Hartshill is a large village and civil parish in North Warwickshire, England, 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west of the town of

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. The parish borders the district of Nuneaton and Bedworth at the south, the North Warwickshire district parishes of Ansley at the south-west,

Mancetter Mancetter is a village and civil parish on the southeastern outskirts of Atherstone in North Warwickshire, at the crossing of Watling Street over the River Anker. The population had reduced from 2,449 to 2,339 at the 2011 census. It is situated ...

at the north-west, and Caldecote at the east, and the parish of Witherley in

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to the north-east from which it is separated by the A5 road. The village is north-west from the town centre of Nuneaton, to which it is conjoined. The market town of Atherstone is to the north-west. At the 2001 Census, the civil parish of Hartshill had a population of 3,611, decreasing to 3,596 at the 2011 Census. The English poet Michael Drayton, who knew William Shakespeare, was born at Chapel Cottage in Hartshill Green in 1563. Michael Drayton Junior School in Hartshill bears his name. Other schools in the village include Hartshill Academy secondary school. The parish has five pubs: The Stag & Pheasant, The Malt Shovel, Royal Oak, the Hartshill Club, and The Anchor which is on the Coventry Canal. The Talyllyn Railway locomotive List of Talyllyn Railway rolling stock, Midlander was purchased in 1957 from Jee's quarry, quarries at Hartshill. Nueaton Hinkley 1961 OS

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Photos of Hartshill and surrounding area on geograph
Villages in Warwickshire Civil parishes in Warwickshire Borough of North Warwickshire {{warwickshire-geo-stub