A nursery within walking distance of home is every parents' dream. No fighting through traffic, no car-parking hassle and the children are close at hand and in familiar surroundings.
This is now a dream property developers are happy to fulfil. Nurseries on new housing developments are considered an essential ingredient. In the last year alone major projects have been announced at Bridgend in Wales, Manchester and Edinburgh.
Nursery chains are eager to link with the developments. In August Just Learning signed up to open a 1m 112-place nursery in Bridgend where there are more than 2,000 homes. Kidsunlimited (part of the newly-formed Nursery Years Group) has entered a joint venture with Taylor Woodrow at its Macintosh Village development, outside Manchester. The chain has also signed with two other developers for unnamed projects. And Leapfrog Day Nurseries, acquired by Nord Anglia, has a nursery in a new development in Chelmsford, Essex.
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