Leven Close
Probably named after Leven Links (Leven Thistle Golf Club), in Leven, Fife, Scotland.
The 1896 map shows what was here before the estate. Drag the round handle to compare it with today.
The name
Leven Close probably takes its name from Leven Links (Leven Thistle Golf Club). Its Standard Life medal, gifted in 1870 and still played for each August, claims to be the oldest open amateur stroke-play championship in the world.
Club dates: 1846 (course), Innerleven GC 1820.
Where the club's facts come from: Ancient History - Leven Links.
How sure we are of the match: Likely
The estate's streets were named after golf courses. The streets page explains how each match was made.
In the story
- Schools: Greenfields, Woodhall and St Joseph's
Woodhall followed in 1954, across the road from Hampden School, and took infants and juniors from streets such as Bramshaw Gardens and Leven Close.
On the timeline
- 1954 Woodhall School opens across the road from Hampden, taking the infants and juniors of the Bramshaw Gardens and Leven Close streets.
Close by
Buildings
- Prestwick Road Meadows 110 m
- Little Oxhey Lane shops 130 m
- Site of Little Oxhey Farm 170 m
- The estate's first library (site) 180 m
- Hampden School (site) 290 m
Ancient woods
- Oxhey Woods, southern part (Abbott's Wood and Nanscot Wood) 480 m
- Sandpit Wood, railway strip 620 m
- Oxhey Woods, central part (Ashen Spring) 680 m
Walk stops
- Little Oxhey Lane shops 130 m
Schools, churches and shops walk - The Dick Whittington 330 m
Schools, churches and shops walk - Nanscot Wood 680 m
Oxhey Woods walk
Distances are in a straight line from a point on the street.