Shanklin Village Explained

51.3476°N -0.1964°WShanklin Village[1] , also known as the Shanklin Estate or Shanklin Village Estate is a council housing estate in Sutton, South London, sited between Brighton Road and the Epsom Downs Branch railway line.[2] It was built in the late 1960s to replace a number of prefabricated buildings, purpose-built after the second World War.[3] The main road is Hulverston Close.

The estate consists of 424 deck-access flats and maisonettes[4] built to a then-innovative layout and a few terraced houses.[3] The southern part of the site is a large public open space known as Belmont Park.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sutton Housing Partnership. PDF. Suttonhousingpartnership.org.uk. 3 November 2013.
  2. http://sutton.moderngov.co.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=15258
  3. Web site: History of our Area. Belmont & South Cheam Residents' Association. 3 November 2013.
  4. Web site: Belmont, Sutton. Hidden-london.com. 3 November 2013.