Burnley Wood

Burnley Wood is a district of Burnley, Lancashire. In broad terms it lies between Parliament Street in the north and Stoney Street in the south, and from the railway in the west to Todmorden Road in the east.

History

. [http://www.burnley.gov.uk/downloads/BWood_App.pdf]

Today

. [ [http://www.saferlancashire.co.uk/statistics/statistics/education.asp Statistics - Lancashire MADE Public ] ]

The area has a traditionally strong local identity. An active community group, Burnley Wood Community Action Group, publishes a free newspaper, the "Burnley Wood Argus", for the area, [http://www.burnleywood.com/] and Burnley Wood Park, a new community park financed by Elevate, has been built in the centre of the housing clearance area. [http://www.burnleywood.com/pb/wp_df9ce340/wp_df9ce340.html?0.11672231364609614] Previously high crime levels, especially antisocial behaviour by young people, now appear to be in decline: there were 114 crimes per 1,000 inhabitants in the year to December 2007 (Lancashire average 89.4), a fall of 19.2% on the previous twelve months. [ [http://www.saferlancashire.co.uk/statistics/statistics/table-ward-rolling.asp Statistics - Lancashire MADE Public ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/360/burnley_wood.shtml 360° photographic panorama of housing clearance area]
* [http://www.burnleywood.com Burnley Wood Community Action Group]
* [http://www.dall-street-residents-association.20fr.com/ Dall Street Residents' Association] "(not updated since January 2006)"
* [http://www.burnley.gov.uk/housingneeds/improvinghousingareas/burnleywoodarea.htm Information on housing renewal in the area from Burnley Borough Council]
* [http://www.springfieldcps.lancsngfl.ac.uk/ Springfield Community Primary School]
* [http://stivvieschurch.org/ St Stephen's Parish Church]
* [http://www.dukebarburnleywood.surestart.org/ Sure Start Duke Bar & Burnley Wood]