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A nursery is at the heart of a community development within a socially mixed area in the centre of London. Karen Faux reports. Since its launch last October, the Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre has established its 64-place day nursery as an invaluable asset to the local community.

The centre is located in one of the most vibrant areas of London, just behind the South Bank arts centre, occupying a sizable site of 13 acres. It was created by social enterprise and development trust, Coin Street Community Builders, at a cost of £9.55m, to provide a range of much-needed resources for the local and wider South Bank and Bankside communities.

In addition to the nursery, the centre houses meeting and event spaces for community and commercial hire, offices for Coin Street staff and a roof terrace with views across the London skyline. This year a neighbourhood cafe and commercial restaurant are scheduled to open.

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