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 film Harry Brown) in London, or Hulme Crescents in Manchester, have since been demolished.

England

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London

Largest

	Estate	Image	Dates	Location	Size (units)	Notes/Description
1	Churchill Gardens		1946–62 built	Pimlico area of Westminster 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 after 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		1967–82 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

Greenwich/Bexley
Hillingdon
Hackney
Haringey
- Broadwater Farm, Tottenham
Islington
- Andover Estate, Upper Holloway
Lewisham
Lambeth
Merton
- St Helier Estate, Morden
Newham
- Carpenters Estate, Stratford
- Custom House
Redbridge
- Hainault
Southwark
- Aylesbury Estate currently being demolished
- Ledbury Estate, Peckham
- North Peckham Estate, Peckham
- Brandon Estate, Walworth
Sutton
- Roundshaw Estate, Wallington
Tower Hamlets
Wandsworth

West Midlands

	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

Dudley

Sandwell

Solihull

Chelmsley Wood

Walsall

Coal Pool, Walsall
Beechdale, Walsall

Wolverhampton

Ashmore Park, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton
The Lunt, Bilston, Wolverhampton

Telford

Woodside

Greater Manchester

City of Manchester

Wythenshawe

Tameside

Hattersley

West Yorkshire

Leeds

Bradford

Buttershaw

Holme Wood (Population 30,000
Ravenscliffe

South Yorkshire

Sheffield

North Yorkshire

Middlesbrough

Grove Hill

East Riding of Yorkshire

Kingston upon Hull

Merseyside

Knowsley

Stockbridge Village

Liverpool

Norfolk

Norwich

Hampshire

Portsmouth

Paulsgrove

Havant

Southampton

Oxfordshire

Oxford

Blackbird Leys estate

Surrey

Mole Valley

Goodwyns, Dorking

Tyne and Wear

Newcastle upon Tyne

Byker (population approx 9,500)^[1]

Sunderland

Pennywell (population 10,709)

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.