Ely Gardens was typical of the L.C.C. house building style of the early 1950s.
Initially, there were two housing estates in Borehamwood – Site 1 and Site 2. Site 1 – the south side of Shenley Road/Elstree Way – was built first, commencing in 1951. Site 2 was north of Shenley Road and Elstree Way.
Ely Gardens commenced building around 1951, of 5000 properties comprising: one, two and three-bedroom houses, terraced and semi-detached, one and two-bedroom flats and bungalows. During the building programme, some older trees, bushes and green hedges were left. Some roads such as Ely Gardens had large greens outside the houses.
