Talk:Hindley, Greater Manchester

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Social regeneration issues

I've removed the following section from the article because without supporting references it a statement of POV. The topic seems notable and worthy of inclusion if someone can come up with references and a neutral presentation.

There are areas of long term blight that residents would like to see improved - they receive no support from the local authorities.

Derelict buildings on Bridge Street, some empty for over 20 years, need to be compulsory purchased and demolished as they are unattractive and become a haven for fly posting, which detracts from the efforts to regenerate the town.
The Borsdane Shopping precinct on the Castle Hill estate has been a blight on the area for over 30 years and despite promises from the local MP and the Labour Council still remains in existence and a danger to the public.
There are few facilities in the local park compared to other areas of the Borough.
There remain no integrated transport links with the local station - most travellers are faced with a walk of half a mile from the town.
Travelling through Hindley by car can be a problem with long delays and traffic jams. The local council's recent "improvements" have made the problem worse.

-- Timberframe (talk) 12:47, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Images

There are some new (at time of this posting) free-to-use images of Hindley avaliable for upload to Wikimedia Commons, here. --Jza84 | Talk 14:14, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]