List of council estates in the United Kingdom

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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]

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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) 		1,900 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]

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]

Dudley[edit]

Sandwell[edit]

Solihull[edit]

Walsall[edit]

Wolverhampton[edit]

Telford[edit]

Greater Manchester[edit]

Flats on Birchtree Court, Wythenshawe, Manchester

City of Manchester[edit]

Tameside[edit]

West Yorkshire[edit]

Queensview Tower in Seacroft, Leeds
Lovell Park Flats, Leeds

Leeds[edit]

Bradford[edit]

Reyhill Grove, Bradford

South Yorkshire[edit]

Renovated Park Hill flats in Sheffield

Sheffield[edit]

North Yorkshire[edit]

Middlesbrough[edit]

Block of Council Flats in Middlesbrough

East Riding of Yorkshire[edit]

High Rise Flats on Anlaby Road, Hull

Kingston upon Hull[edit]

Merseyside[edit]

Knowsley[edit]

Liverpool[edit]

Norfolk[edit]

Norwich[edit]

Hampshire[edit]

Portsmouth[edit]

Havant[edit]

Southampton[edit]

Oxfordshire[edit]

Oxford[edit]

Surrey[edit]

Mole Valley[edit]

Tyne and Wear[edit]

Tom Collins House, Byker Wall Estate, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne[edit]

Sunderland[edit]


Bristol Pre-war estates

Knowle West Estate Southmead Estate Hillfields Estate Horfield Estate Bedminster Down Estate

Parts of Bishopsworth and Withywood area also house many pre-war cottage style council housing.

Post-war estates

Hartcliffe, Withywood Estate Lockleaze Estate Lawrence Weston Estate Lawrence Hill and Barton Hill Estates Patchway Estate Redcliffe Estate St Jude's Estate

Parts of Horfield, Bedminster, Avonmouth areas also house post-war council housing.

Scotland[edit]

Glasgow[edit]

High rise flats in Wyndford Road, Glasgow
Tower Blocks in Hutchesontown in Glasgow
Anniesland Court in Anniesland, North West Glasgow

Edinburgh[edit]

Tower Block in Muirhouse, Edinburgh

Dundee[edit]

Other[edit]

Northern Ireland[edit]

Greater Belfast[edit]

Derry[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Byker Redevelopment, BBC, 6/1/2007.
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