Crumpsall

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Crumpsall
Crumpsall (Greater Manchester)
Crumpsall

Crumpsall shown within Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough City of Manchester
Metropolitan county Greater Manchester
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MANCHESTER
Postcode district M8
Dialling code 0161
Police Greater Manchester
Fire Greater Manchester
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°31′00″N 2°14′30″W / 53.5167, -2.2417

Crumpsall has only a few small shops. Most of these have been recently renovated and are on Lansdowne Road.
Crumpsall has only a few small shops. Most of these have been recently renovated and are on Lansdowne Road.

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. 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.

[edit] District 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 districts fitting this profile are found in Bradford, Southall, Blackburn, East London and Birmingham.

[edit] Demographics

(According to 2001 census[1])

  • White British - 67.36%
  • White Irish - 3.82%
  • White Other - 3.41%
  • Mixed Race - 3.28%
  • Black British - 3.15%
  • British Asian - 17.54%
  • Chinese or Other - 1.43%


[edit] Religion

(According to 2001 census[2])

  • Christian - 52.05%
  • Muslim - 17.26%
  • Jewish - 8.99%
  • Sikh - 1.00%
  • No religion or other (including Buddhist and Hindu) - 20.47%


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 two stations within its boundaries. Crumpsall station on Station Road and Bowker Vale station on Middleton Road.

[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 British 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 schoolteacher 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 Moors Murderess Myra Hindley was born at Crumpsall in 1942, and attended Peacocks 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 {Gunner "Lofty" Sugden in It Ain't Half Hot Mum) (real name Ronald Edwards) was born and brought up in Crumpsall.

[edit] Education

A high school based in Higher Crumpsall, largely a ethnic minorities' school with low achieving grades resides on the border of Crumpsall and Cheetham Hill, made up of largely Indian, Pakistani and black African/Jamaican decent.

Indian - 23% White - British 8% Pakistani - 47% Black - 22%

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941646&c=crumpsall&d=14&e=13&g=351379&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1208802503018&enc=1&dsFamilyId=47
  2. ^ http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941646&c=crumpsall&d=14&e=13&g=351379&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1208802503018&enc=1&dsFamilyId=47
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