Harborough Magna

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Harborough Magna
Harborough Magna shown within Warwickshire
Population	461 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	SP4779
Parish	Harborough Magna
District	Rugby
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RUGBY
Postcode district	CV23
Dialling code	01788
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
European Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Rugby and Kenilworth
List of places: UK • England • Warwickshire

Coordinates: 52°24′40″N 1°18′06″W / 52.41106, -1.301604

Harborough Magna is a village and parish in Warwickshire England. Along with the adjoining hamlet of Harborough Parva and nearby Cathiron, the parish has a population of 461 (2001 census)^[1].

Harborough Magna is located around five miles north-west of Rugby on the B4112 road, and is part of the borough of Rugby. The M6 motorway lies about one mile north of the village, and the Oxford Canal about one mile south. Harborough Magna was to be the site of a service station on the M6 (the partially constructed slip roads are visible between the B4112 and Montilo Lane bridges), but the allocated site was too small^[2].

Harborough Magna was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Herdeberge. For many years the main source of employment in the village were sawmills near the canal at Cathiron.

Around one mile north-east of the village, is a nursing home for the elderly. Despite its remote location, between 1949 and 1983 it was a maternity hospital, and served as the only one in the Rugby area.