Crumpsall
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Crumpsall is a district and suburb of the city of Manchester, England. It is about three miles north of Manchester city centre. The area is adjacent to Cheetham Hill, Blackley and Harpurhey.
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[edit] Geography and administration
Crumpsall is divided into Higher and Lower Crumpsall, although Lower Crumpsall to the east in the valley of the River Irk is now a much reduced community following large amounts of enforced local authority demolition of the small terraced streets in the 1970s.
Crumpsall is a represented by three Labour Councillors. Jon-Leigh Pritchard and Con Keegan are both Labour Party councillors in Crumpsall.
[edit] Present day
Higher Crumpsall is largely composed of houses and schools with little commerce or industry. It is also the location of a large hospital now known as North Manchester General Hospital. This was previously three hospitals: Crumpsall Hospital, Spingfield Hospital and Delauney's Hospital.
The houses are generally small and detached properties are fairly rare. There are some large Victorian style houses near the border with Prestwich.
The main routes through the district are Crescent Road, Cravenwood Road, Delaunays Road, Cleveland Road, Crumpsall Lane, Middleton Road, Lansdowne Road (the main shopping area with the Post Office) and Ash Tree Road (bounded on the east side by Crumpsall Park, a typical Victorian urban recreation ground, originally with a bandstand). Houses in the area can range from £85,000 - £210,000 depending on the location. Recently a lot of ethnic people have moved in to Crumpsall ranging from African, Afghan, Somalian and Polish people. Crumpsall is a Multi Cultural area and is home to a few gangs, however not the same scale as other districts such as Moss Side and Longsight. The crime rate has risen in the area over the years and has seen dedicated police patrols and anti crime posters in the area, Crumpsall and Cheetham Hill gangs have been blamed for recent gang activity in the Bury area of Greater Manchester and it has been said the gangs are using the public Metrolink system as a source of quick travel to either destinations to commit robberies. Crumpsall is approximately 1.5 miles away from the city centre and is a good place to live for people who work in the city centre.
Neighbourhood profile
The demographics and housing often found in this and similar postcodes, means this postcode is classed as crowded Asian terraces. These are known as type 37 in the ACORN classification and 0.51% of the UK’s population live in this type.
Very high concentrations of neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found in Bradford, Southall, Blackburn, East London and Birmingham
Here is an overview of the likely preferences and features of your neighbourhood:
Based on the M8 Postcode:
Cited from: http://www.upmystreet.com/
[edit] Public transport
The district is served by the Metrolink, with a station on Station Road in Higher Crumpsall.
[edit] History
The area came to unwanted national prominence in 2004 when Detective Constable Stephen Oake, a Greater Manchester Police officer, was fatally stabbed whilst arresting a suspected terrorist in a house on Crumpsall Lane. DC Oake therefore became the first British national to be killed by terrorists in the "War on Terror" on UK soil.
Heaton Park on the borders of Crumpsall has been used as the location for the "Red Rec'" on Granada's Coronation Street. Additionally, the UK TV drama 'Queer as Folk' was partially filmed in the terraced streets off Cravenwood Road.
[edit] Notable residents
The folk singer, Mike Harding, was brought up on Waterloo Street and Hallworth Road in Lower Crumpsall. He was a school-teacher in the 1960s at Cravenwood County Primary School in Crumpsall and performed with his band, "The Stylos" who were also from Crumpsall.
Henry Normal, known as "The Bard of Crumpsall", had his TV series for Granada set in the mythical "Crumpsall Palladium".
The mass murderer Myra Hindley was born at Crumpsall in 1942, and attended Peacoks Primary School in the area from 1947 until 1953.
Howard Jacobson was brought up in Crumpsall and some of his novels, Kalooki Nights and The Mighty Walzer feature descriptions of Jewish life in the area.
Actor and singer Don Estelle (real name Ronald Edwards) was born and raised in Crumpsall.
[edit] Education
A High school based in Higher Crumpsall, Largely Ethnic school with Low achieving grades resides on the Border of Crumpsall and Cheetham Hill, made up of largely Indian, Pakistan and Black African/Jamaican Descent.
Indian - 23% White - British 8% Pakistani - 47% Black - 22%
