The design of Europe’s largest council estate, which was built in aftermath of the Spanish flu pandemic, may have protected people living in the “Covid triangle”. More than 100,000 people live on the ...

This year, the Becontree Estate in east London turns 100 years old. To celebrate the largest council estate in the UK, Inside Housing went round to see what makes the estate so special #UKhousing ...

Crescents, cul-de-sacs and indoor toilets were but a dream for the residents of London's slums in 1919. But thanks to chancellor Lloyd George's revolutionary scheme to make "homes fit for heroes", ...

The centenary of an east London housing estate billed as the largest ever when it was built after the First World War is to be marked with a series of events. Becontree in Dagenham was built for more ...

In 1931, when Indian civil rights hero Mahatma Gandhi visited England, he was offered a suite at the Savoy. Instead, he opted to stay in the East End, and visit the Becontree estate – Britain’s first ...

It's rare to find a British National party member agreeing with a Labour opinion, but Peter Hudson is the first to admit that the local BNP's decision to exploit last week's bombings in a bid to win a ...

'We used to have flamingos in the park," remembers the controller in the local cab office, stretching back in his chair as the radio crackles. "They had to take them out because people were shooting ...

The Becontree accounts for almost half of Barking and Dagenham’s population ( Jim Stephenson) The design of Europe’s largest council estate, which was built in aftermath of the Spanish flu pandemic, ...

Crescents, cul-de-sacs and indoor toilets were but a dream for the residents of London's slums in 1919. But thanks to chancellor Lloyd George's revolutionary scheme to make "homes fit for heroes", ...

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