Redevelopment of the Brackenhall estate, Fartown, Huddersfield
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Redevelopment of the Brackenhall estate, Fartown, Huddersfield
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 5 Mar 2007
The council estate had become such a bad area that no-one would accept the houses that had become vacant. The solution was to demolish the estate and redevelop it with owner-occupied houses (although there are some flats to let). The area on the left has not yet been rebuilt.
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