Benhill

Benhill is a recently renovated and regenerated council housing estate in Sutton, London, originally built in the 1960s upon woodland.^[1] It is east of Sutton High Street.^[2]

The wider surrounding area whose initial development of large villas dates from Victorian times was intended for the upper middle class, whereas nearby Newtown - built around the same time as Benhill - was intended for the lower class.^[2] Construction began in 1852.^[2] However, development of it was slow and by 1913 there were still many empty building plots.^[2]

One of its residents, Gerard 'Jed' Edge, had a picture of him selected as part of the 2009 BP Portrait Award exhibition^[3] and supplied snakes for the Steven Spielberg film Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.^[4] He died on 11 April 2013 after his flat in Benhill Wood Road caught fire.^[5]

Crime

Crime levels in the borough are very low by London standards (see Crime in London), but extra patrols were made on the estate in January 2014^[6]

References

↑ Burgess, Frank. Sutton: A Pictorial History. Phillimore & Co. Ltd. p. 16.
1 2 3 4 "Sutton: A brief history". London Borough of Sutton. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
↑ Julia Kennard (18 June 2009). "Indiana Jones' snake man immortalised in national gallery". Suttonguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
↑ Mike Murphy-Pyle (12 April 2013). "Pensioner dead in flat fire was 'wonderful' snake man Jed Edge". Suttonguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
↑ Mike Murphy-Pyle (12 April 2013). "Tragedy as neighbours unable to save pensioner in flat fire". Suttonguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
↑ Mike Murphy-Pyle (15 January 2014). "Police increase patrols on estate after bogus council worker rapes woman". Suttonguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

London Borough of Sutton
Districts	Bandonhill Beddington Beddington Corner Belmont Benhill Benhilton Carshalton Carshalton Beeches Carshalton on the Hill Cheam (including Cheam Village and North Cheam) Hackbridge Little Woodcote Rosehill Roundshaw South Beddington St Helier Sutton (principal town) Sutton Common Wallington Woodcote Green Worcester Park The Wrythe
Attractions	BedZED Carew Manor Carshalton House Water Tower Charles Cryer Theatre Honeywood Museum, Carshalton Little Holland House, Carshalton Nonsuch Mansion Secombe Theatre Whitehall, Cheam
Places of worship	All Saints, Benhilton St Alban's, Cheam St Nicholas, Sutton Trinity Church, Sutton
Parks and open spaces	Beddington Park Carshalton Park Grove Park Manor Park, Sutton Nonsuch Park Oaks Park
Constituencies	Carshalton and Wallington Sutton and Cheam
Rail and tram stations	Belmont Beddington Lane tram stop Carshalton Carshalton Beeches Cheam Hackbridge Sutton Sutton Common Therapia Lane tram stop Wallington West Sutton
Other topics	Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools

Coordinates: 51°22′05″N 0°11′24″W / 51.368°N 0.190°W / 51.368; -0.190

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