a high level of anti-social behaviour

Anti-social behaviour

Anti-social behaviour is behaviour that lacks consideration for others and that may cause damage to society, whether intentionally or through negligence, as opposed to pro-social behaviour, behaviour that helps or benefits society...

, which the local police

Police

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 and council are working with residents to eliminate. Much of the remaining housing in the area is currently being demolished, or renovated as part of the EASEL regeneration initiative.

It was the birthplace in 1942 of the poet Barry Tebb

Barry Tebb

Barry Tebb is an English poet, publisher and author. He was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire in 1942.His poetry was first published by Alan Tarling's 'Poet and Printer Press' in the sixties, along with Ted Hughes, Michael Longley and Ian Crichton Smith...

 and the setting for his epic poem,'Bridge Over the Aire', considered his finest poem by Michael Haslam, a leading poet of the so-called 'Cambridge School.'