Brackenhall, Huddersfield

Brackenhall
The Brackenhall estate during redevelopment in 2005
Brackenhall Brackenhall shown within West Yorkshire
Population	2,393
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HUDDERSFIELD
Postcode district	HD2
Dialling code	01484
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Huddersfield
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°40′19″N 1°46′16″W / 53.672°N 1.771°W / 53.672; -1.771Coordinates: 53°40′19″N 1°46′16″W / 53.672°N 1.771°W / 53.672; -1.771

Brackenhall is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England located 2 miles (3 km) north of Huddersfield town centre between Fixby and Sheepridge. The state was created in the 1930s when Huddersfield Town Council moved all residents from the rundown homes in the city centre to new estate. Since the 1960s, the estate was beset with social problems which culminated in a riot in July 1992 when police carried out a drugs raid there. The following night, 200 youths clashed with police and there were many injuries.

In 1997, the council bought out the pub and closed it down and then demolished some of the 1,050 homes on the estate, 20% of which were, at the time, unoccupied. The council entered into a public/private partnership with Southdale Homes and created new housing which benefitted from the locations proximity to the Fixby area, where house prices were more buoyant.