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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Apartment buildings in Hong Kong, Housing estates in England, Housing estates in Scotland, Housing estates in Singapore, Bradley Stoke, Castle Vale, New England Quarter, Braidfauld, Easterhouse, Ingleby Barwick, Chungking Mansions, Accordia, Castlemilk, Cranhill, Debden, Epping Forest, Red Road, Park Hill, Sheffield, Faifley, Drumchapel, Delamere Park, Leigh Park, Potong Pasir, Tiong Bahru Estate, Marine Parade, Ferguslie Park, Paulsgrove, Dover, Singapore, Bargeddie, Whiteway, Bath, Blackhill, Glasgow, Arden, Glasgow, Derwenthorpe, Buona Vista, Yew Lian Park, Austin Village, Oakwood, Derby, Salterbeck, Manor, South Yorkshire, Old Dean, Ghim Moh, MacPherson, Singapore, Abbeyview, Linnvale, Ockford Ridge, Bellsmyre, Wyndford, Newhall, Essex, Kennet Island, Park Barn Estate, Cables Wynd House, New Hall Manor Estate, Greenfield, Glasgow, Shelthorpe, Levendale, Eunos, Singapore, Simei Estate, Karunamoyee, Cherque Farm, Rivervale Crest, Westborough, Surrey, Alverstone Garden Village, Windsor Meadows, New Hall Estate, Ikangba, Leven Park. Excerpt: Castle Vale is a housing estate located near Erdington currently Castle Vale votes with Tyburn Ward which is part of Erdington constituency, 9 km (6 mi) northeast of Birmingham city centre in England. The area has an approximate population of 10,000 people and has a distinctly modern residential character stemming from its history as a postwar overspill estate. The area was originally known as Berwood, from the Saxon 'Bearu' meaning 'the woods'. Historically being a boggy and wooded area, the area remained undeveloped for most of its history until the deforestation practices of Edward Darcy in the 17th century and the construction of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal in the 18th century. In the 20th century, the land became the site for the first airplane take-off in Birmingham ...