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Finberry

Human settlement in England

Sevington with Finberry

District

Ashford

Shire county

Kent

Region

South East

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Ashford

List of places: UK; England; Kent

51°07′30″N 0°53′53″E / 51.125°N 0.898°E / 51.125; 0.898

Finberry is a housing estate located in the south-east of Ashford, in the civil parish of Sevington with Finberry, in the Ashford district, in the county of England.^[1] The population of the housing estate is included in the civil parish of Mersham. The nearest existing places to the housing estate are Sevington to the north, Willesborough to the north-west, and Park Farm. The housing estate was opened by the Mayor of Ashford in June 2014. Finberry Primary School opened 2017.

Development

The 168 hectare development site will eventually contain 1,180 homes, making it the largest single development in Ashford since 2002. The site was originally known as Cheeseman's Green.^[2]

Transport

A "SMARTLINK" bus link is proposed between the new development and Ashford's town centre, also linking with the Orbital Business Park, Waterbrook, the Newtown Railway works, Designer Outlet and the International railway station. The scheme aims to provide journey times matching or beating car journey times and a high frequency, competitively priced reliable service.^[3]

References

^ "Finberry". Crestnicholson.com. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ "Work starts on Finberry development in Ashford | Construction News". The Construction Index. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20070331085440/http://www.ashford.gov.uk/ashfords_future/master_plan/documents/smartlink.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)