Hartshill

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title: "Hartshill" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-warwickshire", "civil-parishes-in-warwickshire", "borough-of-north-warwickshire"] description: "Village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-warwickshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartshill" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England ::

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Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Hartshill
population	3,655
population_ref	(2021 census)
static_image_name	File:Hartshill North Warwickshire.jpg
static_image_caption	Holy Trinity Church and vicarage, Hartshill
shire_district	North Warwickshire
shire_county	Warwickshire
region	West Midlands
civil_parish	Hartshill
postcode_district	CV10
postcode_area	CV
post_town	NUNEATON
os_grid_reference	SP326938
london_distance_mi	95
london_direction	SW
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| country = England | coordinates = | official_name = Hartshill | population = 3,655 | population_ref = (2021 census) | static_image_name = File:Hartshill North Warwickshire.jpg | static_image_caption = Holy Trinity Church and vicarage, Hartshill | shire_district = North Warwickshire | shire_county = Warwickshire | region = West Midlands | civil_parish = Hartshill | constituency_westminster = | postcode_district = CV10 | postcode_area = CV | post_town = NUNEATON | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SP326938 | london_distance_mi = 95 | london_direction = SW Hartshill is a large village and civil parish in North Warwickshire, England, contiguous with the much larger town of Nuneaton, the town centre of which is 2.5 miles (4 km) to the south-east. The parish borders the district of Nuneaton and Bedworth at the south, the North Warwickshire district parishes of Ansley at the south-west, Mancetter at the north-west, and Caldecote at the east, and the parish of Witherley in Leicestershire to the north-east from which it is separated by the A5 road. The market town of Atherstone is 3.5 mi to the north-west.

At the 2021 census, the civil parish of Hartshill, which also includes the hamlet of Oldbury had a population of 3,655.

The village stands on a hill overlooking the Leicestershire plains to the north. The county boundary is defined by the A5 road, the former Roman Watling Street. The area has been settled since at least the Iron Age, just west of Hartshill are the remains of an Iron Age hill fort. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Hardreshull, derived from the old English term meaning Heardred's Hill. Near the centre of the village are the remains of Hartshill Castle, a medieval castle.

The village grew due to its quarrying industry, which quarried red syenite and manganese from the local hillside. At one time there were several industrial tramways serving the local quarries and connecting them to the nearby Trent Valley railway line and Coventry Canal. The Talyllyn Railway locomotive Midlander was purchased in 1957 from Jee's quarries at Hartshill.

The most famous person associated with Hartshill was the Elizabethan poet Michael Drayton, who was born at Chapel Cottage in Hartshill Green in 1563. The cottage in which he was born was pulled down in 1941 due to a road widening scheme. There was a memorial to him in the form of the village bus shelter, which was erected in 1972, and was made from local stone and shaped like a scroll. This was removed around 2006 due to vandalism and replaced by a plaque. Michael Drayton Junior School in Hartshill also bears his name. Other schools in the village include Hartshill Academy secondary school.

The village church of Holy Trinity was built as a commissioners' church between 1843 and 1848 by T. L. Walker. It is made from local stone, and is noted for its large doorway which has six orders of columns and arches. The church is grade II listed.

The parish has five pubs: The Stag & Pheasant, The Malt Shovel, Royal Oak, the Hartshill Club, and The Anchor which is on the Coventry Canal.

Immediately west of the village is the Hartshill Hayes Country Park, which covers 137 acre of woodland. File:Churchof Holy Trinity Hartshill nr Nuneaton Warwickshire.jpg|The entrance to Holy Trinity Church, Hartshill File:Remains of west curtain wall, Hartshill Castle, Castle Road, Hartshill.jpg|Remains of Hartshill Castle File:Hartshill Quarry (disused) - geograph.org.uk - 4910016.jpg|Disused quarry at Hartshill File:Hartshill Hayes Country Park - geograph.org.uk - 4211640.jpg|Hartshill Hayes Country Park

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