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inside the flat, one of the 172 homes left to rot, London estate
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Abandoned London estate discovered with 172 homes left to rot

Freya Coombes
Last updated: 2023/12/09 at 9:54 AM
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An urban explorer has discovered an abandoned housing estate in London, with over 170 homes left to rot.

Ashley Urbex, 26, discovered the estate in South London, made up of 16 four-storey blocks.

Containing 172 homes, she claims the residents were evicted from their homes over 10 years ago to make way for redevelopment plans.

172 homes left to rot, London estate
The abandoned flats. (Picture: Jam Press)

Sharing her find on TikTok (ashleyurbex) with her 31,500 followers, she quickly gained over 475,000 views.

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“Walking around this housing estate was very eerie creepy atmosphere,” the explorer, from Milton Keynes, England, told What’s The Jam

“It was a complete ghost town, some of the flats suffered bad fire damage and were unfortunately trashed due to being easy access and open to anyone to visit.

“Most of the flats still possessed the past owner’s possessions, I found rooms filled with furniture, DVDs, books, personal items including photographs, drawings diaries.”

Walking through the flats, Ashley found belongings left behind, including videos, house plants, and family photos.

Known as Maryon Grove in Woolwich, she believes estate plans were approved in 2015 to build 165 affordable new homes, however, no progress has been made.

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Children’s toys littered the gardens, along with damaged mattresses.

Sharing the video on TikTok, the clip garnered over 18,200 likes and 600 comments from shocked viewers, including many people who used to live in the flats.

“Omg this is my old estate, I used to live at 75 this is heartbreaking,” said Malisa.”

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Diane commented: “they say there is a housing shortage and yet they leave all these homes just sat there!”

Another person wrote: “The amount of families that could be rehomed there instead of being sat on a waiting list is ridiculous.”

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Video grab of Ashley filming the abandoned housing estate. (Picture: Jam Press)

“My old estate I used to live at 51 I’m actually sad ngl…,” added someone else.

Faye wrote: “Sad that they left photos.”

Ashley claims the estate has since been demolished.

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