Walton Court
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Walton Court is a housing estate
in Aylesbury
, Buckinghamshire
, England
.
Through the 1990s the estate became well known as an area with a very moderate crime rate and parts of the estate have had to have been redesigned or rebuilt to overcome some of the difficulties. It remains an area of some social deprivation, with the majority of issues focused around an adjoining estate - Southcourt. A common misconception to non-residents. Walton Court stretches from the A418 Oxford Road running down the South side of Churchill Avenue to Ellen Road. The estate was built during the 1970s as part of a major housing expansion. The land had formerly been farmland, and for some time the privately owned housing area was known as Walton Court Farm, after the estate, renamed Hawkslade by Estate Agents to reflect the middle class population split to the West side of Ellen Road.
Although mostly housing, Walton Court also has Ashmead Combined School, a mixed, community
primary school, which has approximately 475 pupils from the age of four through to the age of eleven (Nursery to Year 6), Mandeville Upper School
(Year 7 to Sixth Form
) and until the year 2000, Willowmead School. On Hannon Road is the Walton Court Shopping Centre and Walton Court Social Club. A new centre was opened in the former doctors surgery called the Healthy Living Centre which features a cafe, Internet Facilities and regular educational classes. This has provided a new focal point to the area.
The new expanded Mandeville GP Surgery has been built next to the Walton Court shops and Ashmead infant school.
The shops and flats at Walton Court are about to have a re-build to update and modernise the area, with all interior areas becoming a private area and the shops reversed to face outwards. The Co-operative group have invested heavily into re-launching a very successful supermarket.
Two new children's playing areas have been built now that the social unrest has ceased, the area has become a quiet and pleasant estate again.
The estate is half a mile from the famous Stoke Mandeville Hospital, with the Jimmy Saville Spinal Injuries National Centre at its hub. The estate therefore houses a large number of medical and clinical staff as well as resident spinal patients now living in the community.
Housing estate
A housing estate is a group of buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Accordingly, a housing estate is usually built by a single contractor, with only a few styles of house or building design, so they tend to be uniform in appearance...
in Aylesbury
Aylesbury
Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in South East England. However the town also falls into a geographical region known as the South Midlands an area that ecompasses the north of the South East, and the southern extremities of the East Midlands...
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
, 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...
.
Through the 1990s the estate became well known as an area with a very moderate crime rate and parts of the estate have had to have been redesigned or rebuilt to overcome some of the difficulties. It remains an area of some social deprivation, with the majority of issues focused around an adjoining estate - Southcourt. A common misconception to non-residents. Walton Court stretches from the A418 Oxford Road running down the South side of Churchill Avenue to Ellen Road. The estate was built during the 1970s as part of a major housing expansion. The land had formerly been farmland, and for some time the privately owned housing area was known as Walton Court Farm, after the estate, renamed Hawkslade by Estate Agents to reflect the middle class population split to the West side of Ellen Road.
Although mostly housing, Walton Court also has Ashmead Combined School, a mixed, community
Community school
The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a...
primary school, which has approximately 475 pupils from the age of four through to the age of eleven (Nursery to Year 6), Mandeville Upper School
Mandeville Upper School
Mandeville Upper School is a secondary school in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, built in the 1960s. There are approximately 1000 students currently attending Mandeville, aged between 11 and 18 years....
(Year 7 to Sixth Form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
) and until the year 2000, Willowmead School. On Hannon Road is the Walton Court Shopping Centre and Walton Court Social Club. A new centre was opened in the former doctors surgery called the Healthy Living Centre which features a cafe, Internet Facilities and regular educational classes. This has provided a new focal point to the area.
The new expanded Mandeville GP Surgery has been built next to the Walton Court shops and Ashmead infant school.
The shops and flats at Walton Court are about to have a re-build to update and modernise the area, with all interior areas becoming a private area and the shops reversed to face outwards. The Co-operative group have invested heavily into re-launching a very successful supermarket.
Two new children's playing areas have been built now that the social unrest has ceased, the area has become a quiet and pleasant estate again.
The estate is half a mile from the famous Stoke Mandeville Hospital, with the Jimmy Saville Spinal Injuries National Centre at its hub. The estate therefore houses a large number of medical and clinical staff as well as resident spinal patients now living in the community.