North Warwickshire is a
local government district
and borough in Warwickshire
, England
.
The main
town in the district is Atherstone
where the council is based. Other significant
places include Coleshill
, Polesworth
and Kingsbury
.
The North
Warwickshire district was created on 1 April
1974 by a merger of the Atherstone Rural
District
and parts of the Meriden Rural District
(the rest of which was merged into the West Midlands county).
North Warwickshire is a mostly rural area with several small towns.
The area historically had a large
coal
mining industry, but this has almost died out. The district is
relatively remote from the rest of Warwickshire, as the county is
almost split in two by the West Midlands.
The
boundaries of North Warwickshire are almost the same as the
North Warwickshire parliamentary
constituency
. However the constituency also includes the
town of Bedworth
. The local MP is
Mike O'Brien.
In 2007 the Conservatives took overall control of the Borough
Council for the first time since the creation of the council within
its current boundaries.
It borders
the Warwickshire district of Nuneaton and Bedworth
to the east, the county of Leicestershire
to the north-east, Staffordshire to the north-west, and the West
Midlands to the south and south-west.
Settlements in North Warwickshire include:
- Ansley
, Arley
, Astley
, Atherstone
, Austrey
- Baddesley Ensor
, Baxterley
, Bentley
, Birchmoor
, Blythe
End
- Caldecote, Coleshill
, Corley
, Curdworth
- Dordon

- Fillongley
, Furnace
End
- Gilson
, Great
Packington
, Grendon
- Hartshill
, Heath
Whitacre
- Kingsbury

- Lea Marston
, Little Packington
- Mancetter
, Maxstoke
, Merevale
, Middleton
, Moxhull
- Nether Whitacre
, Newton
Regis
- Over Whitacre

- Polesworth

- Seckington,
Shustoke
, Shuttington
,
- Warton
, Water
Orton
, Whitacre
Heath
, Wiggins
Hill
, Wishaw
For a list of
wards in
North Warwickshire by population see
here