Valley Park, Chandler's Ford

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.

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]

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.