- 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]
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