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Lanfear Close, Amesbury

Size

• 22 Single bedroom flats
• 1 Guestroom (single). Accommodation situated on 2 floors with no internal lift, just 3 flights of stairs.

Nearest town

• Salisbury = 8.5 miles

Age

• Built in 1973

Facilities within scheme

• Common room
• Laundry
• Kitchen
• Library - within scheme, books are replaced 3 times a year

Visiting amenities

• Hairdresser - once a fortnight on a Tuesday
• Chiropodist - when requested
• Wiltshire Farm Foods - deliver every Monday
• Home Farm Foods - deliver every Thursday
• Sodexo meals delivered
• Free Waitrose Bus - every Tuesday and Thursday
• Clothes Mobile - twice a year
• Link Scheme - voluntary transport for the elderly

Utilities

• Electric

Garden

• Large garden laid to lawn at the back with pretty flower beds in the front.

Parking

• Scheme situated within its own cul-de-sac, therefore plenty of private parking.

Location

• Generally quite quiet as away from the centre of Amesbury. Occasional problems with noisy children. There is no lift and one of the corridors is on a slope. There is no bus stop near the scheme and the town centre is approximately half a mile away down quite a steep hill.

Recreational activities

• Weekly tea afternoon and quiz
• Buckland Court Day Centre, Amesbury
• Durrington Day Centre - every Friday, except in August
• Lunch - scheme goes out for lunch once a month using Buckland Court minibus
• Catered Supper - twice a year, including entertainment. Paid for from resident's fund.
• Parties - at Christmas and one in the summer.
• Oasis Club, Amesbury - every Tuesday and Thursday, arrange outings and bingo.
• Friendship Club - held in Durrington and Bulford
• Amesbury Baptist Church - once a month on second Wednesday take residents to church where they have lunch and a guest speaker and on the third Wednesday have a service at the scheme.
• Communion - at scheme followed by coffee morning.

Closest amenities

• Shops - 2 minute taxi journey to centre of Amesbury
• Bus Stop - about 5-600 yards from scheme, residents use taxis a lot.
• Churches - 4 in Amesbury, closest is about a 15-20 minute walk
• Doctores - 2 surgeries, Barcroft Practice and Mellow House, which is the closest (10-15 minutes walk).
• Dentist - The Old Health Centre, central Amesbury
• Pubs - lots!
• The banks are all situated on the High Street
• Leisure Facilities - central Amesbury, though nearest swimming pool is 2.5 miles away in Durrington.

Residents' views

• Though the scheme is quite elderly, we are very sociable and do a lot of activities, which is nice.'
• 'Situated in a quiet cul-de-sac, we are really enclosed making the area very secure.'

Lanfear Close sheltered housing scheme

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