Sweeping regeneration is bringing 20,000 homes to 560 acres of former office buildings in this overlooked central London area.
The recent ITV adaptation of the 1848 novel Vanity Fair saw Becky Sharp failing to get Jos Sedley to propose in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, then a south bank entertainment venue with hot-air balloon rides, trapeze artists, music and infamous “dark walks” for romantic assignations.
Today the site is a quiet, pleasant park with a tea house and a city farm that’s home to sheep, ducks, alpacas and horses, but the world beyond it would take even pert Miss Sharp’s breath away.
Vauxhall is in the middle of central London’s largest regeneration project. From Lambeth Bridge to Chelsea Bridge, 560 acres of former office and industrial buildings are being swept away for at least 20,000 new homes, a rebuilt Covent Garden Market and a linear park running from Lambeth Palace to Battersea Power Station.
Property firm JLL has identified 25 major developments in the Vauxhall, Nine Elms and Battersea area with 4,884 homes under construction and another 9,129 in the planning.
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