Fields End
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Fields End is a village to the North West of Hemel Hempstead
, just beyond Warner's End
on Boxted Road, in Hertfordshire
, England
.
The village is formally recognised as village within Hertfordshire
by Hertfordshire County Council
.
Fields End consisted largely of agricultural fields until planning permission was granted for a new residential estate to begin construction on green belt land between Warner's End
and Potten End
in the 1980s. The estate was completed in the late 1990s, with Dacorum council having made several attempts to continue to develop the remaining agricultural land of Fields End Farm in the intervening years.
Attempts to develop the fields around Fields End continue to be investigated by Dacorum council, with formal objections being registered at recently as December 2008.
Local schools are Potten End School, Micklem Primary and formerly Martindale Primary schools (closed 2008), and the John F Kennedy Catholic School
. The site of Fields End Primary School, once on the corner of Fields End Lane and Boxted Road now sits under the Fields End estate housing development which was constructed in the early 1990's.
Neighbouring towns are the Hemel Hempstead district of Warners End and the villages of Potten End
and Little Heath
.
Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead is a town in Hertfordshire in the East of England, to the north west of London and part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2001 Census was 81,143 ....
, just beyond Warner's End
Warner's End
Warners End is a neighbourhood or district of Hemel Hempstead, a new town in Hertfordshire, England. It was the fourth of the new districts built during the expansion of Hemel Hempstead into a new town with work on its construction commencing in 1953....
on Boxted Road, in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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The village is formally recognised as village within Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
by Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, in England, the United Kingdom. It currently consists of 77 councillors, and is controlled by the Conservative Party, which has 55 councillors, 17 Liberal Democrats, versus 3 Labour...
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Fields End consisted largely of agricultural fields until planning permission was granted for a new residential estate to begin construction on green belt land between Warner's End
Warner's End
Warners End is a neighbourhood or district of Hemel Hempstead, a new town in Hertfordshire, England. It was the fourth of the new districts built during the expansion of Hemel Hempstead into a new town with work on its construction commencing in 1953....
and Potten End
Potten End
Potten End is a village in west Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, two miles east-north-east of Berkhamsted, three miles north west of Hemel Hempstead and two miles south east of the National Trust estate of Ashridge. Nearby villages include Nettleden, Great Gaddesden and...
in the 1980s. The estate was completed in the late 1990s, with Dacorum council having made several attempts to continue to develop the remaining agricultural land of Fields End Farm in the intervening years.
Attempts to develop the fields around Fields End continue to be investigated by Dacorum council, with formal objections being registered at recently as December 2008.
Local schools are Potten End School, Micklem Primary and formerly Martindale Primary schools (closed 2008), and the John F Kennedy Catholic School
John F Kennedy Catholic School
John F Kennedy Catholic School is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. It opened in 1967 and now has a student population of approximately 1100, aged 11 to 18. The headteacher is currently Bernadette Jenkins...
. The site of Fields End Primary School, once on the corner of Fields End Lane and Boxted Road now sits under the Fields End estate housing development which was constructed in the early 1990's.
Neighbouring towns are the Hemel Hempstead district of Warners End and the villages of Potten End
Potten End
Potten End is a village in west Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, two miles east-north-east of Berkhamsted, three miles north west of Hemel Hempstead and two miles south east of the National Trust estate of Ashridge. Nearby villages include Nettleden, Great Gaddesden and...
and Little Heath
Little Heath
Little Heath may refer to one of several locations in the United Kingdom:*Little Heath, Berkshire*Little Heath, near Audlem, Cheshire*Little Heath, near Chester, Cheshire*Little Heath, Coventry*Little Heath, near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire...
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