Calvert, Buckinghamshire

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Calvert (aka Calvert Green) is a modern village in Buckinghamshire, England, near the village of Steeple Claydon.

Originally named after a wealthy local family, the village was founded as a hamlet in the Victorian era to house workers for the brick works that were constructed in the area. The works have since been closed and turned into a nature reserve and landfill. All that remains of the hamlet is a small group of red brick terrace houses.

Today a new housing estate has been built at Calvert, greatly expanding on its original size.

There is also now a sizeable lake in Calvert called Grebe Lake, that is used for boating, sailing and kayaking.

A sizable landfill site exists at Calvert. Waste is collected from Bristol and Bath each day and transported using rail via Aylesbury to Calvert.[1] The site has a power station used to generate electricity from landfill gas, capable of producing 15 MW.[2]

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  1. ^ What happens to the waste.
  2. ^ Ministerial opening for Calvert II landfill gas power station.
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