From 2006 till 2020, various housebuilders were building homes to the south of Loughborough. These were William Davis Homes, which built most of the homes in the largest development, Grange Park; Jelson Homes, which built homes as part of the Grange Park scheme in the west of the development next to the Haddon Way estates - this was called Grange Vale; David Wilson Homes, which built The Chimes, the smallest development by far; and last but not least, Morris Homes' Trinity Gardens development. These schemes are apparently completed.
These photographs mainly show the William Davis and David Wilson developments. These photos were taken in January 2018. Some of these photographs were published previously in the post Houses and more (August 2020).
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| Highland Drive, looking towards the Chimes estate by David Wilson Homes. |
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Houses under construction on the Chimes estate.
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Completed houses on the Chimes estate.
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Construction works on the Chimes estate.
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The open space between the Chimes and Grange Park. A consultation was recently launched to develop the open space into a park - with a BMX track!
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Leftover stiles
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David Wilson homes facing Allendale Road.
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Buildings in the adjacent hamlet of Woodthorpe.
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Vale Close, on William Davis' Grange Park estate.
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| Houses at the intersection of Allendale Road and Highland Drive, by William Davis. |
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Houses on Highland Drive, by William Davis.
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Hillcrest Drive.
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Highland Drive. The flags indicate the location of the showhome and visitor/sales centre.
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Looking from Highland Drive towards the countryside.
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| Looking from Highland Drive towards Allendale Road and the construction site. |
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A postbox on Highland Drive.
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| The sign displaying homes for sale/under construction on Grange Park, outside the sales/visitor centre. |
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Homes by William Davis on on Knox Road.
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Houses on Knox Road. All Jelson homes except the house closest to the right.
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Homes by William Davis on Highland Drive.
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| Homes by William Davis on on Knox Road. |
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| The open space between Knox Road and Highland Drive at sunset. Today the scene is different; on the far side of the field was to be built a local centre with shops with flats, a community centre, a health centre, and a church building. However, it was not built as intended; only a community centre, the Arc community centre, was completed, and not according to the original plans. The rest of the land for facilities was given over to houses. In the foreground, a playground was built. |
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| Houses on Travis Way. |
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| Allendale Road, looking towards Highland Drive. |
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| Houses by William Davis Homes on Allendale Road; the closest two are of the type known as The Rannoch. |
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A dumper enters the construction site. The road later became Peelers Place.
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Houses on Allendale Road.
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| The houses at the intersection of Allendale Road and Highland Drive. |
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