Shilton, Warwickshire

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Shilton
latitude= 52.45606
longitude= -1.40542
civil_parish = Shilton
population = 826 (2001)
shire_district= Rugby
shire_county= Warwickshire
region= West Midlands
constituency_westminster= Nuneaton
post_town= COVENTRY
postcode_district = CV7
postcode_area= CV
dial_code= 024
os_grid_reference= SP405844

Shilton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. The parish of Shilton also includes the nearby hamlet of Barnacle, and in the 2001 census had a population of 826.

The village is about two miles north-east of Coventry on the B4065 road and at a crossroads with the B4029 road. Administratively, Shilton is in an outlying part of the borough of Rugby, although it is more than ten miles (16 km) from the town of Rugby.

Shilton is almost cut in two by the London to Manchester railway line (West Coast Main Line). It formerly had a railway station but this closed in 1957.

The village contains a number of old cottages along the main street,a post office, village hall and one old pub, the "Shilton Arms".

Leicester Road is just past the Shilton arms. Leicester Road contains a farm which field lies next to the Shilton arms garden. As you enter Leicester Road on the left hand side there is a white house which used to be an old pub to but was changed into a house in 2002.

External links

* [http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/shilton.htm Photos of the station and railway]