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Local Information for Nuneaton

Nuneaton is the largest town in the English county of Warwickshire. The town is located roughly 8 miles (12 km) north of Coventry and 25 miles (40 km) east of Birmingham. Nuneaton has a population of 70,721 (2001 census). Although the population of its urban area, which includes the village of Hartshill is over 82,000.

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 much of her early life. Nuneaton is also the birthplace of film director Ken Loach, and the former "standards and morality" campaigner Mary Whitehouse. It was also the birthplace and home of the game show host Larry Grayson, and of footballer Nigel Winterburn.

In fiction, Nuneaton is referred to as "Milby" in the George Eliot novel Scenes of Clerical Life (1858).

The town is near the M6 and M69 motorways, and the A5 road. It is also an important railway juncti...More