Long Lawford

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Long Lawford
Long Lawford shown within Warwickshire
Population	2,831 (2001)
OS grid reference	SP4776
Parish	Long Lawford
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°23′03″N 1°18′07″W / 52.384088, -1.30203

Long Lawford is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England, located just west of Rugby, in 2001 the parish had a population of 2,831.^[1]

The village is one of four Lawfords in the locality, and is named long because, historically, the village ran along the road between Rugby and Coventry. The other three Lawfords are Church Lawford, Little Lawford and Lawford Heath.

The main manor house in Long Lawford is Holbrook Grange, the ancestral home of the Caldecotts. Although the house has now changed hands, the influences of "The Caldecotts" remain, with one of the three village public houses called "The Caldecott Arms".

Long Lawford is effectively a suburb of Rugby, although it is not officially part of the town. There are three parts of Long Lawford; the first part is the old village, which contains many old buildings and several pubs. The second part contains a modern (1960s) council estate, a primary school, and a newer (1990s) residential area. A new development was built in 2006, just off the A428 road. The primary road in this development, Tee Tong Road, was named after the highest bidder (£1,300) in a Children in Need auction in November 2005.

The village is next to the A428 road. The Rugby to Coventry railway line (West Coast Main Line) runs through the village, but it has never had its own station.