Local residents have been wanting a community space for over 100 years – when it was first promised in the original estate plans.

Originally, the building at 100 Tower Gardens Road was the estate office. Now it is unused and the council was planning to sell it. Tower Gardens Community Corner is a resident-led project to turn the old estate office into a multi-use hub for all.

Tower Gardens was constructed between 1904 and 1928 to the radical cottage estate ideals of the London County Council’s Housing of the Working Classes Branch of the Architect’s Department. Tower Gardens was given Conservation Area status, and later covered by an Article 4 Direction, due to the unique architectural approach.

Tower Gardens has an active community, a Residents’ Group, a Friends of Tower Gardens group that organises gardening and volunteering in the local park and around the estate, and more.