Does anyone live on a road like this, do they still exist?

Yes definitely, where I live. You need an estate with a primary school on it in a nice area.

Yes. I do.
It is great fun during the summer, it has downsides too.

They do in the street behind me, but it's not like it was when we were younger and adults didn't keep a watch. Now all the adults also sit outside together. It can be bloody noisy though.

I know someone who lives in a cul de sac like this, I think it developed because it was a new build and a second home purchase for the majority. So they all moved in at a similar time with little kids.

our road is like this. Although as the kids have gotten older they tend to all congregate in our summerhouse.

they have our gate code and just let themselves in.

We are in Rural Suffolk and they do this here.

I have it here and it’s very annoying. They literally scream all day

Yep. Rural Cumbria. Very safe and all the kids play together.

We do (north east). Kids all play out / knock for one another... we leave the back gates open and the kids run in and out in the summer,, usually stopping to raid the freezers for ice cream / lollies on hot days. I grew up locally so it's a similar childhood to my own.

@Boredboredboreder a village just east of Chester :)

Jersey is still like this

In our road (rural road), the kids are all younger than ours, and yes they do run in and out of each other's houses, and dump bikes in the front gardens. Is 5 houses, all the kids are the same sort of age, there's some younger ones further down that don't go out.

We've just moved somewhere similar to this. It gives the kids freedom which is lovely. We get gangs of 8-12 year olds roaming around on bikes and at the park. The flip side is that there are a few kids who can act a little unpleasantly and it can turn a little nasty, as groups of kids sometimes can. Sometimes I miss our old neighbourhood which felt safer to me, despite being less safe to let kids out, if you catch my drift! Our kids are too young to be let out alone but I'm not sure I'd like them running around unsupervised at age 8, having seen what the other kids are like when they think the adults aren't listening!

They do exist. Mostly ive seen it on new build estates that are geared towards families and where houses are close together. Personally I’d hate it. My friend lives in an area like this and she has 3 kids. If I call in for a coffee the front door is either knocked constantly or left open and lots of kids running around.

Yes, I did live somewhere like this about five years ago. Moved when the kids got older, but it was a lovely no through road

Yes, new build estate in Northern Ireland. The estate has a large green in the centre with a bike rack where the kids can safely play. It’s lovely

We have this, although kids are getting older now so more in houses rather than playing out like they did when younger - cul de sac, Berkshire market town. 7 houses on road and similar age kids is the key.

Our old close was like this, but my kids were toddlers and had no one to play with when they hit that age.

We then moved (not a cul de sac) and tell other families with kids same age as our youngest moved in. Couple of years of them calling for each other/ razzing round on bikes, camping, going the shop,;now they're teens and they sit in each other's houses instead.

It's just the luck of the draw really. It's normal for kids to play out round here, but you do need to have a street with kids on.

We live in the middle of a city but in an unusual set up above a supermarket with a large communal decked area. Never knew which kids were in our always open house, they all had a great time and I loved them having that upbringing

Yes, new-ish estate on the outskirts of a large town in central Scotland.

It's lovely and exactly what we hoped for. Lots of kids playing together, riding bikes, playing football or basketball. Every few weeks there's someone selling bracelets or lemonade or cakes! They all go to a mix of local schools but are happy to play together on the street.

Yes, we’re in a cul-de-sac on the outskirts of a small city and the kids are always out in the evenings. It’s a mixed blessing as it’s lovely for my (only) child to have neighbour pals but equally I sometimes don’t want her to be out and it’s hard to keep her in when she can see everyone else having fun!

Yes, I do. Pedestrianised street with front gardens. Kids play out and knock for each other.

Yep. Sounds like my London estate, mostly social & right to buy housing. Kids always out, neighbours socialising etc.

Depends where you live. . certainly in my area ..love it...I literally feel like I'm living in Enid blyton land. I'm in the Midlands now

We used to live on a street a bit like this. The kids loved it when they were younger. And i liked the neighbours. Unfortunately the wider area was fairly rough so I made the decision to move before secondary age. There was a double stabbing of two teenagers a few streets away a couple of years ago and a registered sex offender lived at the end of the road. Now we live somewhere that people keep more to themselves, which I think is safer but less fun.