I agree. Beyond about 500m the land starts falling away to the valley between Guiseley and Menston. Nothing to be done.
'Often heart stopping landings'. Slight exaggeration. I must have landed at LBA over 100 times in the last 40 years. I can recall one go around, one where the guy plonked it down as if to say==you stay there== and one diversion to Teesside.
It will be interesting to see what the new owners plans are because inside the fence I'd say the greatest operating restriction is the lack of a full length taxiway. Of course there are thousands of hours per year where there is no capacity problem at all, but at 0730 on a Sat morning in July, it is constrained.