Garforth is a well regarded town seven miles from Leeds City Centre with excellent commuter links and well respected schools making it a popular area.
Recent expansion can also be traced to a combination of overall economic success in Leeds, and the fact that Garforth is well served by transport links. The A1 and M1 motorways are minutes away, and both have recently been linked by an extension of the M1 which passes to the West and North of the town, with two nearby access points at Junctions 46 and 47.
There are two railway stations, Garforth and East Garforth, both on the mainline route between Leeds, York, and North Eastern England to Scotland, and between Leeds, Selby and Hull and the Yorkshire coastal resorts. Effectively, people can commute to or visit a wide variety of destinations quite easily and still live in a self-contained township surrounded by open countryside, woodlands and rural villages.
The town is home to one secondary school and five primary schools; Garforth Community College, a secondary school and sixth form for pupils aged 11–18 is located on Lidgett Lane in Garforth. The school itself has over 2000 students and staff.
Over the street from Garforth Community College is the newly refurbished Strawberry Fields Primary school, formerly known as West Garforth Primary School. As well as Strawberry Fields, Garforth is home to Ninelands Lane Primary School, Green Lane Primary School, East Garforth Primary School and St Benedict's Primary School, which is a Catholic school.
The town is well served by local amenities including a Tesco Supermarket, a range of shops on the town’s high street, leisure centre, library, public houses and a range of sports clubs including golf, football, rugby, cricket, squash and badminton. For any thing not served by the local community the close proximity of Leeds ensures a vast array of amenities within a short journey.
