Higher Blackley

Higher Blackley is an electoral district or ward in the north of the City of Manchester, England. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 11,688.^[1] Voters from this ward elect three councillors to Manchester City Council. Currently all three councillors (Shelley Lanchbury, Harold Lyons, Anna Trotman) are members of the Labour Party.^[2]

Heaton Park, one of Europe's largest parks, is in this ward.

A new education village has been constructed in Higher Blackley, including a state of the art learning resource centre containing a library and IT facilities with specialist facilities including Science, Humanities and English. The project was occupied in stages, with Our Lady's RC High School and North Ridge SEN occupying the building by January 2009, followed by Meade Hill ESBD in July 2009.^[3]

References

↑ "City of Manchester Ward 2011". Retrieved 5 January 2016.
↑ "Councillor Harold Lyons". Manchester City Council.
↑ "Higher Blackley Education Village". Manchester City Council.

External links

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Coordinates: 53°31′N 2°12′W / 53.52°N 2.20°W / 53.52; -2.20

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