Leigh Park is a large suburb

Suburb

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 (population 27,500) of Havant

Havant

Havant is a town in south east Hampshire on the South coast of England, between Portsmouth and Chichester. It gives its name to the borough comprising the town and the surrounding area. The town has rapidly grown since the end of the Second World War.It has good railway connections to London,...

, in Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

, England

England

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. It has four electoral wards: Battins

Battins

Battins is an electoral ward of the borough of Havant in Hampshire, England, and part of the Leigh Park housing estate.The current serving councillors are Katie Ray and Faith Ponsonby; both Liberal Democrat....

, Bondfields

Bondfields

Bondfields is an electoral ward of the borough of Havant in Hampshire, England, and part of the Leigh Park housing estate....

, Barncroft

Barncroft

Barncroft is an electoral ward of the borough of Havant in Hampshire, England, and part of the Leigh Park housing estate. Barncroft can also refer to Barncroft Infant/Junior School....

 and Warren Park (generally referred to as 'The Warren').

Staunton Country Park

Staunton Country Park

Staunton Country Park is a listed Regency landscaped parkland and forest encompassing approximately in Hampshire, England.An ornamental farm, ornamental lake, follies, maze, walled garden and glasshouses can be found within it...

 lies on the northern edge of Leigh Park, also within the Havant boundary.
While known to many as a post-war housing estate, Leigh Park has existed since much earlier. As early as 1750 mention was made of a farm on the site in a will of that year and local historians consider it likely that a farm existed there around 100 years earlier.

Leigh Park Estate may have been formed with the building of Leigh House by the then owner Samuel Harrison some time before 1791.