51Shops and the centre

Station Approach and the new square

Built 1954Rebuilt

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Then

The shops at Station Approach opened in 1954, the year the new station was formally opened. Barclays first traded on The Parade in Prestwick Road and moved to Station Approach in the early 1960s. A member of staff who worked in both branches between 1963 and 1972 lived in the flat above the Station Approach bank. The branch closed early in 2015, and in 2017 the bank and the other buildings in Station Approach were demolished as part of the South Oxhey Initiative, the regeneration plan that became South Oxhey Central.^{5,34,126,143,207,248,357,612}

Now

New shops were open here by October 2018, beside a new station square. A Lidl opened on 3 November 2022 at the corner of Prestwick Road and Oxhey Drive, and all 659 homes of South Oxhey Central were finished by autumn 2024.

Station approach at Carpenders Park on the South Oxhey side, 2008, with the Prestwick Road shops — The station approach on the South Oxhey side in 2008, before the rebuilding. © David Howard, Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0)

A paved square with young trees and cycle stands beside a glazed station building, with a crane over new flats behind — The new square outside Carpenders Park station in May 2019, while South Oxhey Central was being built. © Shaun Ferguson, Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Mentioned in

Building the Estate: The estate office and yards Building the Estate
Shops, pubs and services: Prestwick Road Life on the Estate
Shops, pubs and services: The main precinct Life on the Estate
Shops, pubs and services: Station Approach Life on the Estate
Getting about: The new station Life on the Estate
Clubs, sport and events: Carnivals, fairs and Oxhey Week Life on the Estate
Rebuilding the centre: Station Square Renewal
Rebuilding the centre: Phase 2: the market square Renewal
Rebuilding the centre: The phases at a glance Renewal
Rebuilding the centre: Criticism and praise Renewal

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