Stretton-on-Dunsmore
Stretton-on-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire.
Stretton-on-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. Its population in the 2001 Census was recorded as 1,143, rising slightly to 1,159 at the 2011 census, increasing again to 1,175 in the 2021 census. In the 19th century the population was 634. The village is situated just south of the A45 road, in the countryside between Rugby and Coventry. Administratively, Stretton is part of the Borough of Rugby. Stretton means "settlement on a Roman Road". In this case the road is Fosse Way. This site is referred to in the Domesday Book.
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Worth seeing in and around Stretton-on-Dunsmore
4 places 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.
- 01Brandon Castle
Brandon Castle was sited overlooking the River Avon between the virtually adjacent villages of Brandon and Wolston in Warwickshire, which in turn lie between the town of Rugby and city of Coventry. It was originally a 12th-century earthwork motte and bailey fortress founded by Geoffrey de Clinton.
3.3 km · castle in Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Brandon Viaduct
Brandon Viaduct is a railway viaduct crossing the River Avon between the villages of Brandon and Wolston in Warwickshire. It carries the Birmingham Loop line and is roughly halfway between Rugby and Coventry.
3.5 km · 1830s railway viaduct in Brandon and Bretford, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 0329th Division War Memorial
The 29th Division War Memorial is a war memorial beside the junction of the A45 and the B4455 near Stretton-on-Dunsmore, near Rugby, Warwickshire. It commemorates the service of the British 29th Division during the First World War.
1 km · war memorial in Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Ryton Pools Country Park
Ryton Pools Country Park is a country park one mile south west of the village of Ryton on Dunsmore in Warwickshire, England. The park occupies an area of about 100 acres and contains four pools, the largest of which covers approximately 10 acres.
3.5 km · country park in Warwickshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Stretton-on-Dunsmore
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 26 km · East Midlands (EMA), 54 km · London Luton (LTN), 88 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Stretton-on-Dunsmore69 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £8–11
- London → Stretton-on-Dunsmore128 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £13–17
- Luton, Luton → Stretton-on-Dunsmore85 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £8–11
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No local-transport research exists yet for Stretton-on-Dunsmore
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 Stretton-on-Dunsmore. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Stretton-on-Dunsmore
Stretton-on-Dunsmore is 10 km from Coventry, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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