Hurley, Warwickshire
Encyclopedia
Hurley is a village
in Warwickshire
, England
. It is located in the North Warwickshire
district of the county, close to the village of Kingsbury
and is part of the civil parish
of its neighbour. Other nearby places include Wood End, Hurley Common
, Coleshill
, Water Orton
, Curdworth, Atherstone and Tamworth
.
Hurley became a village in 1861 with the opening of the Church of the Resurrection.
The village was part of the Tamworth Rural District
from its creation in 1894, until 1965 when it became part of the Atherstone Rural District
. In 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972
Hurley became part of the newly formed district of North Warwickshire
. Inside North Warwickshire it is part of the Hurley and Wood End Ward, and because of the mining connection the village often elects Labour
councillors.
Hurley is part of the North Warwickshire constituency
and the current MP is Conservative Dan Byles.
in Kingsbury
. In terms of further education the area is served by North Warwickshire and Hinckley College
at Nuneaton. There is also Tamworth and Lichfield College.
The nearest police and fire stations are in Atherstone.
Unlike Kingsbury
Hurley uses a Coventry (CV) postcode rather than a Birmingham (B)
postcode. The postal town is Atherstone
.
the ward of Hurley and Wood End is 80% Christian, 19% Non-Religious and 1% Other.
The village church, the Church of the Resurrection
, a wooden 'missionary' church, is part of the Kingsbury and Baxterley Group of Churches, and are Church of England
churches. Hurley also falls into the Roman Catholic Parish of St. John The Baptist, with the main collegiate church being St. John's Presbytery in Tamworth.
The headquarters of the construction and maintenance firm Promanex Group are located just outside Hurley.
During the early half of the 20th century the majority of people who lived in the village worked in nearby collieries, including Dexter Colliery and Kingsbury Colliery
. Both closed during the late 1960s. Today the majority of the residents work in Tamworth
, followed by Birmingham
and Coventry
, with manufacturing being the most common type of employment, followed by wholesale and retail.
trust area. The village has a small GP
's office on Knowle Hill witch is part of a larger practice in Kingsbury. The George Eliot Hospital
at Nuneaton
is the area's local hospital. It has an Accident and Emergency Department
. Out of hours GP services are also based at George Eliot. There is also Good Hope Hospital
in Sutton Coldfield
.
at the village's school
. A little further afield is the Snowdome
in Tamworth.
at junction 10.
The village has seven bus stops and is served by routes 777, 767, 115, 118 and 119, linking it to Kingsbury, Atherstone and Tamworth. The nearest railway station is Wilnecote railway station.
The nearest airport is Birmingham.
, which has a separate edition for North Warwickshire.
Local radio includes BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
, Mercia and Touch FM
.
The village is covered by the Central ITV
and BBC West Midlands
TV regions broadcast from the nearby Sutton Coldfield transmitting station.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is located in the North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire is a local government district and borough in Warwickshire, England. The main town in the district is Atherstone where the council is based...
district of the county, close to the village of Kingsbury
Kingsbury, Warwickshire
Kingsbury is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England....
and is part of the civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
of its neighbour. Other nearby places include Wood End, Hurley Common
Hurley Common
Hurley Common is a Village in North Warwickshire between Wood End and Hurley, it consists of several houses and 2 Farms, Hurley common does not have its own Parish Church so it is technically a Hamlet.-History:...
, Coleshill
Coleshill, Warwickshire
Coleshill is a market town in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England, taking its name from the River Cole. It has a population of 6,343 and is situated east of Birmingham.-Location:...
, Water Orton
Water Orton
Water Orton is a village near the River Tame in the North Warwickshire borough of Warwickshire in England. It is located between Castle Bromwich and Coleshill, and borders the West Midlands metropolitan county boundary to the north, west and south. At the last census in 2001, the population was...
, Curdworth, Atherstone and Tamworth
Tamworth
Tamworth is a town and local government district in Staffordshire, England, located north-east of Birmingham city centre and north-west of London. The town takes its name from the River Tame, which flows through the town, as does the River Anker...
.
History
There were a number of mines in the Hurley area, including Dexter Collery (opened in 1926). Some of the social housing in the village was built to accommodate workers at the mines.Hurley became a village in 1861 with the opening of the Church of the Resurrection.
Demographics
According to the 2001 Census the population of the Hurley and Wood End ward was 3,642. Over 99.5% of people (3,550) described themselves as White British with only 89 people from other ethnic groups. The most common distance travelled to work is 5 –, which is essentially to Tamworth, with the most common form of employment being manufacturing. The village has an almost exact 50:50 split of males and females, with a ratio of 1,822 to 1,820 respectively.Governance
The village is part of the Kingsbury civil parish.The village was part of the Tamworth Rural District
Tamworth Rural District
Tamworth was a rural district in the English Midlands from 1894 to 1965.It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 from Tamworth rural sanitary district, and was one of a handful of rural districts to cross county boundaries, with part in Staffordshire and part in Warwickshire...
from its creation in 1894, until 1965 when it became part of the Atherstone Rural District
Atherstone Rural District
Atherstone was a rural district in the administrative county of Warwickshire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was named after its main town and administrative headquarters of Atherstone....
. In 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....
Hurley became part of the newly formed district of North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire is a local government district and borough in Warwickshire, England. The main town in the district is Atherstone where the council is based...
. Inside North Warwickshire it is part of the Hurley and Wood End Ward, and because of the mining connection the village often elects Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
councillors.
Hurley is part of the North Warwickshire constituency
North Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)
-Notes and references:...
and the current MP is Conservative Dan Byles.
Crime
In 2009 there was an average of 3.6 crimes per 1,000 people for the ward of Hurley and Wood End, and during the same period there were 5 crimes per head for the borough of North Warwickshire. In 2010 the figure was down to 3 crimes per head. The most common type of crime is anti-social behaviour.Education
There is a small primary school for children up to the age of 11. The village does not have its own secondary school, so most students attend Kingsbury SchoolKingsbury School, Warwickshire
Kingsbury School is a comprehensive school in the village of Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England. Its main catchment area is Kingsbury, but students also attend from a number of neighbouring villages, such as Hurley and Whitacre Heath, Picadilly, Wood End, Bodymoor Heath and Middleton.The school...
in Kingsbury
Kingsbury, Warwickshire
Kingsbury is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England....
. In terms of further education the area is served by North Warwickshire and Hinckley College
North Warwickshire and Hinckley College
North Warwickshire and Hinckley College is a Further Education College with campuses in Leicestershire, Nuneaton & Bedworth and North Warwickshire...
at Nuneaton. There is also Tamworth and Lichfield College.
Public Services
Water and sewage services are provided by Severn Trent Water.The nearest police and fire stations are in Atherstone.
Unlike Kingsbury
Kingsbury, Warwickshire
Kingsbury is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England....
Hurley uses a Coventry (CV) postcode rather than a Birmingham (B)
B postcode area
The B postcode area, also known as the Birmingham postcode area, provides postcodes for the boroughs of Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell and parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire in England.-Coverage:...
postcode. The postal town is Atherstone
Atherstone
Atherstone is a town in Warwickshire, England. The town is located near the northernmost tip of Warwickshire, close to the border with Staffordshire and Leicestershire and is the administrative headquarters of the borough of North Warwickshire.-History:...
.
Religion
According to the 2001 censusUnited Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
the ward of Hurley and Wood End is 80% Christian, 19% Non-Religious and 1% Other.
The village church, the Church of the Resurrection
Church of the Resurrection, Hurley
Church of the Resurrection is a small wooden Church of England church in Hurley, Warwickshire, England, dating from 1861 It is part of the parish of Baxterley with Hurley and Wood End.-History:...
, a wooden 'missionary' church, is part of the Kingsbury and Baxterley Group of Churches, and are Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
churches. Hurley also falls into the Roman Catholic Parish of St. John The Baptist, with the main collegiate church being St. John's Presbytery in Tamworth.
Economy
Hurley is served by a small village store and Post Office on Brick Kiln Lane. There is an Indian takeaway on Knowle Hill. The village also has a public house called the Holly Bush Inn.The headquarters of the construction and maintenance firm Promanex Group are located just outside Hurley.
During the early half of the 20th century the majority of people who lived in the village worked in nearby collieries, including Dexter Colliery and Kingsbury Colliery
Kingsbury Colliery
Kingsbury Colliery was a coal mine in Kingsbury, Warwickshire which operated between 1897 and 1968.It was opened in 1897 and changed the nature of the village almost overnight from a predominantly agriculturally based community to a mining village, and helped Kingsbury's expansion...
. Both closed during the late 1960s. Today the majority of the residents work in Tamworth
Tamworth
Tamworth is a town and local government district in Staffordshire, England, located north-east of Birmingham city centre and north-west of London. The town takes its name from the River Tame, which flows through the town, as does the River Anker...
, followed by Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
and Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
, with manufacturing being the most common type of employment, followed by wholesale and retail.
Health
The village lies in the North Warwickshire NHSNational Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
trust area. The village has a small GP
General practitioner
A general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...
's office on Knowle Hill witch is part of a larger practice in Kingsbury. The George Eliot Hospital
George Eliot Hospital
George Eliot Hospital is a single site hospital located in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, it is managed by the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. It provides a full range of emergency and elective medical services, including maternity services, to the local area....
at Nuneaton
Nuneaton
Nuneaton is the largest town in the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth and in the English county of Warwickshire.Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot, who was born on a farm on the Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for...
is the area's local hospital. It has an Accident and Emergency Department
Emergency department
An emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...
. Out of hours GP services are also based at George Eliot. There is also Good Hope Hospital
Good Hope Hospital
Good Hope Hospital is a hospital in the Sutton Coldfield area of Birmingham, England. Covering north Birmingham and south east Staffordshire it has Accident and Emergency facilities....
in Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield is a suburb of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham but has borders with Erdington and Kingstanding. Sutton is in the northeast of Birmingham, with a population of 105,000 recorded in the 2001 census...
.
Recreation
Local facilities include a village hall, and a small playing field and play area on Brick Kiln Lane. The nearest leisure facilities are based in KingsburyKingsbury, Warwickshire
Kingsbury is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England....
at the village's school
Kingsbury School, Warwickshire
Kingsbury School is a comprehensive school in the village of Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England. Its main catchment area is Kingsbury, but students also attend from a number of neighbouring villages, such as Hurley and Whitacre Heath, Picadilly, Wood End, Bodymoor Heath and Middleton.The school...
. A little further afield is the Snowdome
Snowdome
SnowDome, , is an indoor ski slope just off the A5 road in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. It opened in May 1994, and was the first full sized recreational indoor ski slope in the UK.-Facilities:...
in Tamworth.
Transport
Hurley lies close to the M42M42 motorway
The M42 motorway is a major road in England. The motorway runs north east from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire to just south west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, passing Redditch, Solihull, the National Exhibition Centre and Tamworth on the way. The section between the M40 and M6 road forms...
at junction 10.
The village has seven bus stops and is served by routes 777, 767, 115, 118 and 119, linking it to Kingsbury, Atherstone and Tamworth. The nearest railway station is Wilnecote railway station.
The nearest airport is Birmingham.
Media
The local newspaper covering the area is the Tamworth HeraldTamworth Herald
The Tamworth Herald is a weekly tabloid newspaper published every Thursday in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. Its offices are based in Ventura Park Road, Bitterscote, and its current editor is Gary Phelps...
, which has a separate edition for North Warwickshire.
Local radio includes BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire is the BBC Local Radio service serving the City of Coventry and the county of Warwickshire. It broadcasts on 94.8, 103.7 and 104 MHz FM, DAB Digital Radio and is streamed on the internet via the ....
, Mercia and Touch FM
Touch FM (Coventry)
96.2 Touch FM is a radio station that broadcasts to Coventry but not from Coventry, having moved out of the city to base itself elsewhere and co-locate with other Midlands radio stations leaving Coventry with only 1 local radio station left, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire...
.
The village is covered by the Central ITV
Central Independent Television
Central Independent Television, more commonly known as Central is the Independent Television contractor for the Midlands, created following the restructuring of ATV and commencing broadcast on 1 January 1982. The station is owned and operated by ITV plc, under the licensee of ITV Broadcasting...
and BBC West Midlands
BBC West Midlands
BBC West Midlands is the BBC English Region producing local television, radio, web and teletext content for West Midlands metropolitan county, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and parts of Northern Gloucestershire - although the county as part of the south west...
TV regions broadcast from the nearby Sutton Coldfield transmitting station.