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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Diane Taylor

Residents in legal fight to halt demolition of Clockwork Orange estate

The Lesnes estate
The Lesnes estate in south-east London provided the dystopian backdrop for several scenes in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. Photograph: Steve Hall/Alamy

A legal challenge has been launched in an effort to halt the demolition of a 1960s Brutalist estate in south-east London that featured in Stanley Kubrick’s dystopian film A Clockwork Orange.

The challenge against Bexley council and Peabody housing association, which will be carrying out the redevelopment, has been launched by the Lesnes estate resident Adam Turk.

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