Newbold-on-Avon

Coordinates: 52°23′25″N 1°16′53″W / 52.390337°N 1.2812514°W / 52.390337; -1.2812514

Newbold-on-Avon
Newbold canal tunnel
Newbold-on-Avon  Newbold-on-Avon shown within Warwickshire
Population	1,548 (2001)
OS grid reference	SP495765
Parish	Newbold-on-Avon
District	Rugby
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RUGBY
Postcode district	CV21
Dialling code	01788
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Rugby and Kenilworth
List of places: UK • England • Warwickshire

Newbold-on-Avon is an area of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, located around 1½ miles north-west of the town centre. Newbold was historically a village in its own right, but was incorporated into Rugby in 1932. The name is derived from the Saxon Niowebold ('New house').

Newbold keeps its village character in places, but modern housing estates surround the old village core. In the old village is the church of St Botolph, which dates from the 15th century.

The River Avon and the Oxford Canal go between Newbold and Rugby. The canal goes through the 189-metre-long Newbold Tunnel, built in the 1830s to replace an older tunnel which went on a different route. Remains of the old tunnel can be seen next to the churchyard.

There are some former quarries in the Newbold area. One of them has been converted into a nature reserve, known as Newbold Quarry Park.

The main secondary school in Newbold is Avon Valley School.

External links

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