HS2 replacement housing blocks named
The HS2 replacement housing blocks have been named following feedback from residents.
Camden Council is currently building replacement homes for all council tenants and leaseholders set to lose their homes due to High Speed 2 (HS2), the new railway from London to Birmingham. The Council received funding from HS2 Ltd for the replacement homes.
In May we invited Camden residents to select their preferred names from a shortlist developed by the replacement housing working group. Following this feedback, these are the names of the new blocks:
| New block name | Development site |
|---|---|
| Ravenglass | Former Cape of Good Hope |
| Mardale | Former One Stop Shop |
| Caudale | Varndell Street Corner |
| Bowfell | St Bede's Mews |
| Kirkfell | Robert Street |
| Lindale | Newlands |
| Kentmere | Dick Collins Hall |
| Roswick | The Victory Pub |
The block names are inspired by fells in the Lake District, continuing the theme of existing housing blocks on the Regent’s Park Estate, which are named after lakes.
The names on the list have been verified by emergency services and Camden Council’s Street Naming and Numbering teams as acceptable for building addresses and names.
Construction has commenced on six of the replacement housing sites and should be completed by autumn 2017, ready for residents to move ahead of HS2 Ltd’s demolition works, expected at the start of 2018.
More information
Find out more about the development sites on our HS2 replacement housing webpages.