Broadwater Farm, often referred to simply as "The Farm",[1][2] is an area in Tottenham, North London, straddling the River Moselle. The eastern half of the area is dominated by the Broadwater Farm Estate ("BWFE"), an experiment in high-density social housing, loosely based on Corbusian ideas, dominated by concrete towers connected by walkways (the controversial, so-called "Streets in the sky"), built in the late 1960s using cheap but fire-vulnerable pre-fabricated concrete panels. The western half of the area is taken up by Lordship Recreation Ground, one of north London's largest parks. Broadwater Farm in 2011 had a population of 4,844.[3] The estate is owned by Haringey London Borough Council.
Following the publication of Alice Coleman's Utopia on Trial in 1985, the area acquired a reputation as one of the worst places to live in the United Kingdom.[4] This perception was exacerbated when serious rioting erupted later that year.[5]
After the 1985 riot there was a major redevelopment programme, after which crime rates initially fell. However, it is still associated with gangs with numerous stabbings and other violent crime occurring in and around the area.
Well known for its large Afro-Caribbean heritage, it is one of the most ethnically diverse locations in London; in 2005 its official population of 3,800 included residents of 39 different nationalities.[6]
Broadwater Farm was completed in the early 1970s and built using the same Taylor Woodrow-Anglian system of prefabricated panels as Ronan Point. In June 2018, following tests conducted after the Grenfell Tower fire, Haringey Council announced hundreds of families would have to be evacuated because eleven of the towers are at risk of catastrophic collapse in the event of a fire. At least two may have to be demolished.
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^"Broadwater Farm celebrates return of W4 bus service". London Borough of Haringey. 3 March 2006. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
^14 Output areas within the West Green ward make up Broadwater Farm and all have a N17 Postcode [1]
^"Broadwater Farm Revisited". London Bulletin. November 2005. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
^Wolmar, Christian (15 September 2005). "Broadwater Revisited". Evening Standard.
^Trivedi, Chirag (6 October 2005). "Transforming Broadwater Farm". BBC News. Retrieved 6 June 2007.
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