17-618: Netherfield may refer to: Netherfield, Milton Keynes , a housing estate in Woughton, Buckinghamshire, England Netherfield, East Sussex , a village in East Sussex, England Netherfield, Nottinghamshire , a town in Nottinghamshire, England Netherfield railway station Kendal Town F.C. , an English football club which was originally called Netherfield AFC Netherfield,
34-677: A fictional estate in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice Netherfields , an area of Middlesbrough North Yorkshire, England Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Netherfield . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netherfield&oldid=1147325707 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
51-554: A large area of greenery. Eaglestone has a local shopping centre with various shops. Leadenhall contains the Woughton Campus of Milton Keynes College , Milton Keynes Academy , St Pauls School, Milton Keynes and Woughton Leisure Centre – including The Pitz performance space. Netherfield is a housing estate located on the south side of Standing Way (A421, H8) opposite the University Hospital, it also has
68-464: A nearby farm. The streets of Bleak Hall are named after characters and places in the book Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Coffee Hall consists of council and privately owned housing and a local shopping centre, including a church and a few shops. Coffee Hall also has a primary school and Coffee Tots childcare provision. The parish offices are also based on the estate, behind the shops at the local centre, having moved from Netherfield in 2017. Coffee Hall
85-408: A small shopping arcade with various shops. The estate was largely designed by Dixon, Jones, Gold and Cross around 1971, and is essentially modernist; it comprises several long parallel terraces, designed around the landform so that the roofline remains level: homes towards the top of the slopes are single storey; those at the bottom are three-storey. The choice of prefabricated construction materials
102-523: Is an industrial district. Notable organisations based there include Post Office Parcels. Tinkers Bridge is an estate of mainly social housing. It is part of a grid square that also includes Passmore and Woughton Park private housing (that are in Old Woughton parish). This area of Woughton, zoned educational, is home to In 2010, the residents of Woughton on the Green, Woughton Park and Passmore (in
119-410: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Netherfield, Milton Keynes 52°01′36″N 0°44′22″W / 52.0267°N 0.7395°W / 52.0267; -0.7395 Woughton ( / ˈ w ʊ f t ə n / WUUF -tən ) is a civil parish in south central Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire , England. The parish council uses
136-580: Is located between Leadenhall, Eaglestone, Netherfield and Beanhill. The roads in Coffee Hall are all named after old London coffee houses . Eaglestone is home to Milton Keynes University Hospital ; a small private hospital ( BMI Healthcare 's Saxon Clinic); a large combined school (Falconhurst); and a retirement village . Eaglestone's residential area is to the north of the medical campus. It has houses surrounding parks with children's playing equipment, outdoor furniture (often used for street parties) and
153-570: Is surely against the very spirit of what we are all seeking to do in Milton Keynes'. In October 2010, Milton Keynes Borough Councillors, in a recorded vote, voted against the proposal to split the parish into two smaller parishes, however a further review was instigated. In November 2011, Milton Keynes Council changed their decision and instigated the new parish, with the temporary title of Ouzel Valley. Parish elections were held in May 2012 and, at
170-610: The Netherfield Roundabout (H8/V8). The parish comprises the communities of Beanhill, Coffee Hall, Eaglestone, Leadenhall, Netherfield, Peartree Bridge and Tinkers Bridge. Additionally, there are two industrial areas: Bleak Hall and Redmoor. The building of the Beanhill area of Milton Keynes started in 1973/1974 during a strike by brick makers. Hence phase one was constructed with timber frames with corrugated cladding. The later phase two bungalows are brick-built. From
187-604: The Tinkers Bridge grid square), came together to argue for the parish to be split into two smaller ones – one consisting primarily of private housing and the other of public housing. In autumn 2010, the campaign was launched after a group of residents surveyed the three estates and found that over 90% of those who responded supported the proposal. In response, the chairman of the community council accused those in favour of elitism, saying, 'to divide those communities in an artificial way that divides rich from poor
SECTION 10
#1732780527603204-573: The field behind Simnel, are still there. In Beanhill's very early days there was also a street theatre based there called The Beanhill Flat Earth Society . They performed around MK. Beanhill has local shops, a meeting place, a medical centre, and a first school and a nursery, both called Moorlands, although on different sites. This district, next to the West Coast Main Line , is dedicated to light industry, construction industry supply and 'big shed' retail. The name Bleak Hall derives from
221-561: The land where Bracken House now stands was originally allotments. In 1989. phase three introduced 35 shared ownership homes in the Wheatcroft Close area. In keeping with the 1970s Milton Keynes culture there were various arts projects within the Beanhill community. Notably the underpass painted in the Wizard of Oz theme, which was between Beanhill and Coffee Hall, at the back of Lammas. The Toadstools , created by Sue McFarland, on
238-502: The original build, with the exception of the roads Capron and Simnel (which have two-storey houses), the rest of the residential buildings were all bungalows. After construction every new home came with a voucher from the Milton Keynes Development Corporation (MKDC), allowing the new occupants to choose and plant a tree sapling. More recently, more roads and buildings have been slotted in. For example,
255-665: The parish is still Woughton-on-the-Green. The current boundaries of the parish run from the Netherfield Roundabout ( H8/V8 ), south along the V8 (Marlborough Street) to the roundabout (H9/V8), then west along the Groveway H9 until it reaches the intersection with the A5 . It broadly follows the line of the A5 north until it passes underneath Chafron Way H7. It then runs east along the H7 before returning to
272-409: The term Community Council . The parish takes its name from the original ecclesiastic parish of Woughton and the village of Woughton on the Green . It was reduced in size in 2012 when an area in the east of the parish, including the village of Woughton on the Green, became the separate parish of Old Woughton . Despite the de facto local use of the unqualified name "Woughton", the legal name of
289-654: Was partly a consequence of a shortage of bricks in the UK at the time. Milton Keynes Council has gradually been renovating the estate, adding a pitched roof when funds permit. Peartree Bridge is mainly composed of a crescent of modern terraced housing overlooking the Grand Union canal and backing onto Marlborough Street (the V8 grid road). The area also includes a canal marina and has a small farm (InterAction) that provides workshops for local children including circus camp, pottery and community friendly underpass painting. Redmoor
#602397