The Packington Square Estate (London)
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The Packington Estate is a council estate in Islington, North London. It lies on the northern side of the Regent's Canal, a short distance due east of Angel tube station and the Upper Street shopping and entertainment district.
The Packington was built in the mid 1960's on a site formerly occupied by Victorian terraced housing. It comprises 538 flats or maisonettes arranged in six-storey slab blocks, built using the large-panel construction method. The estate is arranged around Packington Square, actually a street running roughly northwest-southeast through the estate and then via a footbridge over the canal. The slab blocks surround Packington Square but are set back from the street allowing space for lawned gardens, which are recessed one storey below ground level.
The estate also featured in the Pink floyd hit song Another Brick In The Wall which was sang by the local school kids across the road at Islington Green School.
The estate is being knocked down and built back up with %50 private housing.
Apparently a gas explosion could blow it down but others think it was an excuse by the council to get rid of the old tenants.
The Packington was built in the mid 1960's on a site formerly occupied by Victorian terraced housing. It comprises 538 flats or maisonettes arranged in six-storey slab blocks, built using the large-panel construction method. The estate is arranged around Packington Square, actually a street running roughly northwest-southeast through the estate and then via a footbridge over the canal. The slab blocks surround Packington Square but are set back from the street allowing space for lawned gardens, which are recessed one storey below ground level.
The estate also featured in the Pink floyd hit song Another Brick In The Wall which was sang by the local school kids across the road at Islington Green School.
The estate is being knocked down and built back up with %50 private housing.
Apparently a gas explosion could blow it down but others think it was an excuse by the council to get rid of the old tenants.
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Coordinates: 51°32'6"N -0°5'42"E
- Wenlock Barn Estate 0.2 km
- Frampton Park Estate 3 km
- Regents Park Estate 3.4 km
- Gascoyne Estate 3.7 km
- Clapton Park Estate 4.4 km
- Elthorn Estate 4.7 km
- Lansbury estate 5 km
- Teviot Estate 5.8 km
- Beaumont Road Estate 7 km
- Tower Gardens 7.5 km
- Islington 0.5 km
- Shoreditch Park 0.6 km
- Hoxton 0.7 km
- Pentonville 1 km
- St Luke's 1.1 km
- Finsbury 1.3 km
- London Borough of Islington 1.6 km
- Regent’s canal 2.2 km
- London Borough of Hackney 2.8 km
- Central London 3.4 km
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