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In the mid-1960s, a vast concrete housing estate began to rise out of a neglected marshland on the south bank of the River Thames. Headed by the Greater London Council (GLC), the scheme was seen as visionary; Thamesmead would provide a marina-esque lifestyle with plenty of greenery, and wide walkways that connected housing with schools and local amenities, all set within striking brutalist.
New Thamesmead housing at Binsey Walk finally moving Plans to go on show LaptrinhX / News
The area currently being taken down is Binsey Walk. Homes here offered great views over Southmere Lake. Upon completion these buildings had 10,000 visitors arrive in just one year from 30 countries to take a look around at the future. In place of these long blighted homes will be Peabody's new blocks.
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A little special video blog where I have finally visited Binsey Walk in Thamesmead London where A Clockwork Orange was filmed back in 1971. Felt great to fin.
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Binsey Walk named Southmere Village Phase2 here The highest density block in this next phase is located the furthest from shops and Abbey Wood Elizabeth line station beside an elevated roundabout. There's always the long running myth that all of Thamesmead is entirely cut off from transport which isn't the case for south Thamesmead.
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Southmere Village Phase 2 is the renamed Binsey Walk, and it was supposed to start on site in March 2021. Of course there's been the pandemic, but Peabody have yet to even consult to any great degree let alone reveal detail plans and submit them before approval. General massing plan along Harrow Manorway
Thamesmead Library Binsey Walk, Thamesmead, London SE2 9TR, UK BusinessYab
Today the flats on Binsey Walk are set to be demolished to make way for new housing, but the concrete walkways function as a brilliant stage. Perched on a grassy hill opposite, the audience can.
Lakeside housing, Binsey Walk, Southmere, Thamesmead, Greenwich, London RIBA pix
Binsey Walk Housing at Binsey Walk included some of the most iconic Thamesmead homes before being pulled down in 2019 by Peabody. I visited mid-way through demolition to capture the changing scene. Former buildings on site - taken in 2019 Replacement buildings see mid-rise blocks lining Southmere lake and what to be appears some odd massing.
Binsey Walk / South Thamesmead FBM Architects
The location: Binsey Walk, Thamesmead. Discover Time Out original video The scene: In a sinister, dystopian London, antisocial delinquent Alex (Malcolm McDowell) has had it with his gang of.
Binsey Walk / South Thamesmead FBM Architects
The main sequence of Kubrick's filming took place behind Binsey Walk and a large gap now exists where the buildings once curved around the marina's water. All of the entranceways are closed off, with only one opening left where the bins were once kept, now occupied by a few homeless people.
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Tavy Bridge shops and Southmere Lake, Binsey Walk, Southmere, Thamesmead, London, seen from Tilehurst Point with Southmere Towers in the distance RIBA Ref No RIBA70505 NOTES: Thamesmead was planned in 1965-1966 as a new town on the riverside marshes of south-east London between Plumstead and Erith.
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Next to Southmere, on the site of the former Binsey Walk development, is the second phase of the South Thamesmead regeneration. The site is part of the Abbey Wood and South Thamesmead Housing Zone. We were granted outline planning permission in 2016 for 329 new homes (42% of which will be affordable).
Thamesmead Library Binsey Walk, Thamesmead, London SE2 9TR, UK BusinessYab
After the abolition of the GLC, the estate's ownership transferred to a trust company and the founders' wishful vision of a futuristic community has largely been abandoned in favour of traditional British suburban housebuilding. Forecasts of Thamesmead's final population have halved from the original target of 100,000.
Southmere Lake and Binsey Walk, Thamesmead. © Plemper 1976. London, London life
Enjoy the great outdoors. Thamesmead has a remarkable landscape, including great parks, wild open spaces, beautiful canals and lakes. It's the perfect place to get closer to nature and escape the busyness of city life.
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Binsey Walk lies to the north of Cygnet Square - formerly Tavy Bridge - which will be the heart of many new homes, with shops, amenities and a library. Binsey Walk during demolition some years ago However lethargy in building at many nearby sites risks turning the square into a white elephant with little passing footfall. Binsey Walk render
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Coralline & Binsey Walk, Thamesmead, London - Collard Collard were delighted to have successfully completed the £5.8m demolition and enabling works contract at Binsey and Coralline walk in Thamesmead. This project was split into two distinct phases with the completion of one leading the start of the other.
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Binsey Walk, Thamesmead: The Droogs' stomping ground Photo by Martin Hearn Thamesmead is a large, 1960s concrete housing estate built on old marshland near Woolwich. Kubrick used the sprawling estate as 'Flat Block Marina', where Alex stomps around with his fellow Droogs.