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'''Kennington''' is a [[village]] and [[civil parish]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Oxfordshire]] (though formerly in [[Berkshire]]), just to the south of [[Oxford]]. It sits in a narrow stretch of land between the [[River Thames]] and the [[A34 road|A34]] dual carriageway, and is home to around 4,000 people. |
'''Kennington''' is a [[village]] and [[civil parish]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Oxfordshire]] (though formerly in [[Berkshire]]), just to the south of [[Oxford]]. It sits in a narrow stretch of land between the [[River Thames]] and the [[A34 road|A34]] dual carriageway, and is home to around 4,000 people. |
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Revision as of 21:39, 2 August 2007
Template:Otherplaces2 Kennington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Oxfordshire (though formerly in Berkshire), just to the south of Oxford. It sits in a narrow stretch of land between the River Thames and the A34 dual carriageway, and is home to around 4,000 people.
Amenities
There are several local amenities in the village including three shops, a post office and a chemist. The village's public house is called The Tandem. It is located near the local health centre. There are two sports fields: Playfield Road and Forest Side.
Playfield has recently been fitted with floodlights to enable training in the evening/night.
Education
The local primary school is St Swithun's Church of England School. The village is in the catchment area for Matthew Arnold secondary school. Matthew Arnold School is not located in the village but a bus service is provided. Chandlings Manor School, an independent co-educational preparatory school, is nearby.
Building developments
Over the last few years there has been a great increase of building development in the village. This is to allow more housing. The developments are all large houses with large gardens which have been turned into flats. The two exceptions are the building of new houses at the site of the old public house "The Scholar Gypsy"; the pub was named after the local poet Matthew Arnold and flats on the site of the former Kennington Service Station. Recent developments include Strode Court, and Chestnut Place located along Kennington Road, to the north of the village. A new development has been completed at the site of Cranbrook House in the south of the Village on The Avenue.