Higher Blackley, Manchester | |
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_2018.png) Higher Blackley electoral ward within Manchester City Council | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): By wisdom and effort | |
| Coordinates: 53°31′N 2°12′W / 53.52°N 2.20°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North West England |
| County | Greater Manchester |
| Metropolitan borough | Manchester |
| Created | May 1973 |
| Named for | Higher Blackley, Manchester |
| Government UK Parliament constituency: Blackley and Broughton | |
| • Type | Unicameral |
| • Body | Manchester City Council |
| • Leader of the council | Bev Craig (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Paula Sadler (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Shelley Lanchbury (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Olusegun Adelaja Ogunbambo (Labour) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 11,688 |
| Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census[1] | |
Higher Blackley is an electoral district or ward in the north of the City of Manchester, England. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 11,688.[1]
Heaton Park, one of Europe's largest parks, is in this ward.[2]
A new "education village" has been constructed in Higher Blackley, including a "learning resource centre" containing a library and IT facilities with specialist facilities including Science, Humanities and English. The project was occupied in stages, with Our Lady's RC High School and North Ridge SEN occupying the building by January 2009, followed by Meade Hill ESBD in July 2009.[3]
In 2014, a report from Open Society Foundations described the Higher Blackley ward as " a strong and often supportive community with a sense of identity and belonging based on solid social bonds and connections ... a community that had significant pockets of deprivation alongside areas of relative affluence, a majority white working-class community which has undergone social change including increased migration into the area, and a history of far-right political activity".[2]
- ^ a b "City of Manchester Ward 2011". Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ a b Hussain, Nazia (2014). "Europe's White Working Class Communities: Manchester" (PDF). Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Higher Blackley Education Village". Manchester City Council. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012.