Sherfield Park

{{Short description|Civil parish in Hampshire, England}}

{{Distinguish|Sheffield Park (disambiguation){{!}}Sheffield Park}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|coordinates = {{coord|51.301072|-1.044608|display=inline,title}}

|official_name = Sherfield Park

| population =

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|shire_district = Basingstoke and Deane

|shire_county = Hampshire

|region = South East England

|constituency_westminster = Basingstoke

|post_town = HOOK

|postcode_district = RG27

|postcode_area = RG

|dial_code = 01256

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|london_distance = {{convert|42.8|mi|km|0}} SW

|static_image = Short path to Sherfield Park housing estate - geograph.org.uk - 3046212.jpg

|static_image_caption = Path to the housing estate

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Sherfield Park, also known as Taylor's Farm, is a civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. It is situated about {{convert|4|mi|0}} northeast of central Basingstoke, to the west of the A33 road that runs between Basingstoke and Reading.

File:Crescent of modern houses at Taylor's Farm Roundabout - geograph.org.uk - 6824291.jpg

The civil parish covers a housing estate that was built between 2004 and 2014 and now has 1,000 dwellings.[http://www.sherfieldparkparishcouncil.gov.uk/A_Bit_of_History_5594.aspx A Bit of History: Sherfield Park Parish Council] The greenfield site had until then mainly been part of Taylor's Farm, a name which has sometimes been used for the estate.[http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/masterplan Economic masterplan: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council] The estate was originally part of the parish of Sherfield on Loddon. Between 2008 and 2016, the area was a ward of this parish which was named Taylor's Farm.

History

The development was opened by the Minister for Housing and Planning Keith Hill in March 2004.{{Cite news |date=19 March 2004 |title=Flagship development opened by minister |url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/5576619.flagship-development-opened-by-minister/ |access-date=19 April 2025 |work=Southern Daily Echo}}

Councillors on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council voted to create a separate Sherfield Park Parish Council on 26 March 2015 with 85% of councillors in favour.{{Cite news |last=Bave |first=Jessica |date=15 April 2015 |title=Councillors agree on plans to create new Sherfield Park Parish Council |url=https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/12880726.councillors-agree-on-plans-to-create-new-sherfield-park-parish-council/ |access-date=19 April 2025 |work=Basingstoke Gazette}} On 1 April 2016, Sherfield Park was separated to form a parish of its own,[http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/parishreview Parish review: Basingstoke and Deane borough council] with its first parish council being elected a month later. Sherfield Park is in the borough electoral ward of Chineham and the county council division of Loddon.

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