Thorpe Edge
Suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
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York House
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Location within
West Yorkshire
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BRADFORD |
Postcode district | BD10 |
Dialling code | 01274 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
53°50′N 1°44′W / 53.84°N 1.73°W / 53.84; -1.73 |
Thorpe Edge is a housing estate in Idle , Bradford , West Yorkshire , England .
Geography and administration
Thorpe Edge is situated off Harrogate Road in the north-east of the City of Bradford and borders Idle and Five Lane Ends , Greengates and Eccleshill .
History
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The estate was mostly constructed in the 1950s. It was constructed mostly of low-rise housing but with two high-rise developments; the York Place flats and the Fairhaven Green flats. All of the high-rise flats are eight-storeys in height and still standing, [1] the larger York House has shops on the ground floor. Some mid-rise flats were also constructed along the Northern edge of the estate. These were demolished in the 2010s. Some of the older low-rise houses were demolished in the 2000s.
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Fairhaven flats
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Singh's convenience store, York House
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Newer 1990s built houses which replaced older low-rise housing
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St John the Divine Church
Amenities
The estate has a church; St John the Divine on Idlethorp Way, a school; Parkland Primary School and shops on the ground floor of York House. The estate is surrounded by areas with a greater number of amenities and there is a large Sainsbury's supermarket nearby at Greengates.
References
- ↑ "Tower Block - Thorp Edge" . University of Edinburgh . Retrieved 14 May 2020 .
External links
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