Ash Vale
Ash Vale | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Aldershot | |
Postcode district | GU12 | |
Dialling code | 01252 | |
Police | Surrey | |
Fire | Surrey | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Ash Vale is a village in the borough of
Geography
Ash Vale's extent is on two sides clearly demarcated, by the river to the west and at a few locks' higher elevation by the parallel
Two branch railway lines cross in the middle of the village without forming a junction. In the north of the village are
A Tesco Express store in Lysons Avenue, opposite the railway station, opened on 12 October 2012.
Environment
Air pollution is very low, with no Air Quality Management Areas in this borough or that immediately adjoining, Rushmoor.[4] Drainage is good, the whole draining westward by the gentle valley of the upper Blackwater.[5] In eastern parts distant ordnance fire can be heard from Ash ranges and occasional light aircraft on various tracks over the village take off from Farnborough Airport approximately three miles west.
History
Economy and amenities
Although Ash Vale was a small semi-military community of the post-war era, the village is now largely a
Holly Lodge (Primary) School is next to Carrington Park, which has playground facilities and a route between nearby North Camp Station and Mytchett lake and Basingstoke Canal Visitor Centre on the Basingstoke Canal. The canal's towpath runs through the village.
Parks and Nature reserves in Ash Vale
- Carrington Recreation Ground, off Lysons Avenue
- Snaky Lane Local Nature Reserve, off Stratford Road
- Avondale Park, Avondale
- Lakeside Park, Lakeside Road
- Park off Hawker Road, Old Farm Place Estate
- Park off Beaufort Road, Old Farm Place Estate
- Park off Old Farm Place, Old Farm Place Estate
South of the village are:
- Lakeside Park nature reserve
- Willow Park Fishery
- Ash Parish Allotments
Youth outreach
The
Notable residents
- Oliver C.J Williams, activist
- Ethel Caterham, supercentenarian, oldest living Briton and last surviving Edwardian
- Samuel Franklin Cody, the first man to achieve powered heavier-than-air flight in Britain. [n 1]
- Darren and Martin Bicknell, professional cricketers.
See also
- List of places of worship in Guildford (borough)
Notes and references
- notes
- references
- ^ Key Statistics: Population; Quick Statistics: Economic indicators Archived 11 February 2003 at the Wayback Machine. (2011 census and 2001 census) Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Surrey Wildlife Trust: Ash Ranges". Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ^ Cranfield University National Soil Resources Institute
- ^ Defra – Air Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ "Parishes: Ash ", in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3, ed. H E Malden (London, 1911), pp. 340–344 available online at British History – The University of Portsmouth and Others Accessed 14 March 2015.
- Get SurreyNews; retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ Ash Parish Council. "Ash Parish Maps- Local Interest". Ash, Surrey: Ash Parish Council. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012. (click on the red dot to see a photographe)
Further reading
- Jenkinson, Sally (1990). Ash and Ash Vale – A Pictorial History. Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 0-85033-773-9.