Stretton Baskerville

Stretton Baskerville is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. It shares a parish council with the nearby parish of Burton Hastings.

Type: Village with 20 residents
Description: Warwickshire civil parish and medieval village
Also known as: “Stretton Baskerville (civil parish), Warwickshire” and “Stretton Baskerville, Warwickshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hinckley railway station and Burbage Library.

Hinckley railway station

Railway station

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Hinckley railway station serves the town of Hinckley and village of Burbage in Leicestershire, England. The station is on the CrossCountry Birmingham to Peterborough Line between Leicester and Birmingham New Street and is about 4 miles east of Nuneaton.

St Mary's Parish Church is the oldest building in Hinckley, and is situated in central Hinckley. It is an Anglican Parish Church in the Diocese of Leicester and is designated by Historic England as a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hinckley and Whitestone.

Hinckley

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Hinckley is a town in Leicestershire, close to Nuneaton in neighbouring Warwickshire. It is roughly halfway between the major cities of Leicester and Coventry.

Whitestone

Suburb

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Whitestone is an area of Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England, approximately two miles south-east of Nuneaton town centre. It is also the name of a ward within the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth. The 2011 census gives the population of the ward as 6,877. Whitestone is situated 3 miles west of Stretton Baskerville.

Wolvey

Village

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Wolvey is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 1,942, which increased to 2,121 at the 2021 census. Wolvey is situated 2 miles south of Stretton Baskerville.