A village of around 120 homes with a church, village hall and pub. Most of the homes are detached and of various ages and nearly all have oil fired central heating and with private cesspits. Most homes are located along two main streets with a few cul-d-sack roads off these.

There are a number of lakes nearby, one of which is owned by the village. Plus the River Thames runs close to the village. The ground has a lot of gravel (the lakes were originally gravel extraction pits) and there is believed to be an aquifer around 50m down. 

A private estate with around 400 homes with a Spa, restaurant and a number of swimming pools and a large number of signal story shared storage barns. Most of the homes are detached and of various ages in most cases since 2000. Most have shared Calor Gas heating (individual boilers, with shared tanks and pipe network). A few have oil or electric heating.  Sewage is private within the estate and pumped to Thames Water for processing. We are engaging with the landlord who owns the private estate, Habitat First Group.

Most homes are located around lakes or close to lakes. Plus the River Thames runs through to the estate. The ground has a lot of gravel (the lakes were originally gravel extraction pits) and there is believed to be an aquifer around 50m down.

A small hamlet with a church located around 1 mile from the village of Somerford Keynes

The largest of the communities with a population of around 1,000. 

A small village located between Kemble and Somerford Keynes

Parish boundary map

Parish boundary map

Boundary of the entire estate (approx)

Stylised map – gives some additional detail

Stylised map – showing build area (zoom-ins below)

Zoom in to the Mill Village built area of the estate

Zoom in to the Clearwater built area of the estate

Zoom in to the Howells Mere built area of the estate

Zoom in to the Spinney Lake built area of the estate

Zoom in to the Minety Lake built area of the estate. Note: Building still underway in part of this area

Zoom in to the Minety Lake built area of the estate. Note: Building still underway in part of this area

Land south of Lower Mill Estate / Somerford Keynes Parish. Showing location of primary transformer. Note: South of Lower Mill Estate is in Wiltshire (the boarder with Gloucestershire runs alone the bottom of the estate)

Zoom in to Somerford Keynes village area. 

Zoom in to Somerford Keynes village area alternative map view from Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP)

Zoom in to Shorncote village area.