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Cherrill Street, SE17 2GB

The scale of the Aylesbury Estate is breathtaking. I wonder how it feels to live in it and be dwarfed by it. The view is from one of the bulldozer-formed mounds in Burgess Park.

The Aylesbury Estate, built in the 1960s and 1970s, is a large estate of council housing. It is now undergoing regeneration, which will take around 15 years to complete. The new block nearest the camera is one of the first to be completed, in late 2010. The first residents are due to move in in early 2011. In the background is Bradenham, one of the high-rise blocks, which is eventually likely to be demolished.

Historic maps show this spot as Addington Wharf, at the very end of the former Surrey Canal.

The Aylesbury Estate in south-east London was a large council estate developed in the 1960s and 1970s, housing around 7,500 people. The estate is now undergoing regeneration, which is likely to be ongoing until 2020 and beyond. One of the first parts of the estate to be demolished and rebuilt was the south-westernmost corner, with the first block completed in late 2010. The first residents are due to move into the new flats early in 2011. More homes are likely to be built on the site in the foreground. This photo was taken from one of the walkways which linked blocks within the estate.

In a flat part of London these man-made knolls form a large-scale rhythm at the entrance to Burgess Park. They lighten the mood and partly screen the built-up surroundings. In the background is a slab of council offices http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3833155

They are currently replacing a large council estate on the left which isn't very old itself. Burgess Park is on the right.

Canal Street, as its name suggests, once led to a canal. The canal has been filled in, and the streets, houses and industrial buildings which surrounded it have been demolished. Burgess Park, which is a large park, has been created on the site. Canal Street itself was one of several roads within Burgess Park which had been closed, but not removed. The park is due to receive a major facelift in 2011 and into 2012. This will include removing most of the abandoned roads within the park. In the background are flats belonging to the Aylesbury Estate, a large council estate built in the 1960s and early 1970s. This estate is starting to undergo a major regeneration programme which will take a number of years to complete.

A block of Southwark Council offices on Portland Street, seen across Burgess Park.