This report is completely different from anything else I’ve ever posted because…there is no dereliction, just abandonment.
Studlands Park in Newmarket is a massive estate, built primarily to house servicemen from near by US bases Lakenheath, Mildenhall, and Feltwell. The estate is huge. The houses of Nimbus Way alone are numbered continuously from 1-501. A recent newspaper article said claims there are just 11 families living on the estate. http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/Town-estate-could-have-300.4455174.jp
Map:
Driving down the main road there is an eerie feeling of emptiness. There should be cars. Today is rubbish day, the streets should be lined with blue and black wheelie bins:
What makes it odder is when I drove through here exactly one year ago, the streets were filled with ghoulish Halloween decorations. The yanks go mad for Halloween, but not here, not this year.
Houses in the 70’s were generally built with poor parking provision, as houses would own a single car. Not here, this was built with Americans in mind! With 3-4 spaces per household several thousand spaces sit empty.
You can see on the map some internal parking courts. These are useless for security as nothing overlooks them. I got up to court 15.
In the last week or so the letting agents have started to push to get people in.
More Car Parking, & Play parking
Studlands Park in Newmarket is a massive estate, built primarily to house servicemen from near by US bases Lakenheath, Mildenhall, and Feltwell. The estate is huge. The houses of Nimbus Way alone are numbered continuously from 1-501. A recent newspaper article said claims there are just 11 families living on the estate. http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/Town-estate-could-have-300.4455174.jp
Map:
Driving down the main road there is an eerie feeling of emptiness. There should be cars. Today is rubbish day, the streets should be lined with blue and black wheelie bins:
What makes it odder is when I drove through here exactly one year ago, the streets were filled with ghoulish Halloween decorations. The yanks go mad for Halloween, but not here, not this year.
Houses in the 70’s were generally built with poor parking provision, as houses would own a single car. Not here, this was built with Americans in mind! With 3-4 spaces per household several thousand spaces sit empty.
You can see on the map some internal parking courts. These are useless for security as nothing overlooks them. I got up to court 15.
In the last week or so the letting agents have started to push to get people in.
More Car Parking, & Play parking