Wolvey

Also known as Wolvey, Warwickshire

Wolvey is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 1,942, which increased to 2,121 at the 2021 census.

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Place details

Locality: Rugby
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 845
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Wolvey
UK place.civil_parish: Wolvey
UK place.static_image_name: Wolvey - geograph.org.uk - 196048.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St John the Baptist Parish Church
UK place.population: 2,121
UK place.population_ref: (2021)
UK place.shire_district: Rugby
UK place.shire_county: Warwickshire
UK place.region: West Midlands
UK place.constituency_westminster: Rugby
UK place.post_town: HINCKLEY
UK place.postcode_district: LE10
UK place.postcode_area: LE
UK place.dial_code: 01455
UK place.os_grid_reference: SP4287

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Wikidata facts

Population: 1779
Area: 2316.64
Image: Wolvey - geograph.org.uk - 196048.jpg
Dialing code: 01455

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Commons category: Wolvey
OS grid reference: SP4287
P8168: Camp Rock
P12749: Karl Alberti

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Wolvey Hall
Governance
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Wolvey is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 1,942, which increased to 2,121 at the 2021 census.

The village is situated close to the Warwickshire-Leicestershire border in an outlying part of the borough of Rugby. The village is, however, more than northwest of the town of Rugby and closer to Hinckley (5 miles to the north), Nuneaton (6 miles to the northwest) and Coventry (9 miles southwest). The source of the River Anker is near the highest point in the parish at 130 metres (427 ft) above sea-level. Originally on the main route between Leicester and Coventry, is now served by the B4065 and B4109 roads. The hamlet of Bramcote forms a western part of the parish, This was the site of a Second World War airfield, RAF Bramcote, subsequently used by the Royal Naval Air Service and renamed HMS Gamecock. Since 1959 it has been used by the army and is known as the Gamecock Barracks.