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East Camp
Mallory Close, East Camp
East CampLocation within the Vale of Glamorgan
Principal area	Vale of Glamorgan
Preserved county	South Glamorgan
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East Camp is an Ex-MOD housing estate opposite the MOD St Athan main east entrance within St Athan. The housing estate sits between the village of St Athan and Flemingston but does not constitute a village itself. It falls under the Flemingston & Eglwys Brewis electoral ward.

Due to it being Ex-MOD property there are some particular arrangements regarding build and service supply to the properties. The Sewage is handled by Kelda Water Services (Defence) Limited and fresh water, management of the private parking, street lighting and areas of play is handled by a society called the East Vale Residents Co. Ltd. who outsource to Cadarn, the parent group of Newydd Housing Association.

East Camp houses a Food Bank.

The St Athan Golf Club is to the rear (east) of East Camp, next to a disused running track.

1st St Athan Scout Group meet at East Camp, mainly at The Gathering Place.

History

In World War II East Camp maintenance units were bomb targets because of the RAF activity there. The particular fresh water arrangement to site was also to prevent troops/staff being poisoned as all water was treated on the RAF site.

The buildings are concrete prefabrications said to be built for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and later used for the R.A.F. families. Due to their similar design and the way the buildings lock together like blocks, the estate was also nicknamed "Legoland". It also has the nickname Explorers Estate as each of the streets, Scott Close, Shackleton Close, Livingston Way, Drake Close, Clive Road and Mallory Close were named after discoverers, Flemingston Road being a pre-existing road.

The local Spar used to be Naafi (Navy, Army, Air Force, Institutes) as part of the R.A.F.'s stores but later opened to the public as a Spar. This is now closed.

28 April 2016 a Food Bank opened on East Camp's The Gathering Place.

Transport

Taxi and Greenlinks operate to East Camp but the only public transport is a bus service.

There is a bridle path to the north of East Camp, near Flemingston.

Landmarks

The Gathering Place Methodist Church is on the corner of the northern Flemingston Road entrance to East Camp. The Gathering Place is also a community centre.

References

1. "Councillors - St Athan Community Council". 17 October 2016.
2. "Welcome to Kelda Water Services".
3. "EAST VALE RESIDENTS COMPANY LIMITED". Companies House. UK Government. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
4. "The Cadarn Housing Group: Welcome". Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
5. "Aramark St Athan Barry St. Athan". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
6. "Home".
7. "RAF St. Athan Track".
8. "1st St Athan Scout Group - Providing scouting adventures to the young people in the area". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
9. "RadSci Consultancy Ltd - A radiation imaging consultancy - X-Ray Radiography, Neutron Radiography".
10. "St Athan Development Brief" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan council website. Metrix. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
11. "St. Athan (British Empire and Commonwealth Games)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 23 July 1958.
12. "Foodbank opens at Gathering Place".
13. "Taxis".
14. "Greenlinks".
15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
16. "Footpath, Byway, and Bridleway Map". Retrieved 12 June 2022.
17. "The Gathering Place". Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

External links

• East Camp Neighbourhood Watch
• The Gathering Place Archived 27 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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