Heygate Estate
The Heygate Estate was a large housing estate in Walworth, Southwark, South London, comprising 1,214 homes. The estate was demolished between 2011 and 2014 as part of the urban regeneration of the Elephant & Castle area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: former English housing estate
- Also known as: “Elephant Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Elephant & Castle railway station and London Bridge.
Elephant & Castle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elephant & Castle railway station is a National Rail station in Newington, south London. Along with the London Underground station of the same name, it is located in the London Borough of Southwark and is in both Travelcard Zone 1 and 2.
London Bridge
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times.
The Shard
Photo: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 72-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elephant and Castle and Walworth.
Elephant and Castle
Suburb
Photo: Sue Wallace, CC BY 2.0.
Elephant and Castle is an area of south London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark. The name also informally refers to much of Walworth and Newington, due to the proximity of the London Underground station of the same name.
Walworth
Suburb
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Walworth is a district of South London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. It adjoins Camberwell to the south and Elephant and Castle to the north, and is 1.9 miles south-east of Charing Cross.
Southwark and Lewisham
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwark and Lewisham are two boroughs of inner south east London.
Heygate Estate
- Categories: housing estate and architectural structure
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.49289° or 51° 29′ 34″ northLongitude
-0.09567° or 0° 5′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C3XFWV3+5POpenStreetMap ID
way 366979812OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q5749722
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Slovenian—“Heygate Estate” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Heygate Estate”
- Galician: “Heygate Estate”
- Slovenian: “Heygate Estate”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Heygate Estate”. Photo: London SE1 Community Website, CC BY 2.0.