Whitfield, Dundee

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Whitfield is a residential area in the north of Dundee, Scotland to the east of Fintry and north of Douglas. The area was built in the 1960s to accommodate Dundee's expanding population. A lot of the housing was low rise, deck access flats, innovative for the time, built using the "Skarne" prefabrication system.

Between 1989 and 1995 it was one of the four areas chosen for the Scottish Office programme New Life for Urban Scotland. A lot of the deck access housing in the area was demolished as the area was remodelled.

In the 2004 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, Whitfield contained two datazones (average population 1,000) in the most deprived 15% of datazones in Scotland.

In 2003 and 2004 respectively both of the high rise tower blocks of flats in the area were demolished. As of 2006 the area is undergoing redevelopment as part of a redevelopment plan and the area is seeing a rise in population.

[edit] Education

There are two secondary schools in the Whitfield area. To the north is Braeview Academy which was formerly called Whifield High School and in the very south is St Saviour's Roman Catholic High School. There are also two primary schools, Whitfield Primary School and Newfields Primary School.

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