West Park, Darlington - <>

West Park is a predominantly residential area at the North West fringe of Darlington, County Durham, England.West Park is designed as a sustainable community development, consisting of residential properties, commercial properties, and a nature reserve. It is one of the most recent developments in Darlington, having commenced in 2002.The site covers 49 hectares (121 acres) of land, consisting of: 37 hectare West Park Village: at least 700 residential properties, a mix of commercial properties, and other facilities. 12 hectare West Park Nature Reserve: the first new park to be created in Darlington in the last 100 years. A hospital West Park Hospital, opened 2004. A school, 'West Park Academy', opened 2005 The West Park development has won several national awards, including a Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Sustainable Communities Award, and a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Gold Award For Regeneration.Geography and demographicWest Park is located adjacent to the A68 and A1 junction 58, directly north of Cockerton. It is approximately 2.5 miles by road from the town centre.As part of its status as a redevelopment project, West Park is built both on former greenfield land and brownfield land. Approximately half of the 49 hectares is developed on the former Darlington Chemical and Insulating factory site, with the other half being farmland. The former Darchem site is now occupied by West Park A and the West Park Nature Reserve: the contaminated material has been removed from the site, with the exception of some low-level contamination which is successfully contained under a clay cap below the Nature Reserve.

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