Horrendous assault in Lucan

bogmanfan wrote: »

I'm from Lucan originally, and have been living back there for the last 16 years. I remember when I was in school we were told the population was around 7,000. Now it's seven times that? That's massive overdevelopment.

Where I live is 'old Lucan'. It's less than a 10 minute walk from the village. It's a lovely area, very quiet and never had any hassle at all. I remember when I bought my place in 2003, I was being warned off some of the newer estates like Foxborough by estate agents. Even then there was talk of anti-social behaviour etc.

The problem is that while Lucan itself has excellent facilities and amenities, most of the problem areas are actually several miles away from Lucan village and therefore don't really have access to those amenities.

Goose76 wrote: »

I have literally never heard of that happening before.

Strange (and sad) as the houses themselves in Foxborough looked quite nice. actually, most of the 25a route looks very leafy and 'middle class' (for want of a better term.

What put me off from a buying perspective was the lack of walkability from the village but overall it seemed like a nice area when I was looking (just a few months ago). Very sad to hear of all these assaults.