Gaydon

Gaydon

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Gaydon
static_

static_image_caption= Gaydon
latitude= 52.18
longitude= -1.46
population = 442 (2001 Census)
shire_district= Stratford-on-Avon
shire_county= Warwickshire
region= West Midlands
constituency_westminster= Stratford-On-Avon
post_town= STRATFORD-ON-AVON
postcode_district = CV35
postcode_area= CV
dial_code= 01926
os_grid_reference= SP370540

Gaydon is a parish and village in Warwickshire, England, close to Leamington Spa. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 376.

The village is at the junction of the B4100 (former A41) and B4451 roads, a mile from Junction 12 of the M40 motorway, and is two miles north-east of Kineton.

Close by is the former RAF V bomber base RAF Gaydon, the Land Rover H.Q. and Jaguar facility, now owned by Tata motors, as well as the Heritage Motor Centre, home to the largest collection of historic British cars in the world, charting the history of the British car industry from the turn of the 20th century to the present day. Gaydon is also the home of Aston Martin.

A disused quarry near Gaydon is also home to special vaults housing the highly flammable nitrate film elements of the British Film Institute's BFI National Archive, the world's largest archive of film and television.

See also

* RAF Gaydon
* Land Rover

External links

* [http://www.information-britain.co.uk/showPlace.cfm?Place_ID=1862 Heritage Motor Centre]


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