Once dubbed "hell's waiting room" by former Conservative leader Michael Howard, plans for redevelopment of the 2,700-home Aylesbury Estate, near Elephant and Castle, began in 2001.

The building is part of the ongoing regeneration of the Aylesbury Estate and will address the shortfall in local school places in Southwark. An existing four-storey Victorian school building has been ...

Those familiar with the area will be all too aware of the destruction of social housing on the nearby Heygate Estate, where over 1,200 homes have already been demolished by the local council, as well ...

The Aylesbury Estate in Elephant and Castle was the largest social housing estate in Europe, but it is to be demolished to make way for a £1.5bn regeneration scheme. More on this story.

Even in the autumn sunshine, the Aylesbury estate near Elephant and Castle can be a grim place, with rubbish and broken glass strewn across some graffiti-covered landings. This estate has been ...

It’s the Aylesbury estate in Walworth, Southwark. The Aylesbury, ... of a post-war generation being consigned to the “streets in the sky” from the Elephant and Castle to the Old Kent ...

To the outsider, Elephant and Castle neither looks nice nor works well. The south London patch is just over a mile from Westminster, Britain’s political hub, and a smidgen further from the City ...

The Liberal Democrats could merge the ailing Elephant & Castle and Aylesbury Estate regeneration schemes if it wins control of Southwark council in next Thursday’s local elections. The £1.5bn Elephant ...

Riot police have battled with people who have been protesting against being evicted from what was the largest social housing estate in Europe. The Aylesbury Estate in Elephant and Castle is about ...

A historic pub at the Elephant and Castle roundabout is facing permanent closure with developers putting forward plans to turn the site into a Foxtons estate agents. Consultants acting for the ...

The Aylesbury Estate is one of the largest public housing estates in Europe. ... plans for redevelopment of the 2,700-home Aylesbury Estate, near Elephant and Castle, began in 2001.