Recent Coverage
Gospel Oak residents protest outside Camden Town Hall against Bacton redevelopment
by Joe Mannion, NWLondoner (23 July 2025)
More Social Housing is Needed Here
Camden New Journal Letters: Yasmin Allen, NW5 (10 July 2025)
A new kind of gentrification is spreading through London – and emptying out schools
by Anna Minton, The Guardian (26 May 2025)
Campaigners warn of widespread opposition to 26-storey tower blocks
by Nathalie Raffray, Ham & High (7 May 2025)
Sir Michael Palin warns of developer threat to Gospel Oak neighbourhood’s ‘soul’
by Frankie Lister-Fell, Camden New Journal (19 April 2025)
Bacton Estate Resources
Bacton Estate Photos (1970-79)
Bacton Estate Masterplan (Karakusevic Carson Architects)
External Resources
Local Groups & Associations
- Queens Crescent Neighbourhood forum
An excellent website to create an emerging ‘neighbourhood forum’, and brings together all the development plans in the area. It aims to bring people together to plan for a better future for the area around Queen’s Crescent.
- Coalition Against High Rise Camden
Campaign against over-development in Camden
- West Kentish Town
This website, looks at the past and present geographical area of West Kentish Town, and aims to prompt discussion about its possible future. The site is interested in sustainable communities, public places and education.
- Archway Campus Development
Community rallies against controversial plan
Similar Groups & Associations
- Change the Rules
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Related News & Reading
- What will Labour sacrifice for its housing targets? A standoff in south London is putting it to the test
Anna Minton (28 October 2025, The Guardian)
- Winstanley Developer walks away, now it’s local people first
Paul White (27 January 2025, Tooting Paul)
- Home truths: the only thing Labour is building is a bigger, more dysfunctional housing market
George Monbiot (26 January 2025, The Guardian)
- What to do after Grenfell? Stop building these family-unfriendly tower blocks for a start
Simon Jenkins (5 November 2024, The Guardian)
Bacton Towers Action 
