Description
The area starts approximately a mile North North East from the town centre. The estate is built on the Olddean Common and is bordered to the south by the A30 (London Road) and falls within the district of Surrey Heath Borough Council.
The resident population of Old Dean in 2001 was 4,277 people, five per cent of the population of Surrey Heath local authority.
Properties in this area, built in the 1950s and 1960s, are mainly semi-detached and terraced, with a number of maisonettes on the northern edge of the estate. It was originally a council estate, however, under the Conservative government's right to buy scheme, a proportion of these properties are now under private ownership. It contains the only Labour councillors with the borough of Surrey Heath. When the estate was first constructed, the portion between the A30 and Upper College Ride, the land to the North was littered with demolished concrete blockhouses and military installations. An "ideal" playground for the dozens of children who moved there in the early 1950s. These were once the barracks and training grounds of Charles Degaulle's Free French Army and the connection is still maintained in the name of the primary school: Lorraine takes its name from the Cross of Lorraine, from the French Department,the School's badge features the Free French insignia. In fact when the School was first opened, under the tutelage of Mr MacKean, the then French Ambassador attended the opening ceremony and read a message from General Degaulle. There is a recent development which has expanded the Old Dean and provides more affordable housing. The Old Dean is the location of four schools; Pine Ridge Infant School, Lorraine School & Nursery, Cordwalles Junior School, and Collingwood College. It is also the home of the Camberley Fire and Rescue Service.
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