Valley Park, Chandler's Ford

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Valley Park
Valley Park is located in Hampshire
Valley Park
Valley Park
Location within Hampshire
Population7,551 (2017 estimate)[2]
OS grid referenceSU42532079
Civil parish
  • Valley Park
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townEASTLEIGH
Postcode districtSO53 4
Dialling code023
PoliceHampshire
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
Websitehttp://www.valleyparkparish.org/
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
50°59′06″N 1°23′42″W / 50.985°N 1.395°W / 50.985; -1.395Coordinates: 50°59′06″N 1°23′42″W / 50.985°N 1.395°W / 50.985; -1.395[1]

Valley Park is a civil parish and a new town in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The part of the parish is called Knightwood.

History[]

Valley Park sits near an Iron Age settlement.[3]

The area underwent a large amount of development from the mid-1980s [4] to the 2000s.[5] West of Knightwood Road was developed starting in 1994 and doubled the size of the town.[6]

Amenities[]

Valley Park has local schools, a supermarket,[7] a community centre[8] and a leisure centre.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Valley Park". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Population estimates for Parishes in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Ancient fort discovered". Daily Echo. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. ^ "History of Valley Park". Valley Park Parish Council. Archived from the original on 2016-06-20. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Modal Age of Properties Map". CDRC. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Parish History". St Francis Parish. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Valley Park Soton Express". Tesco. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Valley Park Community Centre". Valley Park Community Centre. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Knightwood Leisure Centre". Places Leisure. Retrieved 7 September 2020.


Retrieved from ""