M8 4GN

NEIGHBOURHOOD REPORT

M8 4GN - Higher Blackley

Higher Blackley is an electoral district or ward in the north of the City of Manchester, England. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 11,688.

Heaton Park, one of Europe's largest parks, is in this ward.

A new "education village" has been constructed in Higher Blackley, including a "learning resource centre" containing a library and IT facilities with specialist facilities including Science, Humanities and English. The project was occupied in stages, with Our Lady's RC High School and North Ridge SEN occupying the building by January 2009, followed by Meade Hill ESBD in July 2009.

In 2014, a report from Open Society Foundations described the Higher Blackley ward as " a strong and often supportive community with a sense of identity and belonging based on solid social bonds and connections ... a community that had significant pockets of deprivation alongside areas of relative affluence, a majority white working-class community which has undergone social change including increased migration into the area, and a history of far-right political activity"." [1]

Situated in local authority Crumpsall, Higher Blackley is classed as urban with major conurbation. Nearest towns are Salford (3 miles away), Manchester (3 miles away), Heywood (5 miles away), with the capital city, London being 168 miles away.

Greater Manchester

Far more than the (admittedly great) Manchester city at its heart, Greater Manchester could stake a good claim to be the most fascinating region in the north west. It is a metropolitan county with a population of over 2.7 million and is one of the largest metropolitan areas in Britain, made up of Wigan, Trafford, Tameside, Stockport, Rochdale, Oldham, Bury and Bolton.

Spanning 496 square miles it is bordered by Merseyside to the west, Lancashire to the north, Yorkshire to the northeast, Derbyshire to the south-east and Cheshire to the south.

The landscape, where it is unpopulated, is still quite beautiful. The peninnes run along the east of the county, passing through Tameside, Rochdale and Oldham, whilst the West Peninne Moors pass through the west of the county. Both the Tame and the Mersey run through the county borders and the rivers Irk, Douglas and Beal also run through Greater Manchester. Chat Moss is a gorgeous area of farmland and has a massive area of semi-natural woodland to explore.

The real highlight is of course Manchester itself, one of the UK's most exciting cities. Some people head there for the football, to see the world's biggest team (United) or the world's richest team (City); others come for the vast and eclectic temples of mammon, the famous Manchester shopping.

For nightlife there is no finer destination in the UK and for culture and the arts few cities other than London can match the sheer breadth of galleries, shows, gig venues and museums.

One favorite is the Museum of Science and Industry, with its reconstructed 19th century sewer and the incredible Beyer Garratt locomotive. Moving further out, the Hack Green Secret Bunker in the Cheshire countryside is an eerie and chilling Col War nuclear bunker complex and is a fascinating day out.

Using Manchester as a base, why not head out into the Pennines and sample the High Peak Trail, or explore Celtic ruins and historic sites in the Cheshire countryside?

Where is it?

Location
Higher Blackley

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Ward
Crumpsall

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Local Authority
Manchester

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Council

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Constituency

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County
Greater Manchester

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Region
North West

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Country
England

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Classification
Urban with Major Conurbation

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Area Type
Metropolitan District

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ONS GSS ID
E00026133

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LSOADZ_NAME
Manchester 004C

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Government ID
Manchester 004

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Coordinates
53.52, -2.238

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Phone Code
(0161) xxx xxxx

Nearby Towns

Salford	2.8 mi
Manchester	3.5 mi
Heywood	4.9 mi
Oldham	5.8 mi
Liverpool	31.3 mi
Sheffield	33.5 mi
Cardiff	147.3 mi
London	167.8 mi
Edinburgh	171.8 mi