Long Lawford, United Kingdom
Long Lawford is a town of 3,007 people in England, United Kingdom.
Why visit Long Lawford
Townapedia lists 8 museums and landmarks, 7 parks and trails, 33 places to eat, 1 place to stay and 2 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Macready Theatre, Rugby Theatre, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum and Wolston Priory.
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About Long Lawford
Long Lawford is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England, located just west of Rugby, around 1.75 miles (2.82 km) west of Rugby town centre. In the 2021 census, the population of the parish was 4,545, a significant increase from 3,180 at the 2011 census, and 2,863 in 2001.
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Macready Theatre
Cinema and theater · 2.0 mi
Building in Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Rugby Theatre
Cinema and theater · 2.0 mi
Amateur theatre in Warwickshire, England
Museums and landmarks8
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
Museum · 1.9 mi
Art gallery and museum in the United Kingdom
Wolston Priory
Monument and historic site · 3.5 mi
Benedictine priory in Warwickshire, England, UK
British Thomson-Houston Company War Memorial
Monument and historic site · 2.2 mi
War memorial in Warwickshire, England, UK
Parks, trails and playgrounds7
Newbold Quarry Park
Park · 1.4 mi
Nature reserve in Warwickshire, England
Restaurants and cafes33
Jammin BBQ
Cafe · Coffee Shop, Coffee, Tea, Sandwich, Wings, Chicken, Barbecue · 1.1 mi
5 Somers Road, Rugby
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History
Recent archaeological excavations have found evidence that Long Lawford has been used as a settlement for 2000 years. Excavations of a Celtic Iron Age Village uncovered an Iron Age sword.
The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book referred to as Lelleford (the ford by the elders). By 1332 the name was recorded as Longa Lalleford. Long Lawford and Little Lawford were anciently within the parish of Newbold-on-Avon, but both became separate civil parishes in the 19th century.
The monks of Pipewell Abbey were the lords of the manor for over 400 years from 1160, until the monasteries were dissolved, and then their lands here were granted to Edward Boughton in 1542. The Rouse-Boughton family established themselves at nearby Lawford Hall, and dominated the life of the village, until Sir Theodosius Boughton, the last male heir of the Boughtons was allegedly murdered there by his brother-in-law in 1780, after which Lawford Hall was demolished.
Their lands were then sold to the Caldecott family in 1793, who built a new manor house at Holbrook Grange closer to Long Lawford on the opposite side of the Avon in 1803. Although the house has now changed hands, the influences of the Caldecotts remain, with one of the two village public houses being "The Caldecott Arms".
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The village underwent considerable expansion in the 1960s with the construction of a large housing estate to the east of the old village, which turned the village into an effective suburb of Rugby. The village was further expanded with another housing development called Avon Pastures in the 2000s, just off the A428 road. The primary road in this development, 'Tee Tong Road', was named by a Malaysian bidder, who made the highest bid in a Children in Need auction in 2005.
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Geography
The village is situated on a ridge overlooking the valley of the River Avon to the north. It is one of four Lawfords in the locality, and is named long because, historically, the village ran along the road between Rugby and Coventry. The other three Lawfords are Church Lawford, to the west, Little Lawford to the north, and Lawford Heath to the south (which is within the parish).
The village sits just north of the A428 road between Rugby and Coventry. The Rugby to Coventry railway line runs through the village, but it has never had its own station. Immediately to the east of the village is the large Cemex (former Rugby Cement) works and its associated quarry.
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Churches and places of worship17
Shopping9
Gas and EV charging4
Schools, colleges and libraries13
Healthcare3
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Getting there and nearby towns
Birmingham Airport (BHX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 19 miles away.
- Rugby 2 mi east, about 3 min by car
- Dunchurch 3 mi south, about 5 min by car
- Brinklow 3 mi northwest, about 5 min by car
- Wolston 4 mi west, about 6 min by car
- Ryton on Dunsmore 5 mi west, about 9 min by car
- Kilsby 6 mi southeast, about 10 min by car
- Crick 8 mi east, about 12 min by car
- Long Itchington 8 mi southwest, about 12 min by car
- Braunston 8 mi southeast, about 12 min by car
- Coventry 9 mi west, about 14 min by car
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- -2021-02-18 House on Cross Street, Long Lawford, Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0
- -2021-02-18 House on Round Avenue, Long Lawford, Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0
- -2021-02-18 House on Main Street, Long Lawford, Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0
- -2021-02-18 Saint John’s parish church, Long Lawford, Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0
- -2021-02-18 The Lawford Arms, Main Street, Long Lawford (2), Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0
- -2021-02-18 The Caldecott Arms, Main Street, Long Lawford, Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0
- -2021-02-18 The Lawford Arms, Main Street, Long Lawford (1), Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rugby Theatre 3.21, G-13114, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rugby Art Gallery, Museum & Library, G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- The Priory, Wolston, Fitzsimons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rugby football museum, G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- St Andrew's Church, Rugby, G-Man, Public domain
- St Michael's Church, Brownsover, Hugh Craddock, CC BY-SA 2.0
- St Mark's Church, Bilton, rear 7.20, G-13114, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Newbold Quarry Park overview 10.22, G-13114, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Swift Valley Nature Reserve, old canal arm (1), G-13114, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Caldecott Park, Rugby (39852792695), Amanda Slater from Coventry, West Midlands, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Brinklow Marina, Cathiron, UK, Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0
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