Furnace End
Furnace End is a large hamlet in the civil parish of Over Whitacre, and in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England.
Furnace End is a large hamlet in the civil parish of Over Whitacre, and in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is on the B4114 where the road intersects with the B4098 approximately midway between the market towns of Coleshill and Atherstone. The hamlet is believed to have acquired its name because of the iron smelting furnaces located there, which were owned by the Jennens family of nearby Nether Whitacre. Population statistics are part of Over Whitacre parish. Nearby settlements include Whitacre Heath, Shustoke, Kingsbury and Fillongley.
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Worth seeing in and around Furnace End
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Maxstoke Castle
Maxstoke Castle is a privately owned moated castle dating from the 14th century, situated to the north of Maxstoke in Warwickshire, England.
3.3 km · medieval castle in Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Furnace End
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 11 km · East Midlands (EMA), 40 km · Manchester (MAN), 102 km
- Stations
- Whitacre Junction railway station, 3 km · Arley and Fillongley railway station, 3.5 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Furnace End58 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · £6–8
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Furnace End114 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £14–18
- London → Furnace End153 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £16–21
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No local-transport research exists yet for Furnace End
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Furnace End. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Furnace End
Furnace End is 15 km from Coventry, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Nether Whitacrevillage in Warwickshire, England, UK2.1 km
- Shustokevillage and civil parish in Warwickshire, United Kingdom1.8 km
- Arleycivil parish in Warwickshire, England, UK3.5 km
- Old Arleyvillage in Warwickshire, England, UK3.5 km
- Botts Greenhamlet in Warwickshire, England, UK1.2 km