The South London estate where residents shrug off its bad reputation and say its like living on Coronation Street
Croydon is famous for a number of things. Stormzy, the 50p building, and of course being the former home to one of the UK’s first international airports. With Croydon Airport’s closure in 1959, the then Surrey council were left with acres of empty runway space to fill on the now Purley Way. In 1967, that space was eventually filled by the first tenants of the Roundshaw Estate. Now sitting in the borough of Sutton , Roundshaw is home to 10,000 residents on the outskirts of Wallington and South Croydon . The brutalist high rise flats and anti-social behaviour that characterised the area prior to its regeneration in 2000 meant its residents often had to wrestle with the estate's bad reputation. However, Roundshaw is home to a proud community who take issue with this reputation and instead say that living there has improved their lives and compare it to life on Coronation Street. The Roundshaw Community Network (RCN) is the main group behind the rise in Roundshaw pride, and one of ...