Raffles, Cumbria

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The minor road from the Raffles Estate and new housing areas meet the A595. Looking north-east towards Carlisle centre.

Raffles or the Raffles Estate is a suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom. The estate consists mainly of council built and Housing association properties, and in 1994 had a population of 5,800. Nearby areas include Belle Vue, Newtown, Sandsfield Park and Morton West.

History

Raffles was built during the 1920s and 1930s and was highly sought after as a place to live by council tenants of the time.[1] By 1994 the area had deteriorated; a report published in The Independent on Sunday in April 1994 condemned the estate as a no-go area with a high level of crime. One resident was reported to have said "If you've got a problem in Raffles, get a shotgun".[2]

By the first decade of the 21st century the housing estate had undergone significant redevelopment and modernisation.[3] The £9 million redevelopment plan got underway in 2004 and saw many of the original council properties demolished and replaced with new housing stock. This was completed in three stages,[4] the last building phase being finished in 2009. In 2010 Carlisle Police discovered a large amount of heroin at a house on the estate, described as one of the largest to be found in the area in recent years.[5]

Notable residents

Helen Grant, the current MP for Maidstone and The Weald and the Conservative Party's first black female MP, grew up on the estate.[6] Author Margaret Forster (1938–2016) was born there.[7]

References

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