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{{Short description|Community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales}}
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[[File:Caia Park, Wrexham - geograph.org.uk - 981216.jpg|thumb|240px|Part of the Caia Park estate, Wrexham]]
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| welsh_name = Parc Caia
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Wrexham (Senedd constituency)|Wrexham]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|53.045|-2.973|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Caia Park
| unitary_wales = [[Wrexham County Borough|Wrexham]]
| population = 12,602
| population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]])<ref name=ons>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=801012&c=caia+park&d=16&e=15&g=414877&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1283864738125&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Caia Park Community], Office for National Statistics</ref>
| lieutenancy_wales = [[Clwyd]]
| constituency_westminster = [[Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)|Wrexham]]
| post_town = WREXHAM
| postcode_district = LL13
| postcode_area = LL
| dial_code = 01978
| os_grid_reference = SJ 34856 50156
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| static_image_name = [[File:Caia Park, Wrexham - geograph.org.uk - 981216.jpg|240px|]]
| static_image_caption = Part of the Caia Park estate, Wrexham
| module= [[File:Wales Wrexham Community Caia Park map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community
}}


'''Caia Park''' ({{Lang-cy|Parc Caia}}) (or simply '''Caia''', formerly known as '''Queen's Park'''), is a district of [[Wrexham]], Wales. It is a local government [[Community (Wales)|community]], the lowest tier of local government, which was created in 1985 after a boundary commission review along with four other community areas within the town. At the 2001 census, the community had a population of 11,882 in 5,019 households,<ref name=ons>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=801012&c=caia+park&d=16&e=15&g=414877&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1283864738125&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Caia Park Community], Office for National Statistics</ref> increasing to 12,602 in 2011.
'''Caia Park''' ({{Langx|cy|Parc Caia}}) is a suburb and [[Community (Wales)|community]] in [[Wrexham]], [[Wrexham County Borough]], [[Wales]]. It was created in 1985 after a Boundary Commission review of the four community areas within Wrexham, of which Caia Park occupies its east, with the others being [[Acton, Wrexham|Acton]], [[Offa, Wrexham|Offa]], and [[Rhosddu]]. At the 2001 census, the community had a population of 11,882 in 5,019 households,<ref name=ons>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=801012&c=caia+park&d=16&e=15&g=414877&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1283864738125&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Caia Park Community], Office for National Statistics</ref> increasing to 12,602 in 2011.


==History==
==History==
The area takes its name from the old Caia or Ty'n y Caeau farm, which was eventually demolished for construction of the [[Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway]].<ref name=dodd>Dodd, A. (1957) ''A History of Wrexham'', Hughes, p.83 </ref> The name is a form of the plural for the [[Welsh language]] ''cae'', "field".<ref name=owen>Owen, H W (1994) ''The place-names of east Flintshire'', UWP, p.232 </ref> Caia became a [[electoral ward|ward]] of Wrexham Borough after the latter's creation in 1857.
The area takes its name from the old Caia or Ty'n y Caeau farm, which was eventually demolished for construction of the [[Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway]].<ref name=dodd>Dodd, A. (1957) ''A History of Wrexham'', Hughes, p.83</ref> The name is a form of the plural for the [[Welsh language]] ''cae'', "field".<ref name=owen>Owen, H W (1994) ''The place-names of east Flintshire'', UWP, p.232</ref> Caia became a [[electoral ward|ward]] of Wrexham Borough after the latter's creation in 1857.


The majority of the community area is occupied by the Caia Park development of [[public housing|local authority housing]]. Located south of Rhosnesni ward in the south-east of Wrexham town, it is the largest housing estate in Wales and by the 1990s housed a third of Wrexham's population.<ref name=tcp>''Town and Country Planning'', v 66, 12, 46 </ref> Much of the estate, originally called '''Queen's Park''', was laid out in the early 1950s to plans by influential [[town planner]] and [[architect]] [[Gordon Stephenson]].<ref name=stephenson>Stephenson, G. "The Wrexham Experiment — the Queens Park South Estate," ''Town Planning Review'' 24, no. 4 (1954): 271-96</ref>
The majority of the community area is occupied by the Caia Park development of [[public housing|local authority housing]]. Located south of Rhosnesni ward in the south-east of Wrexham city, it is the largest housing estate in Wales and by the 1990s housed a third of Wrexham's population.<ref name=tcp>''Town and Country Planning'', v 66, 12, 46</ref> Much of the estate, originally called '''Queen's Park''', was laid out in the early 1950s to plans by influential [[town planner]] and [[architect]] [[Gordon Stephenson]].<ref name=stephenson>Stephenson, G. "The Wrexham Experiment — the Queens Park South Estate," ''Town Planning Review'' 24, no. 4 (1954): 271-96</ref>


By the 1960s the area had developed a reputation for social problems, and was one of two areas, along with [[Marseilles]] in France, studied in this connection by the [[sociologist]] Patricia Elton Mayo (daughter of [[Elton Mayo|George Elton Mayo]]). Mayo stated that her study referred to only a few streets in the estate.<ref name=mayo>See Elton Mayo, Patricia. ''The Making of a Criminal: A Comparative Study of Two Delinquency Areas'', George Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969</ref>
By the 1960s the area had developed a reputation for social problems, and was one of two areas, along with [[Marseilles]] in France, studied in this connection by the [[sociologist]] Patricia Elton Mayo (daughter of [[Elton Mayo|George Elton Mayo]]). Mayo stated that her study referred to only a few streets in the estate.<ref name=mayo>See Elton Mayo, Patricia. ''The Making of a Criminal: A Comparative Study of Two Delinquency Areas'', George Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969</ref>
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===Caia Park riots===
===Caia Park riots===
On two days in June 2003 there was rioting in Caia Park following tensions between local residents and Iraqi Kurdish refugees, about 60 of whom were housed in the area. About 200 local men, nominally associated with [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham football club]], fought with police.<ref>{{cite news|title=Police officers injured in new Wrexham violence|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jun/24/race.immigration|access-date=14 October 2017|work=The Guardian|date=24 June 2003|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bunyan|first1=Nigel|title=Football thugs 'led attack on Kurd refugees'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1433971/Football-thugs-led-attack-on-Kurd-refugees.html|work=Daily Telegraph|date=25 June 2003|location=London}}</ref> 51 people appeared in court, of whom eight, all long-term residents, received custodial sentences of up to two years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Final sentencing over estate riots|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3517406.stm|website=BBC News|access-date=14 October 2017|date=16 March 2004}}</ref>
On two days in June 2003 there was rioting in Caia Park following tensions between local residents and Iraqi Kurdish refugees, about 60 of whom were housed in the area. About 200 local men, nominally associated with [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham football club]], fought with police.<ref>{{cite news|title=Police officers injured in new Wrexham violence|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jun/24/race.immigration|access-date=14 October 2017|work=The Guardian|date=24 June 2003|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bunyan|first1=Nigel|title=Football thugs 'led attack on Kurd refugees'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1433971/Football-thugs-led-attack-on-Kurd-refugees.html|work=Daily Telegraph|date=25 June 2003|location=London}}</ref> 51 people appeared in court, of whom eight, all long-term residents, received custodial sentences of up to two years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Final sentencing over estate riots|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3517406.stm|website=BBC News|access-date=14 October 2017|date=16 March 2004}}</ref>

There was a further outbreak of violence on the estate on 11 April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/missiles-thrown-officers-riot-gear-23664570|title=Missiles thrown at officers in riot gear during 'disturbance' on Welsh estate|date=12 April 2022}}</ref>


==Today==
==Today==
According to the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, the Queensway ward of Caia Park community is one of the 100 most deprived areas in Wales (the 5 wards that make up Caia Park community are Cartrefle, Queensway, Smithfield, Whitegate and Wynnstay). The area was part of the Welsh Government's [[Communities First]] anti-poverty programme which was discontinued in March 2018.
According to the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, the Queensway ward of Caia Park community is one of the 100 most deprived areas in Wales (the 5 wards that make up Caia Park community are Cartrefle, Queensway, Smithfield, Whitegate and Wynnstay). The area was part of the Welsh Government's [[Communities First]] anti-poverty programme which was discontinued in March 2018.


Caia Park Community Council was established in 1985.<ref name=cpcc>[http://www.caiapark.gov.uk/ Caia Park Community Council]</ref> The Council runs an advice service, a community venue at St Peter's Hall, and funds environmental projects, in addition to the usual community council powers over footpaths, lighting, and input on planning matters.
Each ward has three community council members except Wynnstay which has two, in Caia Park Community Council. Caia Park Community Council was established in 1985.<ref name=cpcc>[http://www.caiapark.gov.uk/ Caia Park Community Council]</ref> The Council runs an advice service, a community venue at St Peter's Hall, and funds environmental projects, in addition to the usual community council powers over footpaths, lighting, and input on planning matters.


The area has a local football team, [[FC Queens Park]], which plays in the [[Welsh National League (Wrexham Area)]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Clubs |url=http://www.wnl.org.uk/clubs.htm |website=Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref>
The area has a local football team, [[FC Queens Park]], which plays in the [[Welsh National League (Wrexham Area)]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Clubs |url=http://www.wnl.org.uk/clubs.htm |website=Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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==External links==
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* [https://www.caiapark.gov.uk/ Caia Park Community Council]

{{Town of Wrexham}}
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{{Wrexham}}

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[[Category:Areas of Wrexham]]
[[Category:Areas of Wrexham]]
[[Category:Communities in Wrexham County Borough]]
[[Category:Communities in Wrexham County Borough]]

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==External links==
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* [https://www.caiapark.gov.uk/ Caia Park Community Council]

Latest revision as of 22:01, 7 November 2024

Caia Park
Part of the Caia Park estate, Wrexham
Caia Park is located in Wrexham
Caia Park
Caia Park
Location within Wrexham
Population12,602 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ 34856 50156
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWREXHAM
Postcode districtLL13
Dialling code01978
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Wrexham

53°02′42″N 2°58′23″W / 53.045°N 2.973°W / 53.045; -2.973


Map of the community

Caia Park (Welsh: Parc Caia) is a suburb and community in Wrexham, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It was created in 1985 after a Boundary Commission review of the four community areas within Wrexham, of which Caia Park occupies its east, with the others being Acton, Offa, and Rhosddu. At the 2001 census, the community had a population of 11,882 in 5,019 households,[1] increasing to 12,602 in 2011.

History

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The area takes its name from the old Caia or Ty'n y Caeau farm, which was eventually demolished for construction of the Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway.[2] The name is a form of the plural for the Welsh language cae, "field".[3] Caia became a ward of Wrexham Borough after the latter's creation in 1857.

The majority of the community area is occupied by the Caia Park development of local authority housing. Located south of Rhosnesni ward in the south-east of Wrexham city, it is the largest housing estate in Wales and by the 1990s housed a third of Wrexham's population.[4] Much of the estate, originally called Queen's Park, was laid out in the early 1950s to plans by influential town planner and architect Gordon Stephenson.[5]

By the 1960s the area had developed a reputation for social problems, and was one of two areas, along with Marseilles in France, studied in this connection by the sociologist Patricia Elton Mayo (daughter of George Elton Mayo). Mayo stated that her study referred to only a few streets in the estate.[6]

Caia Park riots

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On two days in June 2003 there was rioting in Caia Park following tensions between local residents and Iraqi Kurdish refugees, about 60 of whom were housed in the area. About 200 local men, nominally associated with Wrexham football club, fought with police.[7][8] 51 people appeared in court, of whom eight, all long-term residents, received custodial sentences of up to two years.[9]

There was a further outbreak of violence on the estate on 11 April 2022.[10]

Today

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According to the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, the Queensway ward of Caia Park community is one of the 100 most deprived areas in Wales (the 5 wards that make up Caia Park community are Cartrefle, Queensway, Smithfield, Whitegate and Wynnstay). The area was part of the Welsh Government's Communities First anti-poverty programme which was discontinued in March 2018.

Each ward has three community council members except Wynnstay which has two, in Caia Park Community Council. Caia Park Community Council was established in 1985.[11] The Council runs an advice service, a community venue at St Peter's Hall, and funds environmental projects, in addition to the usual community council powers over footpaths, lighting, and input on planning matters.

The area has a local football team, FC Queens Park, which plays in the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area).[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b Caia Park Community, Office for National Statistics
  2. ^ Dodd, A. (1957) A History of Wrexham, Hughes, p.83
  3. ^ Owen, H W (1994) The place-names of east Flintshire, UWP, p.232
  4. ^ Town and Country Planning, v 66, 12, 46
  5. ^ Stephenson, G. "The Wrexham Experiment — the Queens Park South Estate," Town Planning Review 24, no. 4 (1954): 271-96
  6. ^ See Elton Mayo, Patricia. The Making of a Criminal: A Comparative Study of Two Delinquency Areas, George Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969
  7. ^ "Police officers injured in new Wrexham violence". The Guardian. London. 24 June 2003. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  8. ^ Bunyan, Nigel (25 June 2003). "Football thugs 'led attack on Kurd refugees'". Daily Telegraph. London.
  9. ^ "Final sentencing over estate riots". BBC News. 16 March 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Missiles thrown at officers in riot gear during 'disturbance' on Welsh estate". 12 April 2022.
  11. ^ Caia Park Community Council
  12. ^ "Clubs". Welsh National League (Wrexham Area). Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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