List of council estates in the United Kingdom

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]

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.

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West Midlands[edit]

Birmingham[edit]

Dudley[edit]

Sandwell[edit]

Solihull[edit]

Walsall[edit]

Wolverhampton[edit]

Telford[edit]

Greater Manchester[edit]

City of Manchester[edit]

Tameside[edit]

West Yorkshire[edit]

Leeds[edit]

Bradford[edit]

South Yorkshire[edit]

Sheffield[edit]

North Yorkshire[edit]

Middlesbrough[edit]

East Riding of Yorkshire[edit]

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]

Newcastle upon Tyne[edit]

Sunderland[edit]

Scotland[edit]

Glasgow[edit]

Edinburgh[edit]

Dundee[edit]

Other[edit]

Northern Ireland[edit]

Greater Belfast[edit]

Derry[edit]

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