Quarrendon Estate

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|official_name= Quarrendon

|coordinates = {{coord|51.826253|-0.828615|display=inline,title}}

|civil_parish= Aylesbury

| population = 5,478

| population_ref = (2011 Census) {{Cite web |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/quarrendon-e05002618#sthash.HEWRO5TS.dpbs |title=Quarrendon - UK Census Data 2011 - Usual Resident Population (KS101EW)| access-date=25 May 2015}}

|unitary_england = Buckinghamshire

|lieutenancy_england = Buckinghamshire

|region= South East England

|constituency_westminster= Aylesbury

|post_town= AYLESBURY

|postcode_district= HP19

|postcode_area= HP

|dial_code= 01296

|os_grid_reference= SP8014

}}

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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.walkingclub.org.uk/book_3/walk_194/index.shtml |title=SWC Walk 194 - Aylesbury Vale Parkway to Aylesbury - Saturday Walkers Club|date=February 2015 | access-date=25 May 2015}}

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{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6078725&c=aylesbury&d=16&e=15&g=424366&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1432591999906&enc=1&dsFamilyId=67 |title=2001 Census - Quarrendon (Ward) - Usual Resident Population, 2001 (KS01) - Office of National Statistics |date=9 August 2006 | access-date=25 May 2015}} In the 2011 census, the estate had a population of 5,478 people.

Facilities

=Schools=

St Michaels Catholic School Aylesbury
Aylesbury Vale Academy, formerly Quarrendon School{{Cite web|url=http://www.theacademy.me/page/?pid=181|title=Aylesbury Vale Academy - Sponsors| access-date=25 May 2015}}

The estate has three community primary schools:

Haydon Abbey School, with 380 pupils{{Cite web|url=http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=110276|title=The Department for Education - Performance Tables - Haydon Abbey School, 110276, HP19 9NS|date=7 May 2015 | access-date=25 May 2015}}
Thomas Hickman School, with 454 pupils.{{Cite web|url=http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=110313|title=The Department for Education - Performance Tables - Thomas Hickman School, 110313, HP19 9HP|date=7 May 2015 | access-date=25 May 2015}}
the Abbey Centre, the Pupil Referral Unit for Aylesbury.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bucksfamilyinfo.org/kb5/buckinghamshire/fsd/organisation.page?record=006g-Og1F-U|title=The Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit - Pathways (Aylesbury)|date=16 April 2015|access-date=25 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526025324/http://www.bucksfamilyinfo.org/kb5/buckinghamshire/fsd/organisation.page?record=006g-Og1F-U|archive-date=26 May 2015|url-status=dead}}

References

Category:Aylesbury

Category:Housing estates in Buckinghamshire