Levendale is a small
housing estate
A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex or housing development) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country.
Popular throughout the United States a ...
in the south-east of
Yarm
Yarm, also referred to as Yarm-on-Tees, is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. It was previously a port town before the industry moved down the River Tees to more accessible settlements ne ...
, in
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...
, England, which is bordered by the
River Leven. It is also known as Ingleby Grange. The estate is built in former area occupied by Leven Mouth Farm.
Levendale has been, and is the home to many of
Middlesbrough F.C.'s
footballers
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.
Other than houses, Levendale has one
Primary School
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, and an independent convenience store as well as various large open spaces including one that runs down the middle of the estate where electricity pylons used to stand until they were removed in the summer of 2004.
Half of the estate's streets follow a naming theme of villages in the
North York Moors
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. The estate's streets are listed below.
*Valley Drive
**Friarswood Close
**Netherby Close
**Stainsby Close
**Valley Close
**Denevale
*Lingfield Road
**Rudby Close
**Enterpen Close
**Levendale Close
*Mount Leven Road
**Westmoor Close
**Foxton Close
**Stevenson Close
**Bankside
*Glaisdale Road
**Potto Close
**Busby Way
**Battersby Close
**Goulton Close
**Braeworth Close
**Angrove Close
**Spell Close
School
Levendale Primary School is a
primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...
located in the estate which opened in the 1970s.
The school is located at the centre of the estate and consists of five buildings.
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References
Housing estates in England
Yarm
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