Valley Park, Chandler's Ford
{{Short description|Town in Hampshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country= England
|static_image=
|static_image_caption=
|coordinates = {{coord|50.985|-1.395|display=inline,title}}{{cite web|url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/valley-park-test-valley-so534sn|title=Valley Park|accessdate= 7 September 2020|publisher=Ordnance Survey}}
|official_name= Valley Park
|population= 7551
|civil_parish= Valley Park
|shire_district= Test Valley
|shire_county= Hampshire
|region= South East England
|constituency_westminster= Eastleigh
|post_town= EASTLEIGH
|postcode_area= SO
|postcode_district= SO53 4
|dial_code= 023
|os_grid_reference= SU42532079
|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.
History
Valley Park sits near an Iron Age settlement.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/5632727.ancient-fort-discovered/|title=Ancient fort discovered|accessdate=7 September 2020|publisher=Daily Echo}}{{cite web|url=https://www.testvalley.gov.uk/assets/attach/2807/ValleyPark.pdf |title=Valley Park From Prehistory To The Present Day|accessdate=10 November 2022|publisher=Test Valley Borough Council}}
The area underwent a large amount of development from the mid-1980s {{cite web|url=http://www.valleyparkparish.org/about/history.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620122032/http://valleyparkparish.org/about/history.aspx|archive-date=2016-06-20|url-status=live|title=History of Valley Park|accessdate=7 September 2020|publisher=Valley Park Parish Council}} to the 2000s.{{cite web|url=https://maps.cdrc.ac.uk/#/metrics/dwellingage/default/BTTTFFT/14/-1.3961/50.9843/|title=Modal Age of Properties Map|accessdate=7 September 2020|publisher=CDRC}} West of Knightwood Road was developed starting in 1994 and doubled the size of the town.{{cite web|url=https://www.stfrancis-valleypark.org.uk/our-church/parish-history/|title=Parish History|accessdate=7 September 2020|publisher=St Francis Parish}}
Amenities
Valley Park has local schools, a supermarket,{{cite web|url=https://www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk/?bID=3338|title=Valley Park Soton Express|accessdate=7 September 2020|publisher=Tesco}} a community centre{{cite web|url=https://valleyparkcommunitycentre.wordpress.com/|title=Valley Park Community Centre|accessdate=7 September 2020|publisher=Valley Park Community Centre}} and a leisure centre.{{cite web|url=https://www.placesleisure.org/centres/knightwood-leisure-centre/ |title=Knightwood Leisure Centre|accessdate=7 September 2020|publisher=Places Leisure}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Test Valley}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Populated places in Hampshire
Category:Civil parishes in Hampshire
{{Hampshire-geo-stub}}