Hurley and Wood End | |
Type: | Ward |
Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
Subdivision Type1: | Constituent country |
Subdivision Name1: | England |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | West Midlands |
Subdivision Type3: | Administrative county |
Subdivision Name3: | Warwickshire |
Subdivision Type4: | District |
Subdivision Name4: | North Warwickshire |
Seat Type: | Admin. HQ |
Seat: | Wood End (De facto) |
Government Type: | Ward |
Leader Title1: | Councillors |
Leader Name1: | Ann Lewis (Lab), Hayden Phillip (Lab) |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Greenwich Mean Time |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Timezone Dst: | British Summer Time |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | CV and B |
Blank4 Name: | Ethnicity |
Blank4 Info: | 99.5% White British |
Website: | Kingsbury Parish Council |
Hurley and Wood End is a ward within North Warwickshire, it is named after the villages of Hurley and Wood End, the ward also contains the villages of Piccadilly, Hurley Common and Foul End. The ward is covered by Kingsbury Civil Parish.
The ward is within the mining area of the Warwickshire Coalfield. There were two mines in the ward one being Kingsbury Colliery near Piccadilly which closed 1968 and Dexter Colliery in Hurley which closed in the 1980s. Kingsbury Oil Terminal also lies within the Ward. Because of the wards status as an old mining community it is considered a Safe Labour seat.
See main article: Wood End, Atherstone. Wood End is the largest settlement in the village and is home to both councillors of the ward, Wood End dates from 1890 and is an old Pit village it has a school, a church and several shops, a village hall and a garage.
See main article: Hurley, Warwickshire. Hurley the oldest village is the ward and the second largest Hurley dates from before the mining era of the 1890s. it has a shop, a school, a church, a pub and a village hall.
See main article: Piccadilly, Warwickshire. Piccadilly is a Hamlet in the ward, it is the newest settlement in the ward dating from 1904 and is named after Piccadilly in London, Piccadilly is the only settlement with a Birmingham (B) postcode.
See main article: Foul End. Foul End is an area to the south of Hurley, Foul End Consists of several farms.
See main article: Hurley Common. Hurley Common is the smallest settlement in the ward and is just a simple hamlet with a pub.