Ryton-on-Dunsmore

Ryton-on-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is situated south-east of Coventry and west of Rugby. The 2001 census recorded a population of 1,672 in the parish, increasing to 1,813 at the 2011 census. The A45 dual carriageway bissects Ryton, and nearby villages include Bubbenhall, Stretton-on-Dunsmore and Wolston. Garden Organic, the leading organic growing charity in the United Kingdom, has a demonstration garden dedicated to organic gardening in the village. Ryton Pools Country Park is about a mile south-west of the village.

==Car plant== thumb|The Malt Shovel thumb|right|1972 Hillman Avenger saloon built at the [[Ryton plant]] The former factory (also known as the Ryton plant) was a key feature of the village for more than sixty years. It was situated between the A45 (on the north-east) and the A423 (on the south-west) in Warwickshire. The south-east of the factory site bordered with Ryton-on-Dunsmore village. The factory was originally constructed by the Rootes Group in 1940 to build aircraft engines during World War II. After the war it became the headquarters of the Rootes Group, but when the organisation entered financial difficulties in the 1960s, the company (in stages) and thus the plant was taken over by the American car manufacturing giant Chrysler.