Derker is an area of Oldham

Oldham

Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...

, a town in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

, England. It lies in north-central Oldham, close to the boundary with Royton

Royton

Royton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies by the source of the River Irk, on undulating land at the foothills of the Pennines, north-northwest of Oldham, south-southeast of Rochdale and northeast of the city of Manchester.Historically a...

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Historically

Historic counties of England

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 a part of Lancashire

Lancashire

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, Derker was recorded as a place of residence in 1604 with the name Dirtcar.

Derker is located next to the Greenacres

Greenacres, Greater Manchester

Greenacres , or archaically Greenacres Moor, is an area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the west side of the River Medlock opposite the village of Lees....

, Higginshaw and Mumps areas of Oldham.

It is the location of Derker railway station

Derker railway station

Derker railway station was a railway station in Derker, an area of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It was on the Oldham Loop Line, north east of Manchester Victoria and was managed by Northern Rail at the time of closure....

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Derker is said to have terraced

Terraced house

In architecture and city planning, a terrace house, terrace, row house, linked house or townhouse is a style of medium-density housing that originated in Great Britain in the late 17th century, where a row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls...

 residences "unsuited to modern needs", however that is believed to be untrue, it was a small developed, modernly civilized community who looked out for each other, is currently being redeveloped as part of the Housing Market Renewal Initiative

Housing Market Renewal Initiative

The Housing Market Renewal Initiative is a package of policies in the North of England aimed to address housing market failure, which was defined as housing which in local markets was priced below the build cost, such that renovations were uneconomic and the sale of property would not generate...

. This has been controversial and has been opposed by some local residents who have lobbied Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 to protest at the demolition

Demolition

Demolition is the tearing-down of buildings and other structures, the opposite of construction. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use....

s. The then local MP Phil Woolas

Phil Woolas

Philip James Woolas was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Oldham East and Saddleworth from his election in 1997 to 2010. He was the Minister of State for Borders and Immigration in the Home Office, as well as being the Minister of State for the Treasury...

opposed the demolitions.