Quarrendon (estate)

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Quarrendon
Quarrendon (estate) (Buckinghamshire)
Quarrendon (estate)

Quarrendon shown within Buckinghamshire
Population 5,897 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference SP8014
Parish Aylesbury
District Aylesbury Vale
Shire county Buckinghamshire
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town AYLESBURY
Postcode district HP19
Dialling code 01296
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Aylesbury
List of places: UKEnglandBuckinghamshire

Coordinates: 51°49′35″N 0°49′43″W / 51.826253, -0.828615

Quarrendon is a large housing estate on the north west side of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. The estate is named after the nearby ancient village of Quarrendon.

The estate was started in the post war years and added to in four main stages right through to the 1980s. It is now one of the largest housing estates in the modern town of Aylesbury with a population in the 2001 census of 5,897 people.

As well as four main shopping precincts, the estate features the Quarrendon School and the Abbey Centre, which is where the Pupil Referral Unit for Aylesbury is based. In addition the estate has two community primary schools, Haydon Abbey School, which takes approximately 380 pupils, and Thomas Hickman School, which takes approximately 440.