Stoke Aldermoor

Stoke Aldermoor is a suburban community in south-eastern Coventry, West Midlands, England. An area of Stoke Aldermoor consisting of a small estate alongside the north-east of Pinley Fields is called Pinley. It is bordered by the River Sowe and the Coventry Canal, and the suburbs of Stoke to the north, Whitley to the south-west and Ernesford Grange to the east.

Stoke Aldermoor and Pinley Fields by the River Sowe.
The terrace used in Keeping up Appearances.

Industry

During the Second World War, the Rootes No 1 Shadow Factory was located in Stoke Aldermoor. Four-wheel drive scout cars, tank engines, truck engines and aero engines were produced at the factory.[1] Rootes also maintained a training school in the area.[2] The factory was more recently used as the Peugeot UK head office until they relocated to new purpose-built premises a short distance away in Pinley in 2008.

The sewer used for the making of the Italian Job

Stoke Aldermoor is also known locally in Hollywood movie fame as the place where the famous Mini sewer chase was shot for the film The Italian Job, the Minis were lowered into the newly built sewers on the outskirts of Stoke Aldermoor and driven to the Finham Sewage Works. between 2015-2019 Mr Conway searched the full area of the film shoot, during this time he discovered various photographs that pinpointed the spot where the Mini's were lowered into the Sowe Valley duplication sewer. The black path that is between the Barley Lea and Corpus Christi school on the right-hand side of the subway. The sewer continues along the fields and along down towards Copsewood. The tunnel is 2.6 miles long. The start of the tunnel is from Bagington and finishes 25 metres past the roundabout by the Mill pool pub next to the fire station on Binley road.

In the television series Keeping Up Appearances, exterior shots around Daisy and Onslow's council house were filmed in Stoke Aldermoor.

Politics

Stoke Aldermoor sits in the city council ward of Lower Stoke and Labour were elected as its representatives in the May 2012 by-elections.

References
  1. N. J. Baldwin (1987). The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers. Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-1844-8.
  2. The Light Car, 1912, Temple Press

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