Binley Woods

Binley Woods is a suburban village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. The village lies marginally beyond the eastern outskirts of Coventry, outside the formal city boundaries. Binley Woods is within the Borough of Rugby, although the town of Rugby is around 7 miles (11 km) to the east. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 2,665.[1]

Binley Woods

Binley Woods village hall
Binley Woods
Location within Warwickshire
Population2,665 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP395775
Civil parish
  • Binley Woods
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCOVENTRY
Postcode districtCV3
Dialling code024
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

The village is situated 5 miles / 8 km to the east of central Coventry, on the A428 road, east of the junction with the A46 road. The small village of Brandon lies 1.5 miles (2.5 km) to the east, with the larger village of Wolston a further half-mile to the south.

History

Binley Woods is a relatively modern village. Settlement began in the 1920s, when some of the estates of Coombe Abbey were sold off and people began to settle and build homes in the area, which was then known as Binley Common. In the early years, the village lacked modern amenities such as paved roads, street lighting, piped water or mains drainage; though these were gradually provided from the 1930s onwards, some of the side roads were not paved or lighted until the 1960s. During the 1940s, many homeless people from bombed-out Coventry fled to Binley, often living in shacks and caravans.[2][3][4]

The village adopted its current name of Binley Woods in 1961 after a vote by villagers. The name was chosen in order to avoid confusion with, and establish a separate identity from nearby Binley, a suburb of south-east Coventry.[2][3] As the name suggests, Binley Woods is close to some woods: Brandon Wood is next to the village.[5]

A village church was established in Binley Woods in 1987, which doubles as the village hall.[2]

Facilities

The village boasts one public house, The Roseycombe.[6] There is a village hall on Rugby Road.[7] There is also a post office, a pre school nursery and a primary school, along with a range of shops.[8]

The village is now home to Broadstreet RFC, a National League Rugby club that moved to a new ground called Ivor Preece Field in the village in 2001, after selling their ground in Binley, Coventry.[9]

Brandon Wood
Brandon Wood

Brandon Wood, just south of the village from which it takes its name, covers an area of 178 acres (72 ha): it is a designated ancient woodland, having been mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was once run by the Forestry Commission, but since 1981 it has been managed by a local group, the "Friends of Brandon Wood", who in 2000 purchased the wood from the Forestry Commission; it is now run as a community wood and is open to the public.[5][10]

Appearances in media

One of Binley Woods' claims to fame is that it was used as one of the locations for the filming of the 1990s BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances; exterior shots of Hyacinth Bucket's house were filmed at 117 Heather Road. 119 Heather Road was used as the house of her neighbours Elizabeth Warden and Emmet Hawksworth.[11][12]

Notable residents

References
  1. "BINLEY WOODS Parish in West Midlands". City Population. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  2. The Warwickshire Village Book. Countryside Books. 2000. pp. 24–25. ISBN 1-85306-652-4.
  3. "The Development of Binley Woods" (PDF). Binley Woods Village. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  4. "Binley Woods Online". Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  5. "Brandon Wood". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  6. Rob, Ian. "Binley Woods-The Roseycombe". Geograph.org. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  7. Stowell, David. "Binley Woods Village Hall". Geograph.org. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  8. "About Binley Woods". Binley Woods Online. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  9. McKay, Stephen. "Ivor Preece Field". Geograph.org. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  10. "Friends of Brandon Wood". Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  11. "Location, Heather Road". UK Comedy. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  12. "Hyacinth's home has buckets of style!". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  13. "Mark Pawsey MP". West Midlands Conservatives. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
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