Stoneleigh, Warwickshire
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Stoneleigh is a small village in Warwickshire, England on the River Sowe. Stoneleigh is about 4 miles (6 km) south of Coventry, about 3 miles (4 km) north of Leamington Spa, and about 600 yards northeast of the confluence of the River Sowe and River Avon.
Stoneleigh does not have a Public House. All three were closed by Lord Leigh over one hundred years ago after his daughter was laughed at by drunks when she was going to church on a tricycle.
Stoneleigh village has a church called the Church of the Virgin Mary.
[edit] Stoneleigh Abbey
Stoneleigh Abbey is to the south west of the village of Stoneleigh. It was founded by the Cistercians in 1154. It was the home of the Leigh family from 1561 to 1990. In 1996 Lord John Piers Leigh transferred the ownership of Stoneleigh Abbey and its 690-acre grounds to a charitable trust, and then between 1996 and 2000 it was extensively renovated with the help of grants including a large grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
[edit] Stoneleigh Park
Stoneleigh Park (previously known as the National Agricultural Centre) is to the south-west of the village. Stoneleigh Park is an exhibition and conference centre which hosts, among many other annual events, the Royal Show, a huge agricultural event, and the Town and Country Festival.
