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

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Crumpsall is a district and suburb of the city of Manchester, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is about three miles north of Manchester city centre. Manchester City Centre is the Central business district of both Manchester and Greater Manchester, in North West England. The area is adjacent to Cheetham Hill, Blackley and Harpurhey. Cheetham Hill is a district of Manchester, England located approximately two miles to the north of Manchester city centre. Blackley ( IPA /'bleɪklɪ/ "blake-ley" is a district of Manchester, in North West England. Harpurhey is a district of the city of Manchester, in North West England.

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 district and suburb of the city of Manchester, England. Lower Crumpsall is a part of Crumpsall, a suburb three miles to the north of Manchester, England.

Crumpsall is a represented by three Labour Councillors. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A councillor or councilor ( Cllr, Coun, Clr or Cr for short is a member of a Local government council such as a Jon-Leigh Pritchard and Con Keegan are both Labour Party councillors in Crumpsall. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the

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. North Manchester General Hospital was a large NHS hospital located in Crumpsall in the north of the English city of Manchester. 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 term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. Prestwich is a town and residential suburb of Manchester within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England.

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). A post office is a facility authorized by a Postal system for the posting receipt sorting handling transmission or delivery of Mail. Crumpsall Park is a small urban park in a very ethnically and religiously diverse suburb with mixed tenure housing lying around 2 Culture The Victorian fascination with novelty resulted in a deep interest in the relationship between modernity and cultural continuities A bandstand is a circular or semicircular structure set in a Park, Garden, or Pier, designed to accommodate Musical bands performing outdoor 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.

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. Bradford ( lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Southall is a suburb in the London Borough of Ealing, West London. Blackburn ( is a large town in Lancashire, England. It lies to the north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um

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%

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:

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Public transport

The district is served by the Metrolink with two stations within its boundaries. Manchester Metro redirects here - for the Manchester Metroshuttle free bus routes see Metroshuttle or First Manchester Manchester Metrolink Crumpsall station on Station Road and Bowker Vale station on Middleton Road.

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. Greater Manchester Police (" GMP " is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing the Metropolitan county of Greater DC Oake therefore became the first British national to be killed by terrorists in the "War on Terror" on British soil. The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is the common term for the military political and legal, and ideological conflict and specifically for U

Heaton Park on the borders of Crumpsall has been used as the location for the "Red Rec'" on Granada's Coronation Street. Heaton Park, covering an area variously reported as,, and is the biggest park in Greater Manchester, England and one of the biggest Municipal parks in Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. Coronation Street (commonly known as 'Corrie' is an award-winning Soap opera created by Tony Warren Additionally, the UK TV drama 'Queer as Folk' was partially filmed in the terraced streets off Cravenwood Road. Queer as Folk is a 1999 British Television series that chronicles the lives of three Gay men let loose in Manchester 's Gay village

Notable residents

The folk singer, Mike Harding, was brought up on Waterloo Street and Hallworth Road in Lower Crumpsall. Mike Harding (born 23 October 1944) is an English Singer, Comedian, Author, Poet and broadcaster. 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. In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969

Henry Normal, known as "The Bard of Crumpsall", had his TV series for Granada set in the mythical "Crumpsall Palladium". Henry Normal (born in Nottingham is an English Comedian, Television producer, Poet and Writer.

The Moors Murderess Myra Hindley was born at Crumpsall in 1942, and attended Peacocks Primary School in the area from 1947 until 1953. The Moors murders were committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley around the Manchester area of England between 1963 and 1965 Myra Hindley (23 July 1942 &ndash 15 November 2002 was an English Serial killer convicted along with her lover Ian Brady, of killing four children between Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

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. Howard Jacobson (born 24 August, 1942) is a British Author. He is best known for writing comic novels which tend to revolve around the dilemmas

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. Don Estelle ( May 22 1933 - August 2 2003) was a British actor and singer It Ain't Half Hot Mum was a British sitcom about the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party, broadcast between 1974 and 1981 and written

Education

• Abraham Moss

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. Abraham Moss or Abraham Moss Learning Centre is an education and leisure centre situated on Crescent Road in the Crumpsall / Cheetham district High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and The term black people usually refers to a racial group of Humans with dark Skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea.

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

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