North Warwickshire is a
local government district with
borough status
Borough status is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland, ...
in the ceremonial county of
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avo ...
,
West Midlands, England. Outlying settlements in the borough include the two towns of
Atherstone (where the council is based) and
Coleshill. Notable villages in the borough include
Dordon,
Polesworth
Polesworth is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. Polesworth is situated close to the northern tip of Warwickshire, adjacent to the border with Staffordshire. It is east of Tamworth, an ...
,
Kingsbury,
Water Orton
Water Orton is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire borough of Warwickshire in the West Midlands, England near the River Tame. It is located between Castle Bromwich and Coleshill, and borders the West Midlands metropolitan c ...
and
Shustoke.
The North Warwickshire district was created on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the
Atherstone Rural District and parts of the
Meriden Rural District
The Meriden Rural District was a rural district of Warwickshire, England, which existed between 1894 and 1974. It was named after the village of Meriden.
Various boundary changes occurred to the district over the years. It gained area from t ...
(the rest of which was merged into the
West Midlands county
West Midlands is a metropolitan county in the West Midlands Region, England, with a 2021 population of 2,919,600, making it the second most populous county in England after Greater London. It was created in 1974 by the Local Government Act ...
).
North Warwickshire is a mostly rural area with several small market towns and a number of former mining villages. The area historically had a large
coal mining
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industry, but this has now all died out. The last coal mine in the area,
Daw Mill at
Arley, closed in 2013. The district is relatively remote from the rest of Warwickshire, as the county is almost split in two by the West Midlands Boroughs of Solihull and Coventry.
The borough borders the neighboring Warwickshire district of
Nuneaton and Bedworth to the south-south-east,
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands C ...
to the west and northwest,
Leicestershire
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to the north and northeast, the cities of
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...
and
Coventry
Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed b ...
to the southwest and southeast.
The borough's landscape is primarily of the mildly undulating agricultural variety, with the North Warwickshire plateau rising to 177 m (581 ft) above sea-level at Bentley Common, 2.5 miles southwest of
Atherstone. The most significant bodies of water within North Warwickshire are
Kingsbury Water Park,
Shustoke Reservoir
Shustoke is a village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 549. It is situated 2.5 miles ...
, the
River Blythe and the mid-section of the
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is a navigable narrow canal in the Midlands of England.
It starts in Coventry and ends to the north at Fradley Junction, just north of Lichfield, where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal. It also has connections with the ...
.
The boundaries of North Warwickshire are similar to those of the
North Warwickshire parliamentary constituency. However the constituency also includes the town of
Bedworth
Bedworth ( or locally ) is a market town and unparished area in the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : It is situated between Coventry, 6 miles (9.5 km) to the sout ...
, but does not include the villages of
Hartshill
Hartshill is a large village and civil parish in North Warwickshire, England, 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west of the town of Nuneaton. The parish borders the district of Nuneaton and Bedworth at the south, the North Warwickshire district parishes ...
and
Arley. The local MP is
Craig Tracey.
In 2007 the Conservatives took overall control of the Borough Council for the first time since the creation of the council within its current boundaries. The Council was retaken by Labour in 2011, then returned to Conservative control in 2015.
Parishes and settlements
Settlements in North Warwickshire include:
*
Ansley,
Arley (Old Arley & New Arley),
Astley,
Atherstone,
Austrey
*
Baddesley Ensor
Baddesley Ensor is a village and civil parish in the district of North Warwickshire in Warwickshire, England, about three miles west of Atherstone. It runs into the village of Grendon, which forms a parish itself.
History
There were mining ...
,
Baxterley,
Bentley
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, Birchley Heath,
Birchmoor,
Blythe End
*
Caldecote,
Coleshill,
Curdworth,
Corley (Corley Ash & Corley Moor North).
*
Dordon, Duke End
*
Fillongley
Fillongley is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire in England. The village is centred on the crossroads of the B4102 (which connects Solihull and Nuneaton) and the B4098 (connecting Coventry and Tamwo ...
,
Freasley,
Furnace End
*
Gilson,
Great Packington,
Grendon (Grendon Common,
New Grendon,
Old Grendon)
*
Hartshill
Hartshill is a large village and civil parish in North Warwickshire, England, 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west of the town of Nuneaton. The parish borders the district of Nuneaton and Bedworth at the south, the North Warwickshire district parishes ...
,
Heath Whitacre,
Hurley,
Hurley Common
*
Kingsbury
*
Lea Marston
Lea Marston is a village and civil parish on the River Tame in Warwickshire, England, about south-west of Atherstone. Lea Marston is close to the county boundary with Birmingham and about east of Sutton Coldfield.
Manor
The Domesday Book o ...
,
Little Packington
*
Mancetter,
Maxstoke
Maxstoke is a hamlet and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire, England. It is situated approximately 2.5 miles north of Meriden. Maxstoke and the parish of Maxstoke were established in the hundred of Hem ...
,
Merevale
Merevale is a small village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England. Located about one and a half miles west of Atherstone, it is the site of a medieval Cistercian Abbey (founded in 1148) a ...
,
Middleton, Moxhull
*
Nether Whitacre
Nether Whitacre is a small village and larger rural civil parish in North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England.
Topography
It is one of 'The Whitacres': Nether Whitacre, Over Whitacre and Whitacre Heath which are in the upper valley of the ...
,
Newton Regis
Newton Regis is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25,000) : It has a population of 599 at the 2011 Census.
History
The history of Newton Regi ...
,
No Man's Heath
*
Over Whitacre
*
Polesworth
Polesworth is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. Polesworth is situated close to the northern tip of Warwickshire, adjacent to the border with Staffordshire. It is east of Tamworth, an ...
,
Piccadilly
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*Ridge Lane Village
*
Seckington
Seckington is a village and civil parish in North Warwickshire, about northeast of Tamworth. The B4593 road between Tamworth and Appleby Magna runs through the parish, passing about north of the village. Seckington shares a parish council wi ...
,
Shustoke,
Shuttington
Shuttington is a village and civil parish in North Warwickshire, England, situated north-east of Tamworth, Staffordshire.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : In the 2001 census, the parish, which also includes Alvecote, ...
,
*
Warton,
Water Orton
Water Orton is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire borough of Warwickshire in the West Midlands, England near the River Tame. It is located between Castle Bromwich and Coleshill, and borders the West Midlands metropolitan c ...
,
Whitacre Heath
Whitacre Heath is a small village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England. It is one of 'The Whitacres' - Whitacre Heath, Nether Whitacre and Over Whitacre. Whitacre Heath is actually the heath of Nether W ...
, Whittington,
Wiggins Hill
Wiggins Hill (sometimes spelled Wigginshill) is a hamlet situated in the civil parish of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. It lies within the City of Birmingham on its northeastern outer fringe, where it forms part of the Sutton Walmley and Mi ...
,
Wishaw
Wishaw ( sco, Wishae or Wisha ; gd, Camas Neachdain) is a large town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of the Clyde Valley, south-east of Glasgow city centre. The Burgh of Wishaw was formed in 1855 within Lanarkshire. it form ...
,
Wood End (near Kingsbury),
Wood End (near Fillongley)
For a list of
wards in North Warwickshire by population see
here
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Local election results 1973-2020
, the party composition was as follows:
Councillors by political party
North Warwickshire Borough Council. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
Historically, local election results have fallen like this:
Parties
The Borough is a very marginal seat between the Conservatives and Labour. Within the Borough, Polesworth
Polesworth is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. Polesworth is situated close to the northern tip of Warwickshire, adjacent to the border with Staffordshire. It is east of Tamworth, an ...
East, Dordon, and Wood End are considered Labour safe seat
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s, and Fillongley
Fillongley is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire in England. The village is centred on the crossroads of the B4102 (which connects Solihull and Nuneaton) and the B4098 (connecting Coventry and Tamwo ...
, Water Orton
Water Orton is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire borough of Warwickshire in the West Midlands, England near the River Tame. It is located between Castle Bromwich and Coleshill, and borders the West Midlands metropolitan c ...
, Newton Regis
Newton Regis is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25,000) : It has a population of 599 at the 2011 Census.
History
The history of Newton Regi ...
and Curdworth are considered safe Conservative seats.
See also
* Hurley and Wood End
References
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Non-metropolitan districts of Warwickshire
Boroughs in England