Polesworth
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Polesworth is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is situated close to the northern tip of the county, adjacent to the border with Staffordshire. It is east of Tamworth, northwest of Atherstone and northeast of Birmingham.
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- Locality
- North Warwickshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 9,645
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Polesworth
- UK place.civil_parish
- Polesworth
- UK place.population
- 8,727
- UK place.population_ref
- (parish 2021)9,913 (built-up area 2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- North Warwickshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Warwickshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth
- UK place.post_town
- TAMWORTH
- UK place.postcode_district
- B78
- UK place.postcode_area
- B
- UK place.dial_code
- 01827
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK2602
- UK place.static_image_name
- PolesworthAbbey.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Abbey Church of St Editha
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Polesworth is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is situated close to the northern tip of the county, adjacent to the border with Staffordshire. It is east of Tamworth, northwest of Atherstone and northeast of Birmingham.
In the 2021 census, the civil parish of Polesworth had a population of 8,727; it included the contiguous sub-villages of Birchmoor, St Helena and Hall End directly to the south, with Warton to the east. The built-up area of Polesworth, which includes the adjoining village of Dordon to the south, had a population of 9,913 in 2021. The border with Leicestershire is to the east, while Derbyshire is to the north. The River Anker runs through the village.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polesworth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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