Gorsey Bank
Gorsey Bank is a former housing estate in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, to the west of the town centre between the River Mersey, the M60 motorway and the A560 Stockport Road.[1] It has since been redeveloped as a business park.
History[edit]
The area was populated by a cotton mill in the 19th century, which had easy access to the Mersey and the London North Western Railway.[2] A sand pit was dug in 1899, and used in the early 20th century before being filled in 1923.[3]
A housing estate was built in the mid to late 1930s, including a number of terraced houses and a recreation ground.[4] By the 1970s, the estate had become one of the worst in Greater Manchester, with a fearsome reputation for vandalism, burglary and arson.[5] A 1978 report in the Stockport Advertiser suggested that the estate should be razed to the ground and turned into industrial units.[6] By the 1990s, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council had decided to demolish the estate for redevelopment after 200 homes on the estate had become vacant and half the council-housed residents were on a transfer list. In 1999, the last remaining residents moved out and all buildings were demolished.[5] The land sat unused for some years afterwards, and continued to attract antisocial behaviour from youths and fly tipping.[6]
Redevelopment[edit]
In 2007, the site was cleared to create a new business park.[5]
In 2015, Stockport MBC planned to invest £10m to regenerate the area with a 145,000 square feet (13,500 m2) light-industrial park, creating a potential 240 new jobs.[7][8] Work was completed in December 2017 and the site is now Aurora Business Park. The final unit was let in July 2019.[9]
References[edit]
Citations
- ^ "Gorsey Bank Rd, Stockport". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ TPS 2014, pp. 11, 22.
- ^ TPS 2014, p. 22.
- ^ TPS 2014, p. 12.
- ^ a b c "It's the end of an era for borough's worst housing estate". Manchester Evening News. 5 September 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Residents of lost estate get wish – 30 years on". Manchester Evening News. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Stockport town centre cinema and leisure scheme granted planning permission". Manchester Evening News. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Aurora Stockport Overview". Stockport MBC. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Council hails huge success of Aurora business park". Stockport MBC. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
Sources
- Gorsey Bank : Contaminated Land Desk Study Report (Report). TPS / Carillion Stockport Property Services. November 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2016.[permanent dead link]