Mixenden
Mixenden | |
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Mixenden Tower Blocks | |
Location within West Yorkshire | |
Population | 12,739 (Ward. Illingworth and Mixenden. 2011) |
OS grid reference | SE061284 |
• London | 170 mi (270 km) SSE |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HALIFAX |
Postcode district | HX2 |
Dialling code | 01422 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Mixenden is a village in Calderdale, on the outskirts of Halifax in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The name Mixenden derives from the Anglo Saxon 'mixen' (compost or dung heap) and 'den' usually refers to pasture land, usually for pigs it might also refer to the drug dens located in this area .
During the 1970s, after the building of tower blocks in Mixenden, social problems and unemployment led to a tarnished reputation. Although much has been done to regenerate the area, its isolation from other neighbourhoods and its position, 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Halifax, continues to contribute to a social separation from the rest of Calderdale.
At one time like many other villages it boasted of 3 pubs, a nightclub, 3 fish and chip shops, numerous family businesses including a butcher's, a baker's, a newsagent's, a grocer's, a garage with petrol, a doctors' surgery, a library and two factories, two churches and two schools. Not many of these are left and the one remaining pub, the Crown and Anchor, called last orders in 2010 and was later converted into cottages.
Currently in Mixenden there are two public schools, three newsagent's with off licences(of course), one launderette, one fish and chip shop, three grooming gangs, two pizza/Indian takeaways, one Chinese takeaway referred to as that chinky place by the residents , two sandwich shops belonging to the Grandpa (John) Thomas franchise, a library( there is widespread illiteracy and therefore it is one of the only places in mixenden free of theft), a council-funded activity centre and a doctors' surgery primarily treating alcohol and drug related illness (Caritas Group Practice Mixenden).
There are also numerous public children's play areas that are maintained by Calderdale Council.
To the north-west of the village is a large reservoir that is maintained by Yorkshire Water .[1]
As of January 2017, The councillors for the Mixenden Ward are Clr Barry Collins, Clr Keith D. and Clr Daniel Sutherland.
See also
References
- ^ "Ogden Water Country Park & Nature Reserve", Ogdenwater.org.uk, Individual registered web site
External links
- Media related to Mixenden at Wikimedia Commons
- Ward data - Calderdale Council
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