Residents’ plan success on the Courage’s Site

Courage’s Bottling Plant near Southwark Bridge closed in 1981. The Greater London Council bought it and the Coin Street sites nearby under its “Community Areas” Policy. The GLC and Southwark Council subsequently developed the Courage’s site for family housing and a sheltered housing scheme.

This started to reverse the steep decline in local population and in addition ensured that there were enough children for the recently opened new primary school on the former site of Redcross Way Buildings nearby.