Nuneaton

Coordinates: 52°31′23″N 1°28′05″W / 52.523°N 1.468°W / 52.523; -1.468
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52°31′23″N 1°28′05″W / 52.523°N 1.468°W / 52.523; -1.468

Nuneaton (

largest town in Warwickshire. Nuneaton's larger urban area, which also includes the large adjoining villages of Bulkington and Hartshill had a population of 99,372 in the 2021 census.[3]

Originally a small riverside settlement known as Etone, Nuneaton gained its name from a medieval

nunnery
which was established in the 12th century, during which it also became a small market town. It later developed into an important industrial town due to ribbon weaving and coal mining.

The author George Eliot was born on a farm on the Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for much of her early life. Her novel Scenes of Clerical Life (1858) depicts Nuneaton. There is a hospital named after her, The George Eliot Hospital.[4] There is also a statue of George Eliot in the town centre.

History

Early history

Some ruins of Nuneaton Priory from which the town gained its name. Part of the church was reconstructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Nuneaton was originally an

Dissolution of the Monasteries, and subsequently fell into ruin. However part of the Abbey church was rebuilt in the 19th and early 20th century.[7][8]

Nuneaton obtained a market charter in around 1160 from Henry II which was reconfirmed in 1226, causing Nuneaton to develop into a market town and become the economic focal point of the local villages.[9]

In 1485, the

Battle of Bosworth, the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses occurred around 5 miles (8.0 km) to the north-west of Nuneaton, across the border in nearby Leicestershire.[10]

King Edward VI.[11] The school was originally a fee-paying school, although the county council provided some scholarships, and became non-fee paying as a result of the education act of 1944. The voluntary aided school had around 400 boys in the 1960s. In 1974 the grammar school closed and was re-established as a sixth form college.[12]

In 1543, Nuneaton was recorded as containing 169 houses, with a population of around 800, by 1670 this had grown to 415 households, with a population of 1,867, by 1740 this had risen further to 2,480.[13]

The growth of industry

Ribbon weaving

In the mid-17th century, a

cottage industry, with the weavers working from top-shops; a type of building which was specific to the local area, and had living space in the two lower floors, and a workshop with very large windows on the top floor. This industry flourished for nearly two centuries, albeit with periodic booms and slumps. However, by the early 19th century the industry was struggling to compete against the factory produced textiles from northern manufacturers, and the local weavers strongly resisted adopting factory production methods as they valued their independence. Nevertheless, in 1851 46% of Nuneaton's workforce was still employed by the ribbon trade. The industry was finally wiped out after 1860 by cheap imports, following the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty, which removed duties on imported French silks.[14] This caused a slump in the local economy which lasted nearly two decades.[15]

Coal mining

Another major industry which grew in the local area was

railway network in the 19th century that the coal industry would be exploited to its maximum potential.[17]

The first railway to reach Nuneaton was the

branch line to Coventry in 1850. In 1864 a line was opened from Birmingham to Leicester via Nuneaton, and this proved to be the most important for the local economy, as it linked Nuneaton with the rapidly growing town (later city) of Birmingham. Due largely to this, the local coal industry expanded rapidly in the latter half of the 19th century, with production from the Warwickshire coalfield expanding nearly tenfold between 1860 and 1913 from around 545,000 tons to over five million tons. The industry peaked in the early 20th century; in 1911 one third of the male workforce in Nuneaton were employed as miners.[18] The industry, however, declined rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, with the last coal mine in Nuneaton closing in 1968, although Newdigate colliery at Bedworth lasted until 1982.[19] The last Warwickshire coal mine at nearby Daw Mill closed in 2013.[20]

Other industries

Nuneaton underwent a period of rapid growth from the 1880s onwards with the rapid development of an array of industries. These included brick and tile making, brewing, the production of hats and leather goods. and engineering.[7][21] At the time of the first national census in 1801 Nuneaton was one of the largest towns in Warwickshire, with a population of 5,135. By 1901 this had grown to 24,996.[22][8]

Civic history

Nuneaton was an

ancient parish, which covered the hamlets of Attleborough and Stockingford as well as the town itself.[23] The parish was made a local board district in 1850, which was Nuneaton's first modern form of local government; previously it had been governed by its vestry and manorial court.[24] The local board's main responsibilities were to provide the town with infrastructure such as paved roads, clean drinking water, street lighting and sewerage.[25] The neighbouring parish of Chilvers Coton was made a separate local board district at the same time.[26]

The two local board districts of Nuneaton and Chilvers Cotton were merged in 1893. The following year, all such districts were converted into urban districts.[27] The Nuneaton and Chilvers Coton Urban District was elevated to become a municipal borough in 1907 under the single name of Nuneaton.[28] The borough was enlarged several times, notably in 1931 when it absorbed the neighbouring parish of Weddington.[7] In 1974, the Municipal Borough of Nuneaton was merged with Bedworth Urban District to create a non-metropolitan district with borough status which was initially called Nuneaton, but changed its name to Nuneaton and Bedworth in 1980.[29][30]

Second World War

Nuneaton suffered severe bomb damage during

Second World War between 1940 and 1942. The heaviest bombing raid on Nuneaton took place on 17 May 1941, when 130 people were killed, 380 houses were destroyed, and over 10,000 damaged.[31][32]

Postwar to present

In 1947 the architect and town planner Frederick Gibberd was appointed to create a masterplan to redevelop the bomb damaged town centre. The redevelopment, which continued until the 1960s included the features typical of town planning from that era, including a new ringroad, indoor shopping centre, administrative centre and library.[33]

Nuneaton continued to expand in the latter 20th century. In the early postwar years the need arose for low-cost housing, and in response to this around 2,500

Weddington, St Nicolas Park, Whitestone and Stockingford.[33]

Historic population

Year[34][35] 1801 1851 1871 1881 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1971 2001 2011 2021
Population 5,135 13,532 12,868 13,714 24,996 37,073 41,875 46,291 54,407 66,979 70,721 86,552 94,634

Geography

Nuneaton is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north of Coventry, 18 miles (29 km) east of Birmingham, 16 miles (26 km) south-west of Leicester and 103 miles (166 km) northwest of London.[36][10]

The town centre lies 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west of the Leicestershire border (which is defined by the A5 road the former Roman Watling Street), 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Staffordshire, and 12 miles (19 km) south-south-east from Derbyshire’s southernmost point.[36][10]

Nuneaton lies very close to the geographic centre of England, which since 2002 has been recognised as being at Lindley Hall Farm, just north of Nuneaton, across the county border in Leicestershire.[37]

The

flood relief channel.[38][39]

Nuneaton forms the largest part of the Nuneaton built-up area which also includes the large villages of

2021 Census the urban area was recorded as having a population of 99,372, and comprising Nuneaton, Bulkington and Hartshill.[3]

On 19 July 2022, it recorded its highest ever temperature of 38 °C during the

2022 United Kingdom heat wave.[citation needed
]

Towns close to Nuneaton include Bedworth, Atherstone and Hinckley, with Tamworth, Rugby, Coleshill and Lutterworth a little further afield.[36][10]

Districts and suburbs of Nuneaton

A map of Nuneaton

Within the borough boundaries:

Adjacent or adjoining places, some of which fall outside the borough boundaries:

Politics

National

See also: Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency)

Nuneaton is part of the constituency of the same name in the

Marcus Jones, who was first elected in the 2010 general election. From 1935 to 1983, Nuneaton was a safe Labour seat, but it has become more marginal. Between 1983 and 1992, the Conservatives held the seat, until losing it back to Labour. For the next 18 years, the Labour Party (in the form of Bill Olner
) was the local representative at Parliament, until his retirement.

Local

Nuneaton Town Hall (1934) the headquarters of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council.
See also: Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council elections

There are two-tiers of local government covering Nuneaton; Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council as the lower tier and Warwickshire County Council as the upper tier. Nuneaton is an unparished area and so there is no tier of administration below the Borough council. Nuneaton and Bedworth council was once solidly controlled by the Labour Party, but has in more recent years become more changeable: It was Labour controlled from its creation in 1974, until the 2008 local elections, when the Conservatives gained control, ending 34 years of Labour rule. (Further reading: 2008 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election)[42][43] However, the period of Conservative control was relatively short lived. The Labour Party won two seats from the Conservative Party in the 2010 local elections, giving no party overall control of the council (but leaving the Labour Party as the largest grouping).[44] In 2012 Labour gained a further 8 seats to regain overall control which they lost again to no overall control in 2018. In the May 2021 elections, the Conservatives once more gained a majority; winning ten seats from Labour and one from an independent.[45]

Economy

Ropewalk Shopping Centre

Nuneaton's traditional industries like textiles, mining and manufacturing have declined significantly in the post-war years. Due to its transport links, Nuneaton is to some extent a

MIRA Limited, formerly the Motor Industry Research Association, is based on a disused wartime airfield on the A5, to the north of the town.[46]

One of the biggest developments in the town's history, the multimillion-pound Ropewalk Shopping Centre, opened in September 2005 in the hope that it will give the town extra income from the shopping, attract more visitors and retailers, and attract shoppers as an alternative to larger retail centres such as Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester and Solihull.[47] An older shopping centre, the Abbeygate Shopping Centre in the town centre was first opened in the 1960s, and was formerly known as Heron Way.[48]

The European headquarters of

RS Components
. Nuneaton is also the location of several international online marketing companies.

In 2017 the Nuneaton and Bedworth borough was less prosperous than the rest of Warwickshire, reflecting the long established north–south divide in the county. The average annual workplace wage in Nuneaton and Bedworth was £21,981, the lowest in the county and below the Warwickshire average of £28,513 (and UK £28,296) although the productivity gap had narrowed with the rest of Warwickshire since 2009.[46]

Religion

St Nicolas Parish Church

Nuneaton's name reflects the effect that

Anglican church building now known as the Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin in Manor Court Road. This is a Victorian
construction.

Church of England

Near the town centre, but unusually not a part of it and outside the ring road, lies the medieval church of

prisoners of war. There are also Anglican churches in Weddington (St James's), Attleborough (Holy Trinity), Stockingford (St Paul's), Galley Common (St Peter's), Abbey Green (St Mary's), and more recently built (1954), in Camp Hill St Mary's and St John's
.

Roman Catholic Church

There are two parishes in the town serving the Catholic community in Nuneaton. Our Lady of the Angels on Coton Road, was opened in 1838 (originally as St Mary's). The building, designed by Joseph Hansom, was extensively remodeled in 1936. The Parish of St Anne's, Chapel End, Nuneaton was created in 1949 out of the Parish of Our Lady of the Angels (which originally covered the whole town). The original church building was replaced with the existing church, which was opened in 2000.

Other Christian traditions

In the town,

Christadelphian
churches serve their respective congregations.

A Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses is located in the Stockingford area and Christadelphians in Whitestone.

Other world religions

In addition to Christianity, there are also followers of Islam, Sikhism and Hinduism. There is a mosque on Frank Street, Chilvers Coton,[51] and two gurdwaras (Sikh temples): the Nuneaton Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Park Avenue, Attleborough, and the Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara in Marlborough Road, Chilvers Coton.[52] There are also two Hindu temples in Nuneaton: the Shree Hindu Gujrati Samaj on Upper Abbey Street.[53] A second Hindu temple, the Watford Kantha Swami Hindu Temple opened in 2021, using a converted former Methodist Chapel in Stockingford.[54]

In addition to these, there is an active

Bahá'i Faith group in Nuneaton.[55][56]

Several Eastern European Jewish families settled in the area after the First World War, due to the economic vitality of the town at the time. Economic migrants seeking technical and agricultural opportunities in North Warwickshire relocated to Nuneaton in the 1920s and 1930s, worshipping and paying for membership seats in the Spon End Synagogue in Coventry and the Orthodox Synagogue in Leicester. Prior to World War Two, hundreds of children gained passage to the UK via the Kinder Transport, with a number of children being fostered in Nuneaton and subsequently settling in the immediate area, North Warwickshire and Market Bosworth. Provincial Jewish life in Nuneaton & Bedworth has wained since the 1970s, with the majority of the community leaving for larger Jewish centres of Britain, with remaining members being elderly and non-observant.[citation needed]

Demographics

At the

2021 census, there were 88,813 residents in Nuneaton. In terms of ethnicity in 2021:[2]

In terms of religion, 50.7% of Nuneaton residents identified as Christian, 40.2% said they had no religion, 4.1% were Muslim, 1.8% were Hindu, 1.6% were Sikh, 0.7% were Buddhists, and 0.8% were from another religion.[2]

Transport

Road

The town is near the

dual-carriageway route into the town from the south and also acts as the often busy town centre ring road. The A47
links the town with neighbouring Hinckley and onwards to Leicester, and the A4254 – Eastern Relief Road – provides direct access from the east of Nuneaton to the south, avoiding the town centre.

Railway

Nuneaton railway station

The town has two railway stations. The main

Leamington
) rail upgrade scheme.

Historically, Nuneaton was also served by Chilvers Coton station, Abbey Street station and Stockingford station. Chilvers Coton station was located on the Coventry line, a short distance north of the new Bermuda Park station, and was closed in 1965. Abbey Street station and Stockingford station were on the line towards Birmingham and were both closed in 1968. In January 2017, there were proposals to open a new station at Stockingford, at a different location from the former one, which could open by 2023.[58] Warwickshire County Council have also proposed a new Nuneaton Parkway station between Nuneaton and Hinckley, which could open by 2034.[59]

Bus

The principal operator around Nuneaton is

MIRA, and Coventry. Arriva Midlands also operate service 78 to Walsgrave Hospital, a service operated by Travel de Courcey
until the company entered administration in 2020.

In January 2020 NX Coventry announced an extension to Nuneaton on their 20 route from Coventry to Bedworth.[60]

Canal

The Coventry Canal passes through Nuneaton, while the Ashby Canal skirts the town's south-eastern outskirts.

Recreation and culture

Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery, Riversley Park, home of collection on writer George Eliot

Nuneaton has two non-league

Midland Football League
Division One. Sunday League football is played in the town, with teams from Nuneaton, Bedworth and North Warwickshire competing in the Nuneaton & District Sunday Football League (NDSFL).

There are three

National 3 Midlands, Nuneaton Old Edwardians of Midlands 2 West (South) division and Manor Park of the Midlands 3 West (South)
league.

The town is also the location of Nuneaton Bowling club, where flat green bowls is played.[61]

There are three main leisure centres in the town owned by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council and managed by Everyone Active on the council's behalf (after a competitive tender process):

  • Pingles Leisure Centre – The Pingles is the main leisure centre in Nuneaton. It was rebuilt in 2004 to replace the original Pingles that was built in 1965. The new Pingles includes an indoor and outdoor swimming areas, a dance studio and gym.
  • The Pingles Stadium – The Pingles Stadium was built in 1998. It has a 4,000 capacity with a 250-seater stand, athletics track, and football pitch. The stadium is home to Nuneaton Harriers Athletic Club, Nuneaton Griff Football Club and Nuneaton Triathlon Club.
  • Jubilee Sports Centre – The Jubilee Sports Centre is a sports hall. The hall is used for various sports including badminton, five-a-side football/indoor football and basketball. The Jubilee also has a scoreboard, used for major basketball and indoor football matches. The hall can be hired out for uses such as karate lessons.
  • Etone Sports Centre – Etone Sports Centre is another sports hall. Etone sports hall also has
    astroturf football pitches which are used also for hockey
    . The centre is in the grounds of the school which bears the same name, Etone School, but 'Everyone Active' maintains the building.

Nuneaton has a

museum and art gallery in the grounds of Riversley Park adjacent to the town centre. The museum includes a display on George Eliot. Eliot's family home Griff House is now a restaurant and hotel on the A444.[62]

The

Abbey Theatre is Nuneaton's only theatre and hosts a wide variety of performances including visiting opera and ballet companies, touring shows, musicals, pantomime and drama. Run solely by volunteers, the Abbey Theatre seats 250 plus space for wheelchair patrons.[63]

Nuneaton annually enters the Britain in Bloom competition and in 2000, Nuneaton and Bedworth was a national finalist. It is the location of Nuneaton Carnival, the largest carnival in Warwickshire, which takes place every June.[64]

Nuneaton was home to the smallest[citation needed] independent newspaper in Britain (the Heartland Evening News) until it was purchased in 2006 by life News & Media.

Public art in Nuneaton includes a statue of George Eliot on Newdegate Square, and the Gold Belt.

George Eliot's inspirations

Statue of George Eliot on Newdegate Square

Many locations in George Eliot's works were based on places in or near her native Nuneaton, including:

  • Milby (town and parish church, based on Nuneaton and St Nicolas parish church);[65]
  • Shepperton (based on Chilvers Coton);[66]
  • Paddiford Common (based on Stockingford, which at the time had a large area of common land including its parish Church of St Paul's);
  • Knebley (based on Astley; Knebley Church is Astley Church, while Knebley Abbey is Astley Castle);[65]
  • Red Deeps (based on Griff Hollows);
  • Cheverel Manor (based on Arbury Hall);[67]
  • Dorlcote Mill (based on Griff House);[67]
  • The Red Lion (based on the Bull Hotel, now the George Eliot Hotel in Bridge Street, Nuneaton);
  • Middlemarch (based on Coventry);
  • Treby Magna (also thought to be based on Coventry);
  • Little Treby (thought to be based on Stoneleigh);
  • Transome Court (thought to be based on Stoneleigh Abbey).

Landmarks

A major local landmark in Nuneaton, which can be seen for many miles is

spoil heap, 158 metres (518 ft) high made from spoil from the former Judkins Quarry. It is also known locally as the Nuneaton Nipple.[68][69] In May 2018 it was voted the best UK landmark in an online poll for the Daily Mirror newspaper, beating competition from the likes of the Angel of the North and Big Ben.[70]

Another well known landmark is the Roanne Fountain, also known as the Dandelion Fountain, which sits in the middle of a roundabout in the town centre, it was built in 2000, and features 385 spraying arms which spray out 50,000 gallons of water per hour.[71] In 2016 it was voted the 'UK Roundabout of the Year' by the Roundabout Appreciation Society, who stated that the town should feel "very proud for achieving such a high roundabout accolade."[72]

Mount Judd, viewed from the north
The Roanne Dandelion Fountain

Places of interest

Places of interest in Nuneaton include:

Places of interest near Nuneaton:

Education

See also: List of schools in Warwickshire

Primary

  • Abbey CE Infant School, Abbey Green
  • All Saints' CE Primary School, Hill Top
  • Camp Hill Primary School, Camp Hill
  • Chetwynd Junior School, Whitestone
  • Chilvers Coton Community Infant School, Chilvers Coton
  • Croft Junior School, Stockingford
  • Galley Common Infant School, Galley Common
  • Glendale Infant School, Heath End
  • Lower Farm Academy,
    Weddington
  • Michael Drayton Junior School, Hartshill
  • Middlemarch Junior School, Hill Top
  • Milby Primary School, St Nicolas Park
  • Milverton House School, Attleborough
  • Nathaniel Newton Infant School, Hartshill
  • Nursery Hill Primary School,
    Ansley Common
  • Oak Wood Primary School (special school), Hill Top
  • Our Lady & St Joseph Catholic Academy, Attleborough
  • Park Lane Primary School, Grove Farm
  • Queen's CE Junior School, Chilvers Coton
  • St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Camp Hill
  • St Nicolas' CE Primary School, St Nicolas Park
  • St Paul's CE Primary School, Stockingford
  • Stockingford Primary Academy, Stockingford
  • Weddington Primary School,
    Weddington
  • Wembrook Primary School, Attleborough
  • Whitestone Infant School, Whitestone

Secondary

Further education

Notable people

George Eliot, born in Nuneaton
Ken Loach, film director

Literature

Science and technology

Media and the arts

Sports

Other

Media

Radio

The local radio stations are:

  • BBC CWR: 104.0FM
  • Fosse 107 (formerly Fosseway Radio): 107.9FM
  • Free Radio Coventry and Warwickshire
    (formally known as Mercia Sound, Mercia FM and Mercia): 97.0FM
  • Anker Radio – which serves the George Eliot Hospital, but can be heard on 1386am & 88.9FM & Online
  • BBC Radio Leicester can be received in the town on 104.9FM.

Written media

The main local newspapers are:

  • The Nuneaton Telegraph; a localised sub-edition of the Coventry Telegraph, it was launched in 1992 (when the Tribune switched from daily to weekly production).
  • The
    Reach plc, it is a paid-for weekly newspaper, published every Wednesday.[79]

Television news

The Nuneaton area is covered on regional TV News by:

Twin towns

The borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth is twinned with the following towns:

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