Wilnecote

Wilnecote
Wilnecote  Wilnecote shown within Staffordshire
Population	9,358 (Ward,2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SK226012
District	Tamworth
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Tamworth
Postcode district	B77
Dialling code	01827
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
List of places UK England Staffordshire

Coordinates: 52°36′29″N 1°40′04″W / 52.60811°N 1.66770°W / 52.60811; -1.66770

Wilnecote is an English housing district about 3 km south east of Tamworth, Staffordshire. It is one of the largest communities in the town.

Wilnecote, listed as "Wilmundecote" in the Doomsday Book(and known locally as 'Win-cut'), is an old coal mining, lime-burning and brick-making area centred on an ancient village on Watling Street. It has several public houses including "The Red Lion", "The Globe Inn", "The Centurion" (on the nearby Centurion Park industrial estate) and "The Queen's Head". A fifth, called the Sandyback Pub, closed in January 2009 and has since been reopened.

The district is served by Wilnecote railway station with trains running to Birmingham and Nottingham. Holy Trinity Church, Wilnecote sits on the highest point of the village. Schools in the area include Wilnecote High School.

Stonydelph, which lies immediately north of Wilnecote, is a post World War II development.

The Holy Trinity Church, rebuilt in 1821, overlooks the village and is built on the Roman road 'Watling Street'. The church design is unusual, as the entrance is halfway down the side of the building, as opposed to the end of the church. This was a consequence of the unusual expansion of the church as the village flourished.

Wilnecote borders Hockley, Dosthill, Two Gates, Belgrave and Stonydelph housing estates are being built along Ninian Way and Hedging Lane (on the old Tame Valley Alloys plot).

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