Birdingbury

Friday, 26 February 2010 12:03 Editor

Birdingbury

Birdingbury is a village and civil parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England, just south of the River Leam, and not far from Draycote Water.

It is located roughly half way between Rugby and Leamington Spa, about eight miles from each.

According to the 2001 census it had a population of 327.

History
The village appears as Birbury on the Christopher Saxton map of 1637. Birdingbury today consists mostly of 20th century developments, but Birdingbury Hall dates back to the early 17th century, and was rebuilt in Jacobean style in 1859 following a major fire.

St Leonard's Church in the village is partly Victorian and partly Georgian.

Birdingbury once had a station, about a mile north of the village centre, and opened in 1851, on the former Rugby to Leamington Spa railway line, which has been partly converted into a cycleway as part of the National Cycle Network

Events and amenities
The village holds the annual Birdingbury Country Festival each summer.

The Birdingbury Club, in the former school building, is open most nights of the week and runs a number of events and entertainment throughout the year.

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