Parkhurst

Parkhurst is a suburb in North-West Johannesburg, South Africa. It was founded in 1903 by the African Realty Trust. It is now a thriving community of over 2000 houses with several interesting restaurants and decor/antique shops.

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Parkhurst is a neighbourhood north-west of the town of Newport, Isle of Wight. It has few amenities, but a large residential population.

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It is notable for housing three prisons: the well-known Parkhurst Prison itself, Camp Hill, and Albany. Parkhurst and Albany were once amongst the few top-security prisons in the United Kingdom, but were downgraded in the 1990s.

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A number of well-known criminals were accommodated in the Parkhurst prisons, including John Duddy, the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe and the Kray twins.

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The prisons caused the construction during the mid 20th century of housing estates to accommodate prison workers and their families, and much of the area is characterised by these poor-quality estates, now largely in private ownership but still in need of repair.

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Parkhurst also adjoins Parkhurst Forest, a large Forestry Commission owned woodland which includes plantation woodland and a large area of ancient woodland, and is well used by local people for recreation.

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