This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "List of council estates in the United Kingdom" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) | This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: Formatting into tables. Please help improve this article if you can. (February 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) | (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This is a list of notable council estates. Public housing in the United Kingdom has typically consisted of council houses, often built in the form of large estates by local government councils. Becontree in The London Borough of Barking & Dagenham is generally considered to be the largest council estate (in terms of population). Some council estates, such as Heygate Estate (setting of the movie Harry Brown) in London, or Hulme Crescents in Manchester, have since been demolished. ## England[edit] Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML ### London[edit] #### Largest[edit] | Estate | Image | Dates | Location | Size (units) | Notes/Description | | | | | | 1 | Churchill Gardens | | 1946-62 built | Pimlico area of Westminster, London 51°29′13″N 0°08′24″W / 51.487°N 0.140°W / 51.487; -0.140 (Churchill Gardens) | 1,600 | Designed by architects Powell and Moya to replace Victorian terraced houses extensively damaged during the Blitz; won RIBA London Architectural Bronze Medal (1950); model for many later projects. 2 | Grahame Park | | 1971 first move-in | Colindale area of Barnet, London 51°36′07″N 0°14′53″W / 51.602°N 0.248°W / 51.602; -0.248 (Grahame Park) | 1,177 | Built on site of the old Hendon Aerodrome in North West London. Named for Claude Grahame-White, aviation pioneer who established the aerodrome. Plain, square, brick terraced houses and "Brick Brutalist" low-rise flats. Brick Brutalist Colindale, currently being demolished/refurbished 3 | Becontree | | 1921-35 built | Barking and Dagenham, London 51°32′55″N 0°08′34″E / 51.5487°N 0.1427°E / 51.5487; 0.1427 (Becontree) | 26,000 | Built by London County Council outside of the then-limits of County of London. Population over 100,000; asserted to be the largest public housing development in the world. | Chalkhill Estate | | 1966-70 built | Wembley Park area of Brent, London 51°33′50″N 0°16′12″W / 51.564°N 0.270°W / 51.564; -0.270 (Chalkhill Estate) | 1900 | Early example of compulsory purchase; many homes of 1921 era Metroland-type development had to be demolished. Charges of engineering area to swing MP seat from Conservative to Labour were levied, though in fact Conservative served from 1974 to 1997. Low—rises and 30 high-rise "Bison" built blocks. Design based on that of Park Hill in Sheffield. | Stonebridge Estate | | 1960s-1970s built | Brent, London 51°32′30″N 0°15′40″W / 51.541637°N 0.261200°W / 51.541637; -0.261200 (Stonebridge Estate) | 1,775 | Highest recorded gun crime of any ward in London. | South Kilburn | | 1959-1970s built; redevelopments 2014- | Brent, London 51°31′48″N 0°11′49″W / 51.530°N 0.197°W / 51.530; -0.197 (South Kilburn) | | Low-rise flats and 11 concrete tower blocks in Brutalist style. Severe crime problems. | St Raphael's Estate | | built | Brent, London 51°33′02″N 0°15′54″W / 51.550536°N 0.264883°W / 51.550536; -0.264883 (St. Raphael's Estate) | 1,174 | Low density. #### Other[edit] * Hillingdon * Hackney * Nightingale Estate * Kingshold * Haringey * Broadwater Farm, Tottenham * Islington * Andover Estate, Upper Holloway * Lewisham * Excalibur Estate, Catford * Merton * St Helier Estate, Morden * Newham * Carpenters Estate, Stratford * Redbridge * Hainault * Southwark * Aylesbury Estate currently being demolished * Ledbury Estate, Peckham * North Peckham Estate, Peckham * Brandon Estate, Kennington * Sutton * Roundshaw Estate, Wallington * Tower Hamlets * Lansbury Estate, Poplar * Cranbrook Estate, Bethnal Green * Brownfield Estate, Poplar * Samuda Estate, Isle Of Dogs * St John's Estate, Isle Of Dogs * Barkantine Estate, Millwall * Wandsworth * Alton Estate, Roehampton ### West Midlands[edit] | Estate | Image | Dates | Location | Size (units) | Notes/Description | | | | | | 2 | Austin Village | | 1917 built | Northfield, Birmingham-adjacent 52°24′04″N 1°58′23″W / 52.401°N 1.973°W / 52.401; -1.973 (Austin Village) | 200 | Cedar prefabricated bungalows erected during the First World War to support Austin Motor Company's manufacture of tanks and aircraft. Brierley Hill flats in Dudley #### Birmingham[edit] * Druids Heath * Hawkesley * Castle Vale #### Dudley[edit] * Wren's Nest Estate, Dudley * Priory Estate, Dudley * Russells Hall Estate, Dudley * Chapel Street Estate, Brierley Hill #### Sandwell[edit] * Hateley Heath, West Bromwich * Tantany, West Bromwich * Friar Park, Wednesbury * Tibbington, Tipton * Galton Village, Smethwick #### Solihull[edit] * Chelmsley Wood #### Walsall[edit] * Coal Pool, Walsall * Beechdale, Walsall #### Wolverhampton[edit] * Ashmore Park, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton * The Lunt, Bilston, Wolverhampton #### Telford[edit] * Woodside ### Greater Manchester[edit] Flats on Birchtree Court, Wythenshawe, Manchester #### City of Manchester[edit] * Wythenshawe #### Tameside[edit] * Hattersley ### West Yorkshire[edit] Queensview Tower in Seacroft, Leeds Lovell Park Flats, Leeds #### Leeds[edit] * Cottingley * Halton Moor * Lincoln Green (Burmantofts) * Little London * Lovell Park * Seacroft #### Bradford[edit] * Buttershaw Reyhill Grove, Bradford * Holme Wood (Population 30,000 * Ravenscliffe ### South Yorkshire[edit] Renovated Park Hill flats in Sheffield #### Sheffield[edit] * Park Hill * Gleadless Valley * Parson Cross ### North Yorkshire[edit] #### Middlesbrough[edit] Block of Council Flats in Middlesbrough * Grove Hill ### East Riding of Yorkshire[edit] High Rise Flats on Anlaby Road, Hull #### Kingston upon Hull[edit] * Bransholme * Orchard Park ### Merseyside[edit] #### Knowsley[edit] * Stockbridge Village #### Liverpool[edit] * Norris Green ### Norfolk[edit] #### Norwich[edit] * Mile Cross * Heartsease ### Hampshire[edit] #### Portsmouth[edit] * Paulsgrove #### Havant[edit] * Leigh Park * Wecock Farm #### Southampton[edit] * Townhill Park * Redbridge * Thornhill * Weston * Northam * Millbrook ### Oxfordshire[edit] #### Oxford[edit] * Blackbird Leys estate ### Surrey[edit] #### Mole Valley[edit] * Goodwyns, Dorking ### Tyne and Wear[edit] Tom Collins House, Byker Wall Estate, Newcastle Upon Tyne #### Newcastle upon Tyne[edit] * Byker (population approx 9,500)[1] #### Sunderland[edit] * Pennywell (population 10,709) ## Scotland[edit] ### Glasgow[edit] High rise flats in Wyndford Road, Glasgow Tower Blocks in Hutchesontown in Glasgow Anniesland Court in Anniesland, North West Glasgow * Easterhouse (widely rebuilt) * Castlemilk (partially rebuilt) * Drumchapel (partially rebuilt) * Pollok * Red Road (demolished) * Sighthill (demolished) * Blackhill (rebuilt) * Toryglen (partially rebuilt) * Carnwadric * Arden * Hamiltonhill * Wyndford * Carntyne * Riddrie * Barlanark * Darnley (rebuilt) * Ruchazie * Barmulloch * Penilee * Merrylee * Garthamlock * Craigend * Cranhill (partially rebuilt) ### Edinburgh[edit] Tower Block in Muirhouse, Edinburgh * East Pilton * Muirhouse * Greendykes * Moredun * Oxgangs * Cables Wynd House * Dumbiedykes * Lochend * Gilmerton ### Dundee[edit] * Whitfield * Ardler * Fintry * Logie * Menzieshill * Kirkton ### Other[edit] * Faifley * Ferguslie Park * Foxbar * Gallowhill * Gowkthrapple * Hillhouse * Whitlawburn ## Northern Ireland[edit] ### Greater Belfast[edit] * Ballybeen * Rathcoole (Newtownabbey) ### Derry[edit] * Creggan ## References[edit] 1. ^ The Byker Redevelopment, BBC, 6/1/2007.