Calvert, Buckinghamshire

Calvert, Buckinghamshire

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Calvert
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static_image_caption=
latitude= 51.914524
longitude= -1.001661
civil_parish= Calvert Green
shire_district= Aylesbury Vale
shire_county= Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Buckingham
post_town= BUCKINGHAM
postcode_district= MK18
postcode_area= MK
dial_code= 01296
os_grid_reference= SP6824

Calvert is a 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 called Calvert Green, greatly expanding on its original size. Calvert Green is also a newly created civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district.

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

A sizeable landfill site exists at Calvert. Waste is collected from Bristol and Bath and London each day and transported using rail via Aylesbury to Calvert. [cite web | title=What happens to the waste| url=http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/environmentandplanning/recyclingandwaste/householdwasteinfo/whnrefuse.htm] The site has a power station used to generate electricity from landfill gas, capable of producing 15 MW. [cite web | title=Ministerial opening for Calvert II landfill gas power station| url=http://www.shanks.co.uk/shanks/about/Milestones.jsp?ref=21&year=2004&tn=1&sn=5]

External links

* [http://www.calvertgreen.com/ Calvert Green website]

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