Quarrendon Estate

Quarrendon
Quarrendon
Quarrendon shown within Buckinghamshire
Population 5,478 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference SP8014
Civil parish
  • Aylesbury
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town AYLESBURY
Postcode district HP19
Dialling code 01296
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament

Quarrendon is a large housing estate on the north west side of Aylesbury (where the 2011 census population was included ) in Buckinghamshire, England. The estate is named after the nearby ancient village of Quarrendon.[2]

History

The estate was started in the post war years and added to in four main stages right through to the 1980s. It is now one of the largest housing estates in the modern town of Aylesbury with a population in the 2001 census of 5,897 people[3] In the 2011 census, the estate had a population of 5,478 people.[1]

Facilities

Schools

The estate has three community primary schools:

  • Haydon Abbey School, with 380 pupils[5]
  • Thomas Hickman School, with 454 pupils.[6]
  • the Abbey Centre, the Pupil Referral Unit for Aylesbury.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Quarrendon - UK Census Data 2011 - Usual Resident Population (KS101EW)". Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "SWC Walk 194 - Aylesbury Vale Parkway to Aylesbury - Saturday Walkers Club". February 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "2001 Census - Quarrendon (Ward) - Usual Resident Population, 2001 (KS01) - Office of National Statistics". 9 August 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Aylesbury Vale Academy - Sponsors". Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "The Department for Education - Performance Tables - Haydon Abbey School, 110276, HP19 9NS". 7 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Department for Education - Performance Tables - Thomas Hickman School, 110313, HP19 9HP". 7 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit - Pathways (Aylesbury)". 16 April 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.


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