Brackenhall

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

For the Baildon museum, see Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum.

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

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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