Wolston

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Wolston
Wolston (Warwickshire)
Wolston

Wolston shown within Warwickshire
Population 2,357 (2001)
OS grid reference SP422748
District Rugby
Shire county Warwickshire
Region West Midlands
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town COVENTRY
Postcode district CV8
Dialling code 024
Police Warwickshire
Fire Warwickshire
Ambulance West Midlands
European Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament Rugby and Kenilworth
List of places: UKEnglandWarwickshire

Coordinates: 52°22′N 1°23′W / 52.37, -1.39

Wolston is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England. The village is located roughly halfway between Rugby and Coventry, and has a population of about 2,300.

The River Avon flows through the village. Near the river are the remains of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle (Brandon Castle). One of the most notable features in the village is a railway viaduct which dates from the 1830s and was part of the original London and Birmingham Railway. The viaduct separates Wolston from the smaller village of Brandon.

The village contains a primary school (Wolston St Margarets Primary C of E School), library, and a small selection of shops and pubs, and is close to the A45 road and the Fosse Way. Wolston used to have a secondary school but it was knocked down and replaced with a community centre. There was also another school which was knocked down. Wolston once had a railway station on the Rugby-Coventry line, but this was closed, although one of the platforms can still be seen. Periodic calls are made to re-open the station as the combined population of Wolston and Brandon is almost 3,000.

Wolston also has a wood (or forest). The main area has been converted into a dirt track for BMX riding. Further down in the woods, there is a picturesque area with a river and an incline (known to locals as the full-drop). There are ruins of a coal mine further along down the area.

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