Old Dean is a large housing estate on the outskirts of Camberley

Camberley

Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, situated 31 miles  southwest of central London, in the corridor between the M3 and M4 motorways. The town lies close to the borders of both Hampshire and Berkshire; the boundaries intersect on the western edge of the town where all three counties...

 in Surrey

Surrey

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, England

England

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History

Most of the estate was built in the 1950s on the Olddean Common for residents of heavily bombed Surrey-areas made homeless after World War II

World War II

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, and later expanded by the authorities to be used as a London overspill

London overspill

London overspill is the term given to the communities created - largely consisting of publicly provided housing - as a result of the Government policy of moving residents out of Greater London, England into other towns around the South East, East Anglia and beyond.-Policy development:The policy...

 estate. Many of the roads on the estate reflect this, being named after the London boroughs which paid for the expansion (the others are named after places on the common). Examples include Kingston Road, Mitcham Road and Wimbledon Road.

Description

The area starts approximately a mile North North East from the town centre. The estate is built on the Olddean Common and is bordered to the south by the A30

A30 road

The 284 miles A30 road from London to Land's End, historically known as the Great South West Road used to provide the most direct route from London to the south west; more recently the M3 motorway and A303 road performs this function for much of the route and only parts of A30 now retain trunk...

 (London Road) and falls within the district of Surrey Heath

Surrey Heath

Surrey Heath is a local government district with Borough status in Surrey, England. Its Council is based in Camberley. Much of the area is within the Metropolitan Green Belt....

 Borough Council.

The resident population of Old Dean in 2001 was 4,277 people, 5 per cent of the population of Surrey Heath local authority.

Properties in this area, built in the 1950s and 1960s, are mainly semi-detached and terraced, with a number of maisonettes on the northern edge of the estate. It was originally a council estate, however, under the Conservative government's right to buy scheme

Right to buy scheme

The Right to buy scheme is a policy in the United Kingdom which gives tenants of council housing the right to buy the home they are living in. Currently, there is also a right to acquire for the tenants of housing associations...

, a proportion of these properties are now under private ownership.

There is a recent development which has expanded the Old Dean and provides more affordable housing. The Old Dean is the location of four schools; Pine Ridge Infant School, Lorraine School & Nursery, Cordwalles Junior School, and Collingwood College

Collingwood College, Surrey

Collingwood College is a state secondary school located in Camberley, Surrey, England for 11-18 year olds.-Admissions:It is one of the best secondary schools in Surrey, and the third biggest in the UK, with over 2000 pupils, including more than 400 in the Sixth Form...

. It is also the home of the Camberley Fire and Rescue Service.

Media

The estate has been used as a location for filming scenes in the fictional BBC drama Holby Blue. Shots were filmed around the Old Dean including high speed police chases and scenes of violence at the local shops, Dean Parade.

Local Amenities

The estate has a parade of local shops which are located centrally, along with a Doctor's surgery, 3 parks, Youth centre and 3 churches (Church of England

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

 St Martin's, Roman Catholic St Peter's & St John's and Newfrontiers

Newfrontiers

Newfrontiers is a neocharismatic apostolic ministry network of evangelical, charismatic churches founded by Terry Virgo. It forms part of the British New Church Movement, which began in the late 50s and 60s combining features of Pentecostalism with British evangelicalism...

 The Beacon Church). It runs the Old Dean Advice Centre (http://odac.org.uk/) which is for the benefit of all residents and those who work in the extended Old Dean area.

Transport

A bus service (Number 1) connects the Old Dean with Camberley

Camberley

Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, situated 31 miles  southwest of central London, in the corridor between the M3 and M4 motorways. The town lies close to the borders of both Hampshire and Berkshire; the boundaries intersect on the western edge of the town where all three counties...

 Town Centre and Aldershot

Aldershot

Aldershot is a town in the English county of Hampshire, located on heathland about southwest of London. The town is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council...