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Lansbury Estate




It is one of the largest such estates in London . It occupies an area bounded by the East India Dock Road to the south, the Docklands Light Railway to the east and the Limehouse Cut (a Canal ) to the north-west.

Layout of the estate, built on a site badly damaged by bombing during the Second World War , started in 1949 and construction of the estate started in 1951 as part of the Festival Of Britain , with the Chrisp Street Market area. The construction of the housing extended eastwards, with the final phase, at Pigott Street , finished in 1982 , near Bartlett Park .


EXTERNAL LINKS


  • [http://www.lansburyvoices.org.uk/ Lansbury Voices] is a local group tracing the history of the estate.

  • [http://www.lansburyvoices.org.uk/wiki/ Lansbury Voices Wiki]