Rowanfield

Rowanfield is a neighbourhood in Cheltenham, England. It consists primarily of a social housing estate of Wimpey no-fines houses and low-rise flats, built around 1953, with Rowanfield School and a playing field to the West separating it from Hesters Way and also the older Rowanfield Road to the East. To the south-west Rowanfield borders the district of St Mark's. Rowanfield is located 1.5 miles west of the centre of Cheltenham.

History

Until the Second World War, the area between Brooklyn Road and Rowanfield Road was an orchard primarily producing cider apples.

Facilities

Rowanfield has a small collection of local shops known as Rowanfield Exchange, including a fish and chip shop, newsagent, hairdresser and bookmaker. The pub opposite (at the time "Cotterills Bar", named after the manager of Cheltenham Town Football Club and boldly decorated in the club's colours, previously "The Golden Miller") was demolished in 2004 and in 2007 its location is currently wasteland.

Political

Rowanfield falls within the Cheltenham parliamentary constituency and the local council ward of "Rowanfield and St Marks". It is within the South West England European Parliament constituency.

Other Information

Around half of the houses in Rowanfield are owner-occupied as of 2006; the remainder are owned by the local authority, Cheltenham Borough Council. Council-owned no-fines houses benefitted from the installation of clearly visible external insulation panelling and improved ventilation to address perceived disadvantages with the no-fines construction.

Each road in the council estate in Rowanfield is named after an English county. The road layout has a geometric style typical of planned social housing.