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Ring Of Steel To Encircle Part Of SE17

The Elephant is getting a new castle.

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Further Elephant And Castle Plans Revealed

Extensive regeneration plans unveiled for leisure centre in the central concourse.

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Heygate Estate Residents Rebuff Lend Lease ‘Masterplan’

An exhibition in the communal gardens expresses residents’ concerns

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Line Up Announced For Bloc 2012

Orbital, Flying Lotus and Gary Numan to headline electronica weekend at the historic London Pleasure Gardens

Can a better way be found around Elephant and Castle?

Residents Call For Elephant And Castle Cycle Bypass

A group of concerned residents have started a campaign to have an eastern cycling bypass of the Elephant and Castle roundabout system included in the planned regeneration scheme.

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Elephant & Castle Residents Fight To Save Trees

The Heygate Estate is going, but should its trees be saved?

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Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre To Stay?

Could ‘improvements’ to the shopping centre mean just another lick of paint?

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Round Your Manor: Portman Village Of The Dandy

A wander round an area just south of Marylebone that has transformed from a W1 backwater into a vibrant little quarter.

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Seven Sisters Market Saved

Ward’s Corner, the indoor market and buildings above Seven Sisters station that Haringey council has spent years trying to scrub away in favour of a retail and residential unit, has been saved. A court of appeal judge decided this week that removing the market, a …

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Victoria Parks Wins Lottery Money For Revamp

Tower Hamlets council has been successful in its application for a Lottery grant for Victoria Park, meaning that the planned £12 million regeneration of the east end greenspot will go ahead in time for the Olympics. The pockets of Britain’s legion Saturday night scratchcard addicts …

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Noise Fears Could Stall Strata Turbines

Photo / suburbanslice The trio of wind turbines at the top of the Strata tower in Elephant & Castle might be turned off at night because of concerns over the noise they generate, reports Building Design magazine. The turbines, 9m in diameter each, sit on …