Two 1960s London housing estates saved from demolition after decade-long battle

Tenants of Cressingham Gardens in Lambeth faced years of limbo with their homes under threat of demolition. Photograph: David Rowe/Alamy

Two architecturally celebrated council estates in south London that have been under threat of demolition for more than a decade have been saved.

Residents of Cressingham Gardens and the Central Hill estate have campaigned tirelessly for their homes to be saved, saying the low-density 1960s developments are significant in design and popular with those living there.