Brackenhall
The Brackenhall estate during redevelopment in 2005
Brackenhall is located in West Yorkshire
Brackenhall
Brackenhall
Location within West Yorkshire
Population2,393 [1]
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHUDDERSFIELD
Postcode districtHD2
Dialling code01484
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

Brackenhall is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England located 2 miles (3 km) north of Huddersfield town centre between Fixby and Sheepridge.[2]

History

The estate was created in the 1930s when Huddersfield Town Council moved all residents from the rundown homes in the town centre to new estate.[3] Since the 1960s, the estate was beset with social problems which culminated in a riot in July 1992 when police carried out a drugs raid at the Phoenix pub. The following night, 200 youths clashed with police and there were many injuries. This was one of the worst disturbances which occurred in a wave of rioting across Britain during the summer of 1992, with similar disturbances also taking place in towns including Blackburn and Burnley across the Lancashire border.[4]

Some of the remaining original housing

In 1997, the council purchased the pub and closed it down, then demolished some of the 1,050 homes on the estate, 20% of which were, at the time, unoccupied. The council entered into a public/private partnership with Southdale Homes. and created new housing which benefited from the location's proximity to the Fixby area, where house prices were relatively buoyant.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Kirklees LSOA overview profile". kirklees.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "288" (Map). Bradford & Huddersfield. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319244852.
  3. ↑ "No place like home?". BBC Bradford & West Yorkshire. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Pithers, Malcolm (24 July 1992). "Drugs raid led to night of violence". The Independent. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Conn, David (21 January 2006). "Public and private make perfect partners". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Final stage of Brackenhall estate regeneration go-ahead". Huddersfield Examiner. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2017.


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