After the Second World War the London County Council (LCC) bought 1220 acres of land in Aveley and South Ockendon to rehouse Londoners.
The first house on the Belhus Estate was occupied in 1950, and by 1959 there were 4000 houses and 1320 flats.
Shops and a health centre were opened by 1955, and in 1963 a library in Derry Avenue and a community centre in Faymore Gardens. The Belhus estate was transferred to Thurrock Borough Council in 1980.
Belhus Park is used for sports, including golf, and has a swimming pool, opened in 1974.
The Kenningtons estate, built by the LCC. on the western edge of Belhus Park, was completed in the early 1960s.
Note that the map is centred on the Kenningtons Estate of Belhus which lies within the M25. The original estate lies east of the M25.
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