Kingsway Village

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Kingsway Village
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Kingsway Village
Location within Gloucestershire
Population3,000 
OS grid reference SO8132613665
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GLOUCESTER
Postcode district GL2
Dialling code 01452
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51°49′15″N2°16′15″W / 51.8208514°N 2.2709542°W / 51.8208514; -2.2709542 Coordinates: 51°49′15″N2°16′15″W / 51.8208514°N 2.2709542°W / 51.8208514; -2.2709542

Kingsway Village is an area adjacent to the town of Quedgeley and suburb of Tuffley in Gloucester, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. It is built upon the old RAF Quedgeley site.

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Kingsway is part of Quedgeley, and is in the City Council Ward of Quedgeley Fieldcourt. [1] As of 2016, under Gloucestershire County Council it is part of the ward of Kingsway. [2]

The Kingsway Local Centre is a collection of shops in the middle of Kingsway. [3]

It has a very active Residents Association, started by local residents Barry Kirby and Clive Barton in June 2008 and it continues to host public meetings, community fun days and other local events. It also lobbies local agencies and organisations involved in the development of the area, on behalf of residents. [4] [5]

Many NATO military families who are now based at HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in Innsworth have moved to the area. [6]

History

The land that Kingsway was built on was formerly RAF Quedgeley between 1914 and 1995. [7] The development of the village was started in 2006 and involved Barratt Homes, Bromford Group, Bryant Homes, David Wilson Homes, George Wimpey, Miller Homes, Persimmon plc, and Taylor Wimpey.

Kingsway Primary School was opened on 20 October 2008. [8]

The original planning application for Kingsway consisted of 30% of social housing in the village. However, in 2009 residents were angered when a revised version of the planning application was published which included 42% social housing,. [9] The figure however was reduced when NATO military families who are now based at HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in Innsworth moved to the area, taking those properties instead. [6]

In June/July 2011, five new units were built at the local centre. One of which became a Tesco Express and second was taken by Badham Pharmacy. [10] On 30 January 2012, a new Marston's pub called the Barn Owl opened in the local centre. [11]

Waterwells Primary Academy was opened in Kingsway in September 2013. [12] On 14 October 2013, an Asda superstore was built at the entrance to the village. [13]

The Community Centre opened, in the local centre, in September 2014. [14] The sports pavilion opened in September 2014. [7] In March 2015, a new restaurant and three new takeaways opened in the local centre including a Chinese restaurant & takeaway (Blue Orchid), a Fish and Chip shop, a Kebab shop, and an Indian takeaway (Indian Sapphire). These developments are part of an ongoing investment into facilities in the growing estate. [15]

On 19 February 2018, the Rose Tree Farm restaurant, part of the Farmhouse Inns chain owned by Greene King opened in the village. [16]

On 15 December 2018, Kingsway Surgery opened to the public. [17]

In October 2019, Lidl announced they were opening in the village [18] [19] and by May 2020, this included a Puregym and B&M homestore which would be completed by September 2020. [20]

Crime

Between July 2016 and June 2017, the number of criminal offences was 677, accounting for 33% of the crime in the Quedgeley, Kingsway and Hardwicke area. Of these 677, 56.57% were antisocial behaviour offences and 16.25% were Violent and Sexual offences. [21] Crime rates in July 2017 have remained low compared to other neighbourhoods with the Quedgeley, Kingsway and Hardwicke area being ranked the third lowest out of twelve neighbourhoods in Gloucester for crime rates. [22]

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References

  1. ↑ "Quedgeley Fieldcourt Ward" (PDF). Gloucester City Council. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "City of Gloucester New Wards" (PDF). Crown Copyright. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kingsway Local Centre". Robert Hitchings. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kingsway Village Residents Association - Kingsway Village Blog" . Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Residents Association Meeting - Residents Association - Kingsway Village Blog". Kingsway Villagers. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 "The Citizen on Kingsway". Kingsway Villagers. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  7. 1 2 "RAF Quedgeley Today". Quedgeley News. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Kingsway Primary School Opening". Kingsway Villagers. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Kingsway Hits The Headlines… Again". Kingsway Villagers. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "New Community Services at Kingsway". Kingsway Villagers. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  11. ↑ "The Barn Own – The new Kingsway Pub – Training days". Barry Kirby. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "Waterwells Primary School". Kingsway Villagers. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "New Asda superstore business opens". South West Business. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  14. ↑ "Kingsway Community Centre". Quedgeley Town Council. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  15. ↑ "New restaurant and three takeaways coming to Kingsway retail park". South West Business. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  16. ↑ "Opening date revealed for Gloucester's new carvery and cakeaway and it looks incredible". BBC News. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  17. ↑ "Take a look in the new £3.8million health centre". Gloucestershire News. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  18. ↑ "Gloucester is getting a new Lidl and it will open next year". Gloucestershire Live. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  19. ↑ "Lidl gets permission for new Gloucester store and it will be built by a county firm". Punchline Gloucester. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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