With its pastel-coloured homes and scenic backdrop of Snowdonia, it is the sort of picture-perfect view you would find on a postcard.
But houses on this quaint street, sat on the island of Anglesey, in Wales, are not owned by wealthy millionaires and businessmen.
The charming Ffordd Meigan, which overlooks the waters of the picturesque Menai Strait, is in fact lined with council houses.
The three-bed terraced homes, many still retaining their original colours, were designed as affordable homes shortly after the Second World War by distinguished Welsh architect Sidney Colwyn Foulkes.
Locals and visitors alike claim the street, in the popular seaside town of Beaumaris in Anglesey, is the ‘most beautiful council estate’ in all the country.
Houses on the estate, with their sloping roofs and vibrant tones, were deliberately built with lower ceilings to make them cheaper to heat and save bricks.
More than eighty years after they were first built, the street now boasts a mixture of privately-owned and local authority housing, with the houses fetching up to £200k.
One resident, Barbara Galvin, 74, boasted: ”It’s very beautiful. The mountains are in the background and give a different view every day.
Sat on the island of Anglesey in Wales, Ffordd Meigan is lined with pastel-coloured terraced housing with a backdrop of Snowdonia
The houses were built as affordable housing after the Second World War and many are still council housing
Locals described the vibrant road, in the popular seaside town of Beaumaris as the ‘most beautiful estate’
Karen Johnson, who lives on the street, praised beautiful design of the homes, adding how ‘peaceful’ it is
‘It’s a very safe place to live where neighbours still talk to each other and children are allowed to play.’
Angela Daniels, 64, a health worker and long-term resident, was among many to praise the street for its beauty.
She said: ‘I love living here. It’s quite safe. I’ve never had any trouble.
‘The neighbours are nice, there’s a community spirit.
‘We are very lucky to live here, it deserves the title of Britain’s most beautiful council estate.’
Architect Foulkes was known for his innovative affordable housing designs, with a biographer calling his council estates ‘some of the most attractive in Britain’.
He also designed many schools, churches, cinemas, hospitals and town halls across Wales, and built similar affordable housing projects in nearby streets in Beaumaris.
The town itself attracts tens of thousands of visitors each summer, many of them heading for the town’s Edwardian castle.
David Mathias, 76, added: ‘When the estate was built all the houses were given pastel colours.
‘It was beautiful, especially Ffordd Meigan, which was the first part.’
‘The primary school was built in conjunction with the estate and on the assumption there would be a World War Three.
‘It had double doors so it could be used as a field hospital.
‘It was the most beautiful estate, and still is, I believe.’
Elizabeth Kirkham, 46, originally from Canada, a company director and mum, said: ‘People are proud to live here.
‘Gardens are well-kept.
‘We’ve been here about seven years and we have a nice house.
‘I love the neighbourhood.’
Angela Daniels said: ‘We are very lucky to live here, it deserves the title of Britain’s most beautiful council estate’
Pictured: A mini Post Box on Ffordd Meigan built into the stone walls
Architect Sidney Colwyn Foulkes designed innovative affordable housing across north Wales but also designed schools, churches and town halls
David Mathias said the housing, with its pastel colours ‘was the most beautiful estate, and still is’
The hillside housing, was built with low ceilings as part of Foulkes’ innovative designs
An aerial view of the quaint street. Locals told of how there is a sense of community on the vibrant street
Locals told of how it is the ‘most beautiful council estate’ with its painted houses and scenic backdrop
Daniel Jones, 41, who has lived on the estate for three decades, said: ‘It’s not changed much.
‘Everyone is friendly and it boasts the best view.
Mum Gemma Roberts, 34, said at her home of seven years: ‘Everyone knows each other. It’s safe for the kids to play outside.
‘They are well-built houses and it is definitely one of the most beautiful council estates.’
Karen Johnson, 60, who is retired, said: ‘I thought the estate looked so well designed.
‘People are very friendly and kind, they look out for you. It’s very peaceful.
‘Even in our version of the rush-hour it’s not like south east England.’
Foulkes designed buildings across North Wales and an award-winning council estate on another hill at Rhos on Sea has similar terraces and grassy areas to those at Beaumaris.
A local man said of Foulkes: ‘He may not be as famous as Richard Rogers or Norman Foster, but Foulkes was also pioneering and his social housing far superior to much of it built years later.’
