Hattersley
| Hattersley | |
| Cheshire | |
|---|---|
 A view over Hattersley, from Werneth Low | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SJ982945 |
| Location: | 53°26’52"N, 2°1’40"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hyde |
| Dialling code: | 0161 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Tameside |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Stalybridge and Hyde |
Hattersley is a suburban area of Hyde in Cheshire, four miles west of Glossop (Derbyshire) and 10 miles east of Manchester (Lancashire). It lies at the eastern terminus of the M67 motorway and is the site of an overspill estate built by Manchester Corporation in the 1960s.[1]
History
Between 1894 and 1936 Hattersley was a largely rural civil parish. In 1936 it was annexed to the borough of Hyde but remained undeveloped. At the beginning of the 1960s, most of the area was purchased by Manchester City Council to build a large overspill estate, which became home to many families rehoused from inner-city slum areas like Gorton. Another similar estate was built in Gamesley. Both these estates consist primarily of council-owned houses.
Moors murderer Myra Hindley and her grandmother Ellen Maybury were rehoused in Hattersley from Gorton in 1964 and lived at a new house in the area – 16 Wardle Brook Avenue. Ian Brady spent much of his time at the house with Hindley and together they carried out the killings of 10-year-old Lesley-Ann Downey and 17-year-old Edward Evans at the property. The body of Lesley-Ann Downey was buried on nearby Saddleworth Moor the day after her murder on Boxing Day 1964, but the body of Edward Evans was found at the house in October 1965 before the couple could dispose of it. In October 1987, Manchester City Council demolished the house as they could not find tenants willing to live there. The site of the house remains vacant, although the surrounding houses remain standing.[2]
Renewal and privatisation
Regeneration in Hattersley is coordinated by Hattersley Neighbourhood Partnership.
The city council transferred control of most of Hattersley's housing stock to Peak Valley Housing Association in 2006 after an attempt to transfer it to the Harvest Housing Group which collapsed when a £20 million gap in funding to refurbish the homes to new housing standards was identified. The transfer brought a £40 million, seven-year improvement plan for existing housing tied to a £140m investment from a private developer.
Selective demolition has begun to remove some obsolete housing leaving space for redevelopment and investment in education and public services. Seven tower blocks were demolished in 2001.[3] Demolition of some of the 1960s low-rise houses on the estate took place in 2007 and 2008, these houses having deteriorated to a condition where refurbishment was not viable, in spite of these houses being just over 40 years old.[4]
In 2012 a Tesco supermarket was opened, despite residents' concern about extra traffic.[5]
Culture and community
Hattersley has a monthly community newspaper, the Hattersley & Mottram Community News, produced by local people. It is home to No 468 (Hyde and Hatterley) Squadron Air Cadets.[6]
Notable people
- Ricky Hatton, the former two-weight world champion boxer, is Hattersley's most notable resident.
- Lisa Huo, brought up in Hattersley, was a contestant on Big Brother 7.
- Shayne Ward, from Hattersley, was a contestant on The X Factor.
References
- ↑ "Hattersley History". Hattersley 2005. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929062029/http://hattersley.org.uk/discover/history.htm. Retrieved 23 August 2007.
- ↑ "Hindley link goes". The Times. 6 October 1987.
- ↑ "Hattersley Project Demolition of 7 Multi-storey Tower Blocks". Connell Brothers. Archived from the original on 20 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090420043210/http://www.connellbrothers.co.uk/hattersley.html. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ↑ "BASE Regeneration – Hattersley – Public consultion for Phase 1b and new phase 2". Taylor Young. November 2007. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081203085534/http://www.hattersley.org.uk/global-assets/pdf/3873_Exhibtion_Rev1_November07_Lowres.pdf. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ↑ Carr, Sue (18 April 2010). "Superstore Traffic 'danger' to kids". Manchester Evening News. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/superstore-traffic-danger-to-kids-944033. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ↑ "468 Air Cadets". http://www.468aircadets.org.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2012.