Shanklin Village

Coordinates: 51°20′51″N 0°11′47″W / 51.3476°N 0.1964°W / 51.3476; -0.1964 Shanklin Village[1], also known as the Shanklin Estate or Shanklin Village Estate[2] is a council housing estate in Sutton, South London, sited between Brighton Road and the Epsom Downs Branch railway line.[3] It was built in the late 1960s to replace a number of prefabricated buildings, purpose-built after the second World War.[4]

Innovative design

It consists of 424 deck-access flats and maisonettes[2] built to a then-innovative layout and a few terraced houses.[4]

Urban Open Space

The southern part of the site is a large public open space known as Belmont Park.[4]

References

  1. "www.suttonhousingpartnership.org.uk/Documents/GettingInvolved/RAMinutes/2012/Shanklin-Minutes-9112.pdf" (PDF). Sutton Housing Partnership. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Belmont, Sutton". Hidden-london.com. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  3. "sutton.moderngov.co.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=15258". Sutton.moderngov.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "History of our Area". Belmont & South Cheam Residents' Association. Retrieved 3 November 2013.


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