People living on a vast new housing estate in Nottinghamshire say they "love" living there. Residents of the Middlebeck development, near Newark, are enjoying their new homes and say the area has created a friendly community.
Despite ongoing construction work in different parts of the estate, residents don't mind the subsequent dust or noise as they know it's not going to last forever. Hundreds of homes have been built at the estate, located between Balderton and Hawton off Bowbridge Lane and Hawton Lane, by developers Bellway and Avant Homes.
Residents first began moving onto the estate in 2018 and say that there is a great community on the site, where a primary school is fully operational and work has started on a care home. Construction worker Sophie Stapleton, 40, moved to one of the first Avant properties at Middlebeck three years ago after she needed a "bigger property".
