| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Brackenhall |
| Map Type: | West Yorkshire |
| Coordinates: | 53.672°N -1.771°W |
| Population: | 2,393 |
| Population Ref: | [1] |
| Metropolitan Borough: | Kirklees |
| Metropolitan County: | West Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituency Westminster: | Huddersfield |
| Post Town: | HUDDERSFIELD |
| Postcode District: | HD2 |
| Postcode Area: | HD |
| Dial Code: | 01484 |
| Static Image: | BrackenhallEstate.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 265px |
| Static Image Caption: | The Brackenhall estate during redevelopment in 2005 |
Brackenhall is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England located 2 miles (3 km) north of Huddersfield town centre between Fixby and Sheepridge.[2]
The estate was created in the 1930s when Huddersfield Town Council moved all residents from the rundown homes in the town centre to new estate.[3] Since the 1960s, the estate was beset with social problems which culminated in a riot in July 1992 when police carried out a drugs raid at the Phoenix pub. The following night, 200 youths clashed with police and there were many injuries. This was one of the worst disturbances which occurred in a wave of rioting across Britain during the summer of 1992, with similar disturbances also taking place in towns including Blackburn and Burnley across the Lancashire border.[4]
In 1997, the council purchased the pub and closed it down, then demolished some of the 1,050 homes on the estate, 20% of which were, at the time, unoccupied. The council entered into a public/private partnership with Southdale Homes. and created new housing which benefited from the location's proximity to the Fixby area, where house prices were relatively buoyant.[5] [6]