New Grendon

For The Village on the B5000, see Old Grendon.

Grendon
The Boot inn in Grendon
Grendon Grendon shown within Warwickshire
OS grid reference	SP2799
Civil parish	Grendon
District	North Warwickshire
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Atherstone
Postcode district	CV9
Dialling code	01827
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	North Warwickshire
List of places UK England Warwickshire

Coordinates: 52°35′28″N 1°35′46″W / 52.591°N 1.596°W / 52.591; -1.596

Grendon is a village in Warwickshire, England.^[1] It is located 2 miles From Atherstone and 3 Miles from Tamworth. The Village is centred on the A5 (Watling Street), The village has post office, public house and a newsagents. The village is often called New Grendon to distinguish it from the other Grendon a mile away. Population details are included in Baddesley Ensor.

History

Seven men from Grendon were among the 32 killed in the 1882 explosion at Baddesley Pit. Some of these men are buried in the graveyard of All Saints Church in Old Grendon.

Grendon was spawned from the mine that once existed in Baxterley, Grendon was originally a small hamlet called Suckle green and Construction of Grendon didn't start fully until the 1950s. Grendon is named after the Older village of Grendon about a mile away. The mine at Baxterley that Grendon was built to serve closed in 1989.

Governance

Grendon forms a civil parish along with the village of Old Grendon.

When The Village was built in the 1950s it was part of the Atherstone Rural District. In 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 the Atherstone Rural District became part of the newly formed district of North Warwickshire. Inside North Warwickshire Grendon is part of the Baddesley and Grendon Ward and is represented by John Moore and Ray sweed who are both Labour.^[2] As the ward is an old mining community it is considered a Labour safe seat. Grendon is covered by the Baddesley Ensor Ward in Warwickshire County Council and is also reprisented by Ray Sweet.^[3]

It is part of the North Warwickshire constituency and the current MP is Conservative Dan Byles,^[4] it is also part of the West Midlands European Parliament constituency which is represented by 6 MEPs.

Media

The local newspapers covering the area are the Tamworth Herald, which has a separate edition for North Warwickshire and the Atherstone Recorder.

The local BBC radio station covering the area is BBC Coventry & Warwickshire. Local commercial stations in the area include Mercia and Touch FM.

The village is covered by the Central ITV and BBC West Midlands TV regions.

References

↑ OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) :ISBN 0 319 46404 0
↑ Councillors by Ward: Baddesley Ensor and Grendon NWBC
↑ Councillor Ray Sweet Baddesley Ensor ward Warwickshire County Council
↑ Dan Byles

Ceremonial county of Warwickshire

Boroughs or districts	Borough of North Warwickshire Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough of Rugby District of Stratford-on-Avon District of Warwick

Major settlements	Alcester Atherstone Bedworth Coleshill Henley-in-Arden Kenilworth Nuneaton Royal Leamington Spa Rugby Shipston-on-Stour Southam Stratford-upon-Avon Warwick Whitnash See also: List of civil parishes in Warwickshire

Rivers	Alne Anker Arrow Avon Blythe Cole Dene Itchen Leam Rea Sherbourne Sowe Stour Tame

Canals	Coventry Grand Union Oxford Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire ring

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