Binley Woods

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Binley Woods
Binley Woods shown within Warwickshire
Population	2,607 (2001)
OS grid reference	SP395775
Parish	Binley Woods
District	Rugby
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COVENTRY
Postcode district	CV3
Dialling code	024
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
European Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Rugby and Kenilworth
List of places: UK • England • Warwickshire

Coordinates: 52°23′38″N 1°25′12″W / 52.394, -1.42

Binley Woods is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,607.

The village is located 5 miles (8 km) to the east of central Coventry, on the A428 road, next to the junction with the A46 road. The village of Brandon lies 1.5 miles (2.5 km) to the east.

Binley Woods is a relatively modern village. Settlement began in the 1920s, when some of the estates of Coombe Abbey were sold off and people began to settle in the area. During the 1940s many homeless people from bombed-out Coventry lived in Binley, often living in shacks and caravans.

The village adopted its current name in the late 1950s, when the name Binley Woods was chosen to avoid confusion with nearby Binley, a suburb south-west of Coventry. A village church was established in Binley Woods in 1987.

As the name suggests, Binley Woods is close to some woods; Brandon Wood, next to the village, is jointly managed by the Forestry Commission and a local group, the "Friends of Brandon Wood".

Binley Woods' main claim to fame is that it was used as one of the locations for the filming of the 1990s BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.