Land left vacant following clearance of Victorian terraced housing, back to backs and courtyard dwellings from 1963-1985 (Harman and Minnis 2004, 238). Land was originally earmarked for a council road scheme eventually abandoned in face of vociferous local protest. Since 1985 the land has been landscaped (largely as a result of continuing community involvement) as community greenspace. Some encroachment by light industry and housing. Fragmentary legibility of former residential area in occasional fragments of earlier streets and architectural fragments from former Methodist church and school retained during landscaping works. Unknown potential for archaeological survival.