Over Whitacre
Over Whitacre is a village and civil parish containing the hamlets of Botts Green, Furnace End and Monwode Lea in North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England.
Over Whitacre is a village and civil parish containing the hamlets of Botts Green, Furnace End and Monwode Lea in North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 407. It is located near other villages, Nether Whitacre and Whitacre Heath, although Whitacre heath is actually the heath of Nether Whitacre and not a separate parish. The nearby hamlet of Furnace End probably derives its name from iron smelting furnaces owned by the Jennens of Nether Whitacre. The village today is mainly residential and agricultural, but there is some light industry.
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Worth seeing in and around Over Whitacre
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.
3.6 km · medieval castle in Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Over Whitacre
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 11 km · East Midlands (EMA), 40 km · Manchester (MAN), 102 km
- Stations
- Whitacre Junction railway station, 3.6 km · Arley and Fillongley railway station, 2.8 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Over Whitacre58 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £6–8
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Over Whitacre115 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £14–18
- London → Over Whitacre152 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £16–21
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No local-transport research exists yet for Over Whitacre
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 Over Whitacre. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Over Whitacre
Over Whitacre is 14 km from Coventry, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Nether Whitacrevillage in Warwickshire, England, UK2.7 km
- Shustokevillage and civil parish in Warwickshire, United Kingdom2.3 km
- Arleycivil parish in Warwickshire, England, UK2.9 km
- Old Arleyvillage in Warwickshire, England, UK2.9 km
- Botts Greenhamlet in Warwickshire, England, UK1.7 km
- Ballard's Greenvillage in Warwickshire, England, UK1.9 km