Ferguslie Park
Coordinates: 55°50′55″N 4°27′17″W / 55.8486°N 4.4547°W
Ferguslie Park is a housing estate at the north-west extremity of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is bordered by the town of Linwood to the west and Glasgow International Airport to the north. In 2006, the Scottish Executive named it as one of Scotland's most deprived communities. This information was based on paperwork dating back to 1996. Ferguslie Park has improved over many years by building centres for sports and leisure for all ages. However, in 2012 the "Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation" analysis by the Scottish Government again identified Ferguslie Park as the most deprived area in Scotland.
Ferguslie has origins dating back to the 16th century, and was the site of a large estate associated with the monks based at Paisley. The modern town, however, was born in the 1850s around an iron-stone mining settlement known as Inkerman. At its closure, the town was demolished and its residents moved to Ferguslie or nearby Elderslie.
Its main form was gained following the Housing Act of 1949.
It was hit particularly hard by the closure of traditional industries particularly based in nearby Linwood in the late 1970s and early 1980s. As a consequence, and also due to its isolated position separated from Paisley and other towns by railway lines and other transport networks, it has suffered a large degree of social exclusion. In particular, it has become known for drug abuse, appearing on a Panorama television programme in the late 1990s relating to the problems this has caused. It has also had severe problems with crime and juvenile delinquency.
...
Wikipedia