Valley Park | |
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Location within Hampshire | |
Population | 7,551 (2017 estimate) [1] |
OS grid reference | SU42532079 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | EASTLEIGH |
Postcode district | SO53 4 |
Dialling code | 023 |
Police | Hampshire |
Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Website | http://www.valleyparkparish.org/ |
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 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]
Valley Park has local schools, a supermarket, [8] a community centre [9] and a leisure centre. [10]
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