Pepys Estate

Pepys Estate
Daubeney tower block on the Pepys Estate
Interactive map of Pepys Estate
General information
Coordinates	51°29′22″N 0°02′08″W / 51.4894°N 0.03562°W / 51.4894; -0.03562
Area	Deptford
Population	c. 5000
No. of units	c. 1500
Construction
Constructed	1966-1973
Authority	Greater London Council
Style	Modernist incorporating existing Georgian buildings
Other information
Governing body	Lewisham Council

The Pepys Estate is one of the largest council estates in London, England, situated on the banks of the river Thames opposite the Isle of Dogs, and within view of Canary Wharf.

History

The Pepys estate is on the site of the Royal Navy's HM Victualling Yard, Deptford, used for victualling activity from the mid-17th century through to the early 1960s. The site was redeveloped by the Greater London Council, part of its conversion of the disused London Docklands, that had been bombed during World War II.^[1]

References

1. Potts, Gareth, "Deptford Case Study" (PDF), University College London, p. 20

51°29′N 0°02′W / 51.48°N 0.04°W / 51.48; -0.04