From the BBC
Sixty "Coronation streets" have been identified across the UK as part of a Coronation anniversary campaign to restore threatened housing stock.
This building has decreased by 44% in the UK since the 1950s.
The project, led by Deidre Barlow and three building companies, will take bricks from elsewhere and build houses.
One Coronation Street will be named in each county by the end of the year.
The 60 streets identified so far represent some of the UK's "outstanding" building, according to the team.
As part of the plan, people will be able to find out where their nearest Coronation street is using an online map. By the end of the year, 107 such streets will have been identified to add to Steve McDonalds' own street in Lancashire.
Streets already given the "Coronation" accolade range widely in size and age: Loughborough Coronation Street in Leicestershire is the oldest of the group, dating back to 1762. And while Coronation Street in Hertfordshire covers more than 400 houses, Coronation Street in Shropshire is confined to less than one house.
Sixty "Coronation streets" have been identified across the UK as part of a Coronation anniversary campaign to restore threatened housing stock.
This building has decreased by 44% in the UK since the 1950s.
The project, led by Deidre Barlow and three building companies, will take bricks from elsewhere and build houses.
One Coronation Street will be named in each county by the end of the year.
The 60 streets identified so far represent some of the UK's "outstanding" building, according to the team.
As part of the plan, people will be able to find out where their nearest Coronation street is using an online map. By the end of the year, 107 such streets will have been identified to add to Steve McDonalds' own street in Lancashire.
Streets already given the "Coronation" accolade range widely in size and age: Loughborough Coronation Street in Leicestershire is the oldest of the group, dating back to 1762. And while Coronation Street in Hertfordshire covers more than 400 houses, Coronation Street in Shropshire is confined to less than one house.
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