Burton Green

Burton Green is a village and civil parish in the Warwick district of the county of Warwickshire, England, some 4.8 km (3.0 mi) northwest of Kenilworth (where the population can be found in Abbey Ward) and 8.8 km (5.5 mi) southwest of Coventry. It is mostly residential, surrounded by farmland and has a village hall, a primary school and a pub-restaurant 'Hickory's Smokehouse', formerly The Peeping Tom pub. The civil parish was created from part of Stoneleigh on 2 April 2012.[1] It is situated directly on the border with southwestern Coventry and is contiguous with the city's Westwood Heath district, and borders the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull to the northwest. Burton Green comprises four roads: Red Lane, Hob Lane, Hodgetts Lane and Cromwell Lane. There is a disused water tower off Cromwell Lane, which has now been converted into a luxury private home.[2]

Burton Green is located in Warwickshire
Burton Green
Burton Green
Location within Warwickshire
Civil parish
  • Burton Green
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKENILWORTH
Postcode districtCV8

High Speed 2

The route for the currently under construction high-speed rail line High Speed 2, from London to Birmingham, will run underneath the centre of Burton Green in a 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) tunnel,[3] reusing a disused rail route - the former junction between Kenilworth and Berkswell bypassing Coventry, that closed in 1969 and became a Greenway.[4] The village hall, which lies in the path of the new railway, is due to be demolished and replaced with a new facility in a different location.[5]

References
  1. "Warwick District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (No 2) Order 2012" (PDF). Lgbce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. "Top 15 unusual buildings for sale". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013.
  3. "Burton Green Tunnel design engagement".
  4. "Kenilworth Junction". www.warwickshirerailways.com. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  5. "Burton Green getting new village hall". Kenilworth Weekly News. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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