Highlight Park
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Highlight Park is a small district on the northern
outskirts of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales
. It is a circular housing estate built in the 1970s by Wimpy Homes
. The area has a Tesco
supermarket, a chemist
, a community centre, a doctors' surgery and a fire station
which was built before the housing complex. Nearby locations include Barry Comprehensive School
, built in the 1960s and Bryn Hill Golf Course which runs around half of the lower half of the estate which overlooks the Vale of Glamorgan
.
Highlight Park expanded in 1988 with the building of the Tesco
complex and an additional sub housing estate Hunter's Ridge. Plans for further expansion of 500 new homes was announced in 1995 on current farmland but substantial petitioning resulted in proposals being rejected.
The area also has a farm known as Highlight Farm which is over five hundred years old and is owned by the Lakin family who have owned the land in the area for centuries. Cyril Lakin
Senior (1893-1948) was once a Conservative Party Member of Parliament. The Lakin family sold further land to Brynhill Golf Club in 1994 during their expansion.
Construction started in 2006 on a new GP surgery to serve North Barry, replacing two existing surgeries in Holton Road and Salisbury road. The surgery is on land behind the existing community centre and opened October/November time in 2007.
Nearby districts include Colcot
and Cwm Talwg
.
Northern
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outskirts of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. It is a circular housing estate built in the 1970s by Wimpy Homes
George Wimpey
George Wimpey was formed in 1880 and, based in Hammersmith, operated largely as a road surfacing contractor. The business was acquired by Godfrey Mitchell in 1919 and he developed it into the UK’s pre-eminent construction and housebuilding firm. In 2007, Wimpey merged with Taylor Woodrow to create...
. The area has a Tesco
Tesco
Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
supermarket, a chemist
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
, a community centre, a doctors' surgery and a fire station
Fire station
A fire station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus , personal protective equipment, fire hose, fire extinguishers, and other fire extinguishing equipment...
which was built before the housing complex. Nearby locations include Barry Comprehensive School
Barry Comprehensive School
Barry Comprehensive School is a secondary school for boys aged 11–18, situated opposite Highlight Park in the town of Barry, in Wales. Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School is the partner girls' school that also provides a mixed sixth form for both schools....
, built in the 1960s and Bryn Hill Golf Course which runs around half of the lower half of the estate which overlooks the Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan is a county borough in Wales; an exceptionally rich agricultural area, it lies in the southern part of Glamorgan, South Wales...
.
Highlight Park expanded in 1988 with the building of the Tesco
Tesco
Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
complex and an additional sub housing estate Hunter's Ridge. Plans for further expansion of 500 new homes was announced in 1995 on current farmland but substantial petitioning resulted in proposals being rejected.
The area also has a farm known as Highlight Farm which is over five hundred years old and is owned by the Lakin family who have owned the land in the area for centuries. Cyril Lakin
Cyril Lakin
Cyril Harry Alfred Lakin was a Welsh politician and farmer who was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Llandaff and Barry in South Wales...
Senior (1893-1948) was once a Conservative Party Member of Parliament. The Lakin family sold further land to Brynhill Golf Club in 1994 during their expansion.
Construction started in 2006 on a new GP surgery to serve North Barry, replacing two existing surgeries in Holton Road and Salisbury road. The surgery is on land behind the existing community centre and opened October/November time in 2007.
Nearby districts include Colcot
Colcot
Colcot is a northern district of Barry near Wenvoe in the Vale of Glamorgan 11 miles outside Cardiff in South Wales.-History & Amenities:Colcot Primary School was built in 1952. Nearby areas include Highlight Park and Brynhill Golf Course....
and Cwm Talwg
Cwm Talwg
Cwm Talwg is a north-western district and large housing estate complex within the town of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan ten miles outside Cardiff in south Wales....
.