Weavering

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Weavering
latitude= 51.275
longitude= 0.55858
population =
shire_district= Maidstone
shire_county = Kent
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Faversham and Mid Kent
post_town= MAIDSTONE
postcode_area= ME14
postcode_district= ME14
dial_code= 01622
os_grid_reference= TQ 785558

Weavering is an area, or village, mainly consisting of parts of the Grove Green and Bearsted Park housing Estates, within the borough of Maidstone, Kent in South East England that was formerly farmland. For young people, there is a youth group, and Grove Green Scout Group.

The settlement grew from the small hamlet of Weavering Street. Prior to the housing development, residents of this road tended to class themselves as part of Bearsted, hence even today, many residents of this road include Bearsted in their address, despite technically being part of Weavering.

The boundaries of the area can be defined by several feautures. To the South, there is Ashford Road, to the North-East, there is Bearsted Road, To the South-East, there is a railway line, and to the West, there is New Cut Road. Weavering Street once connected Asford Road and Bearsted road, but bollards were put up after the construction of the housing estate to prevent a dangerous 'rat-run' route.

In the late 1980s, "Abbey Homes", a housing development company developed the area, and built the Grove Green housing estate. Many of the roads are named as to reflect the former farmland, for example, Crownfields, Meadowdown, Harvesters Way, Provender Way, Cornflower Close, Haywain Close, etc.

In the late 1990s, a large area of open space, left by the first phase of development was built upon, to increase the number of houses.

Based at the Early Bird pub, there is also a rugby club, named 'Weavering Warriors'.

Facilities

*Tesco Supermarket
*Mann and Co estate agents
*Grove Green Medical Centre
*Lloyds Pharmacy
*Johnsons Dry Cleaners
*Newsrack (newsagents)
*2 Community halls
*An orthodontist
*Numerous play parksThe Minor Centre shopping area is within Weavering.

ee also

Minor Centre

External Links

[http://www.weaveringwarriors.co.uk Weavering Warriors Rugby Club]