Mixenden

Mixenden
Yorkshire West Riding
Mixenden Tower Blocks
Location
Grid reference:	SE061284
Location:	53°45’32"N, 1°54’14"W
Data
Population:	12,739  (2011, with Illingworth)
Post town:	Halifax
Postcode:	HX2
Dialling code:	01422
Local Government
Council:	Calderdale
Parliamentary constituency:	Halifax

Mixenden is a village on the outskirts of Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The name 'Mixenden' derives from the Anglo Saxon 'mixen' (dung heap) and 'den' usually refers to pasture land, usually for pigs.

Mixenden Reservoir

During the 1970s, after the building of tower blocks in Mixenden, social problems and unemployment led to a tarnished reputation. Although much has been done to regenerate the area, its isolation from other neighbourhoods and its position, three miles north-west of Halifax, continues to contribute to a social separation from the rest of the area's towns and suburbs.

At one time like many other villages it boasted of 3 pubs, a nightclub, 3 fish and chip shops, numerous family businesses including a butcher's, a baker's, a newsagent's, a grocer's, a garage with petrol, a doctors' surgery, a library and two factories, two churches and two schools. Few of these are left and the one remaining pub, the Crown and Anchor, closed in 2010 and was later converted into cottages.

To the north-west of the village is a large reservoir that is maintained by Yorkshire Water.

Outside links

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