Shilton, Warwickshire

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Shilton
Shilton shown within Warwickshire
Population	826 (2001)
OS grid reference	SP405844
Parish	Shilton
District	Rugby
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COVENTRY
Postcode district	CV7
Dialling code	024
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
European Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Nuneaton
List of places: UK • England • Warwickshire

Coordinates: 52°27′22″N 1°24′20″W / 52.45606, -1.40542

Shilton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. The parish of Shilton also includes the nearby hamlet of Barnacle, and in the 2001 census had a population of 826.

The village is about two miles north-east of Coventry on the B4065 road and at a crossroads with the B4029 road. Administratively, Shilton is in an outlying part of the borough of Rugby, although it is more than ten miles (16 km) from the town of Rugby.

Shilton is almost cut in two by the London to Manchester railway line (West Coast Main Line). It formerly had a railway station but this closed in 1957.

The village contains a number of old cottages along the main street, and two old pubs, the "Shilton Arms" and the "Old Plough".

Leicester Road is just past the Shilton arms. Leicester Road contains a farm which field lies next to the Shilton arms garden. As you enter Leicester Road on the left hand side there is a white house which used to be an old pub to but was changed into a house in 2002.