{"id":710365,"date":"2026-01-21T07:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/710365\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T07:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:33:13","slug":"the-abandoned-manchester-estate-no-one-called-home-for-30-years-but-some-may-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/710365\/","title":{"rendered":"The abandoned Manchester estate no-one called home for 30 years – but some may soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s next to Manchester City’s training ground<\/p>\n

The last remaining houses on Parrot Street, pictured in 2009. It’s thought they were abandoned in the 1990s(Image: Google Maps)<\/p>\n

You might expect east Manchester\u2019s Bebbington Street, Rushen Street, and Parrot Street to be like any other quintessential suburban streets generations of Mancs grew up in.<\/p>\n

And they were, once.<\/p>\n

But if you go to any of the 13 roads a stone\u2019s throw from the Clayton<\/a> Hall Metrolink<\/a> stop, you won\u2019t find smart cul-de-sacs, well-kept lawns, or smiling young families. You\u2019ll only see crumbling concrete roads, wild bushes, and a few abandoned houses loomed over by a glue factory.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was back-to-backs,\u201d Gavin White, executive councillor for housing recalled. \u201cThey were demolished at least 30 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former Eccleshall Street estate, next to the Ashton<\/a> Canal and within sight of Manchester City\u2019s training ground, once had 234 terraced houses. Now, it is probably the last place you\u2019d want to raise a family with its grid of decaying streets more reminiscent of Detroit, not somewhere near Droylsden<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Long-gone addresses are still listed on Google Maps. And families will be here soon, under new council plans.<\/p>\n

The authority, which owns much of the site, wants to build 1,000 \u2018canalside\u2019 homes in \u2018four to six storey\u2019 blocks. Development is planned here because the site is large, 20.6 hectares, and having the Clayton Hall Metrolink stop so near would give residents a fast route to Tameside<\/a> and town.<\/p>\n

Coun White added: “We are in the process of exploring the potential to bring back into use a significant area of brownfield land near the canal in Clayton, to be brought forward for redevelopment over the next few years to help meet demand for quality, affordable housing in the area.<\/p>\n

“An initial masterplanning process has been undertaken that suggests the area has capacity for around 1,000 new homes and infrastructure across 20.6hectares – with a mix of affordable homes, supported housing, family homes and apartment living.<\/p>\n

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Iredine Street, wild and overgrown, pictured in 2024(Image: Google Maps)<\/p>\n

“The expectation would be to build a new local centre and park to create a focal point for the community, with the potential for new canal frontage on to the Ashton Canal – with the neighbourhood being well served by the nearby Clayton Hall tram stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time Manchester council tried to breathe life into the estate, with an early 2000s plan for 400 homes<\/a> coming unstuck due to the glue factory\u2019s presence. After spending \u00a314m and convincing Greggs to move operations from Openshaw, officials were told by the Health and Safety Executive houses could not be built next to the chemical plant in 2007.<\/p>\n

The Local Democracy Reporting Service understands development will progress whether or not the Evonik adhesive plant next door moves away. An area around the factory will be left vacant if it remains, but the town hall is keen to relocate the firm.<\/p>\n

Details of how the new homes may look, or be laid out, are set to be released later in 2026. Until then, Eccleshall Street estate’s bakers’ dozen streets will continue to crumble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s next to Manchester City’s training ground The last remaining houses on Parrot Street, pictured in 2009. It’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,22215,393,4884,2465,1036,8828,29712,285,16,15],"class_list":["post-710365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-clayton","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-city-fc","tag-manchester-council","tag-manchester-development","tag-politics","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115931932592834217","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}