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Valley Park, Chandler's Ford

Coordinates: 50°59′06″N 1°23′42″W / 50.985°N 1.395°W / 50.985; -1.395
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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 and Isle of Wight
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; -1.395[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

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Valley Park sits near an Iron Age settlement.[3][4]

The area underwent a large amount of development from the mid-1980s [5] to the 2000s.[6] West of Knightwood Road was developed starting in 1994 and doubled the size of the town.[7]

Amenities

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Valley Park has local schools, a supermarket,[8] a community centre[9] and a leisure centre.[10]

References

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  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. ^ "Valley Park From Prehistory To The Present Day" (PDF). Test Valley Borough Council. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ "History of Valley Park". Valley Park Parish Council. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Modal Age of Properties Map". CDRC. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Parish History". St Francis Parish. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Valley Park Soton Express". Tesco. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Valley Park Community Centre". Valley Park Community Centre. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Knightwood Leisure Centre". Places Leisure. Retrieved 7 September 2020.