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Preston Road Estate

Preston Road Estate, also known as the East Hull Estate, is a housing estate in the east of Kingston upon Hull built from the 1920s to the 1940s by Hull Corporation. At the beginning of the 21st century considerable redevelopment of the estate took place, with a large community centre established, and demolition or modification of older substandard houses.

The Eastern Cemetery established 1931 at the east of the estate is contemporary with the original build. The estate contains few structures of note, excluding the large Archbishop Sentamu Academy.

The Preston Road Estate is the south-eastern part of Hull, east of the river, between the main Holderness Road (A165) and Hedon Road (A1033). It is located along, and to the north and south of the east–west running dual carriageway Preston Road, which crosses the north–south running Holderness Drain in approximately the middle of the estate. The modern Archbishop Sentamu Academy and community centre, the "Freedom Centre" are located close to this crossing.

The area is almost exclusively used for housing, excluding playing fields and allotments. The surface is flat, and consistently under 5 metres (16 ft) above sea level. To the west is Southcoates; north-west Summergangs and the Holderness Road; to the north-east is the Bilton Grange Estate; and to the east is the Greatfield Estate – all predominately housing areas. To the south the landscape becomes industrial – an ancillary area to the Alexandra Dock and King George Docks that also contains Hull Prison and the former village of Marfleet – the southern boundary is formed by a cycle path, the former route of the Hull and Holderness Railway, as well as by part of the Hull Docks Branch railway line.

As of 2011 47% of the housing stock was semi-detached, and 40% terraced. In 2011 the area had high levels of unemployment, with 61% of the housing in the area rented social housing, and 30% owner occupied.

In 1850 the area of the future estate was completely rural, consisting of enclosed drained fields. To the north-west Southcoates was a small hamlet, as was Marfleet to the south. The Hull and Holderness Railway (built c. 1850) ran east–west to the south; the Holderness Drain (built 1760s onwards) was the major feature in the landscape. By 1910 there had been some north-eastward expansion of Hull from Drypool along either side of the Holderness Road, reaching the edge of the grounds of the future estate.

Development of the Preston Road Estate began in the 1920s. By the mid 1920s Preston Road had been laid out, connecting at the end of Southcoates Lane in the west to Marfleet Lane in the east. The initial development of the estate was west of the Holderness Drain, around Pembroke and St John's groves. Flinton Grove school was established in 1928 in temporary accommodation, with permanent buildings opened in 1931. The temporary building were destroyed during the Second World War. After several reorganisations and splits. the school amalgamated with Southcoates Junior High school in 1980, and was renamed Foredyke Junior High School.

The 59 acres (24 ha) Eastern Cemetery was established 1931, on the eastern edge of the estate. The cemetery's chapel, in a striped polychrome brick and limestone Neo-Romanesque style also dates to 1931 and was listed in 2006. It contains the war graves of 95 Commonwealth service personnel of World War II. A branch library was opened in 1935, and a Methodist church in 1937, both on Preston Road. An Anglican church, St George, was established on Marfleet Lane in 1938 as a subsidiary of the parish of Marfleet. A tower and sanctuary was added c. 1955. The church closed 2009, and was demolished c. 2011.

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