{"id":7708,"date":"2009-09-26T23:00:20","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T22:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/?p=7708"},"modified":"2025-11-23T09:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T09:48:45","slug":"garrison-estate-purfleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/?p=7708","title":{"rendered":"Garrison Estate Purfleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Bi-monthly meetings -&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/purfleet-on-thames.org\/meetings-minutes\/\">Purfleet on Thames Community Forum<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Whilst looking for a cheap ex local authority flat to buy in or near London I came across the Garrison Estate at Purfleet and went down to have a look one sunny Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Purfleet1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17107 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Purfleet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Click for larger image<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more-->As a dormitory town it&#8217;s got a lot going for it, a fact that has been recognised by the local authority some time ago who drew up a masterplan in 2009 for its regeneration, with the focus mainly around the station which is going to get a new square and the inevitable commuter flats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Garrison_th\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/garrison_th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Immediately to the west are the Rainham Marshes, a bird sanctuary, with an RSPB visitors centre literally a stones throw from the estate.\u00a0 Although the area is surrounded by industry &#8211; the Eurostar line runs just north of Purfleet, the QEII bridge is nearby, pylons support power lines not far away and the A13 runs close by &#8211; the river provides a calming influence and is a delight on a sunny day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some photographs here:-<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/singleaspect\/sets\/72157627404290169\/<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Opera House moves to Purfleet:-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2008\/jul\/02\/communities\">https:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/society\/2008\/jul\/02\/communities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An article about the Rainham Marshes from the London Evening Standard:-<\/p>\n<p>really-wild-the-marshland-discovery-zone.do<\/p>\n<p>or if that stops working you can read it here:-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/web\/Really%20wild%20the%20Marshland%20Discovery%20Zone%20%20Life%20&amp;%20Style.htm\">Really wild the Marshland Discovery Zone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Building Design Magazine covers the same story<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bdonline.co.uk\/van-heyningen-and-hawards-bird-hide-opens-in-essex\/5024005.article\">https:\/\/www.bdonline.co.uk\/5024005.article<\/a> (subscriber only)<\/p>\n<p>Purfleet centre plans may be found at this reference 11\/50401\/TTGOUT<\/p>\n<p>In fact I found that simply putting the reference into Google was sufficient to bring up details of the development around the station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: Bi-monthly meetings -&gt; Purfleet on Thames Community Forum Whilst looking for a cheap ex local authority flat to buy in or near London I came across the Garrison Estate at Purfleet and went down to have a look one sunny Saturday. 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