Billy Banks, Penarth - 2012
Last stop of the day. I was expecting this estate to be in a not so nice council estate itself, but we parked up alongside a pleasant green, with lots of families playing, surrounded by old victorian looking terrace houses. I know estates like Billy Banks were the dream vision of the future, but what possessed the council to build something like this in such a place is beyond me.
We walked into the estate with ease, so easy in fact that there was an elderly couple, at least in their 80's walking their dog around the estate, a hip incident waiting to happen if you ask me.
All the houses flats that we managed to enter were either burnt out or devoid of any atmosphere. That said the estate as a whole feels quite eery and post apocalyptic.
A little bit of info - http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/royalclose
The Billy Banks Estate was built upon the remains of a limestone quarry, overlooking the Penarth Flats. Originally considered a modern estate and even winning awards, it went into decline in the 1980s and a decision was made to redevelop the site in 1998. Most residents left by 2002, and the estate is now generally derelect and due to be rebuilt into luxury apartments.
We walked into the estate with ease, so easy in fact that there was an elderly couple, at least in their 80's walking their dog around the estate, a hip incident waiting to happen if you ask me.
All the houses flats that we managed to enter were either burnt out or devoid of any atmosphere. That said the estate as a whole feels quite eery and post apocalyptic.
A little bit of info - http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/royalclose
The Billy Banks Estate was built upon the remains of a limestone quarry, overlooking the Penarth Flats. Originally considered a modern estate and even winning awards, it went into decline in the 1980s and a decision was made to redevelop the site in 1998. Most residents left by 2002, and the estate is now generally derelect and due to be rebuilt into luxury apartments.