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Allesley

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Allesley

Browns Lane, Allesley, Coventry Browns Lane runs for over a mile along the western edge of Coventry: between-the-wars, 1920s-1930s ribbon development, houses with fields beyond their back gardens on the western side, the gaps gradually filled in later with more modern housing. On the Coventry side, visible on the left in this photo, a 'shadow factory' was built behind the houses in the late 1930s, using equipment and skills from the motor industry, in this case Daimler, to make aircraft parts for the coming war. This was to become the Jaguar Browns Lane car plant, in operation from 1951 to 2005. Since 2008 housing and a business park have been built on the site. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browns_Lane_plant" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browns_Lane_plant">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Browns Lane, Allesley, Coventry Credit: A J Paxton

Allesley is a village located in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is situated about four miles northwest of Coventry city center and is part of the Coventry district. The village is surrounded by picturesque countryside, offering residents and visitors a peaceful and idyllic setting.

Allesley has a rich history dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 and has been inhabited for centuries. The village has preserved its traditional character with charming thatched cottages, historic buildings, and a medieval church, St. John the Baptist, which dates back to the 14th century.

The village is well-served by amenities and facilities, including a primary school, a post office, a village hall, and several local shops and businesses. It also boasts a welcoming community atmosphere, with various social clubs and organizations catering to residents of all ages.

For nature enthusiasts, Allesley offers easy access to beautiful countryside walks and outdoor activities. The nearby Allesley Park provides a peaceful retreat with its expansive green spaces, woodlands, and a scenic lake. The park also hosts events and fairs throughout the year, attracting visitors from the surrounding areas.

Transport links to Allesley are convenient, with regular bus services connecting the village to Coventry and other nearby towns. The village is also close to major road networks, including the A45 and A46, making it easily accessible by car.

In summary, Allesley is a charming village in Warwickshire, known for its rich history, picturesque surroundings, and strong sense of community. It offers residents a tranquil and rural lifestyle while still being within easy reach of the amenities and attractions of Coventry.

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Browns Lane, Allesley, Coventry Browns Lane runs for over a mile along the western edge of Coventry: between-the-wars, 1920s-1930s ribbon development, houses with fields beyond their back gardens on the western side, the gaps gradually filled in later with more modern housing. On the Coventry side, visible on the left in this photo, a 'shadow factory' was built behind the houses in the late 1930s, using equipment and skills from the motor industry, in this case Daimler, to make aircraft parts for the coming war. This was to become the Jaguar Browns Lane car plant, in operation from 1951 to 2005. Since 2008 housing and a business park have been built on the site. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browns_Lane_plant" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browns_Lane_plant">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Browns Lane, Allesley, Coventry
Browns Lane runs for over a mile along the western edge of Coventry: between-the-wars, 1920s-1930s ribbon development, houses with fields beyond their back gardens on the western side, the gaps gradually filled in later with more modern housing. On the Coventry side, visible on the left in this photo, a 'shadow factory' was built behind the houses in the late 1930s, using equipment and skills from the motor industry, in this case Daimler, to make aircraft parts for the coming war. This was to become the Jaguar Browns Lane car plant, in operation from 1951 to 2005. Since 2008 housing and a business park have been built on the site. LinkExternal link
Off to work at BHX4 BHX4 is a 'receive centre' or 'cross dock facility' for Amazon goods. According to the Coventry Telegraph, everything sold by Amazon in the UK passes in and out of this facility, but the goods are not stored here for more than a few hours. Once processed, they are sent on to 'fulfilment centres' elsewhere in the UK 'and even Europe'. It is one of four Amazon sites in the Midlands, all named after the code for Birmingham Airport. The Telegraph reporter claims to have observed a 'fast-paced but good-natured atmosphere' in the building, which has three floors, each the size of eight football pitches. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-news-amazon-coventry-warehouse-15580127" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-news-amazon-coventry-warehouse-15580127">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> The receive centre is built on part of the site of the Jaguar Browns Lane plant, which made Jaguar cars between 1951 and 2005. This change of use is emblematic of the shift of employment in Coventry away from manufacturing to distribution and services.
Off to work at BHX4
BHX4 is a 'receive centre' or 'cross dock facility' for Amazon goods. According to the Coventry Telegraph, everything sold by Amazon in the UK passes in and out of this facility, but the goods are not stored here for more than a few hours. Once processed, they are sent on to 'fulfilment centres' elsewhere in the UK 'and even Europe'. It is one of four Amazon sites in the Midlands, all named after the code for Birmingham Airport. The Telegraph reporter claims to have observed a 'fast-paced but good-natured atmosphere' in the building, which has three floors, each the size of eight football pitches. LinkExternal link The receive centre is built on part of the site of the Jaguar Browns Lane plant, which made Jaguar cars between 1951 and 2005. This change of use is emblematic of the shift of employment in Coventry away from manufacturing to distribution and services.
Worsfold Close, Allesley
Worsfold Close, Allesley
The Windmill Hill, Allesley
The Windmill Hill, Allesley
The Windmill Hill, Allesley
The Windmill Hill, Allesley
Brown's Lane, Allesley
Brown's Lane, Allesley
Birmingham Road at the junction of Allesley Croft
Birmingham Road at the junction of Allesley Croft
Rye Hill, Allesley
Rye Hill, Allesley
Oak tree and fencing, Pickford The fencing indicates that this still-rural part of western Coventry, to the south of the A45, is soon to be built up with housing.
Oak tree and fencing, Pickford
The fencing indicates that this still-rural part of western Coventry, to the south of the A45, is soon to be built up with housing.
Oak tree by building site fence, Pickford The fence indicates that these fields on the western edge of Coventry, south of the A45, are soon to be built up with housing. I hope the mature trees will survive the earth moving and will be incorporated into the new development. Having misread the map I was on the wrong side of the hedge; the public footpath runs along the other side, off to the right of the photo.
Oak tree by building site fence, Pickford
The fence indicates that these fields on the western edge of Coventry, south of the A45, are soon to be built up with housing. I hope the mature trees will survive the earth moving and will be incorporated into the new development. Having misread the map I was on the wrong side of the hedge; the public footpath runs along the other side, off to the right of the photo.
Footpath alongside Windmill Village Golf Club, Allesley The footpath runs down the slope from the A45 dual carriageway to a footbridge over the Pickford Brook, where it forks, with paths continuing to Lower and to Upper Eastern Green. The footpath marker has been overgrown by the hedge surrounding the golf course, but a Henry Moore hole has been cut in the hedge to reveal it. The A45 is a formidable barrier to pedestrians here and is too dangerous to cross on foot.
Footpath alongside Windmill Village Golf Club, Allesley
The footpath runs down the slope from the A45 dual carriageway to a footbridge over the Pickford Brook, where it forks, with paths continuing to Lower and to Upper Eastern Green. The footpath marker has been overgrown by the hedge surrounding the golf course, but a Henry Moore hole has been cut in the hedge to reveal it. The A45 is a formidable barrier to pedestrians here and is too dangerous to cross on foot.
Barn at Windmill Village Hotel, Allesley This barn once formed part of Windmill Farm and now belongs to the Windmill Village golf hotel complex. It has been converted sensitively, on the outside at least; whatever it may be used for now, its frontage facing the busy A45 Birmingham Road still displays the plain lines of a traditional barn, with its high double doors.
Barn at Windmill Village Hotel, Allesley
This barn once formed part of Windmill Farm and now belongs to the Windmill Village golf hotel complex. It has been converted sensitively, on the outside at least; whatever it may be used for now, its frontage facing the busy A45 Birmingham Road still displays the plain lines of a traditional barn, with its high double doors.
Direction Sign – Signpost at Harvest Hill Located in Harvest Hill on the south side of the junction of Oak Lane and Brick Hill Lane. Allesley parish. 2 arms and annulus finial. See also <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2058411" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2058411">Link</a>. Milestone Society National ID: WA_SP2782
Direction Sign – Signpost at Harvest Hill
Located in Harvest Hill on the south side of the junction of Oak Lane and Brick Hill Lane. Allesley parish. 2 arms and annulus finial. See also Link. Milestone Society National ID: WA_SP2782
Direction Sign – Signpost on Harvest Hill Lane, Allesley Located on a grass triangle in the centre of the junction of Oak Lane and Harvest Hill Lane in Allesley parish. 3 arms and annulus finial. See also <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5938896" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5938896">Link</a> and <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5285215" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5285215">Link</a>. Milestone Society National ID: WA_SP2882
Direction Sign – Signpost on Harvest Hill Lane, Allesley
Located on a grass triangle in the centre of the junction of Oak Lane and Harvest Hill Lane in Allesley parish. 3 arms and annulus finial. See also Link and Link. Milestone Society National ID: WA_SP2882
Direction Sign – Signpost on Washbrook Lane in Allesley Located on a grass triangle in the centre of the junction of Washbrook Lane and Oak Lane in Allesley parish. 3 arms and annulus finial. See also <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6832482" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6832482">Link</a>. Milestone Society National ID: WA_SP2982A
Direction Sign – Signpost on Washbrook Lane in Allesley
Located on a grass triangle in the centre of the junction of Washbrook Lane and Oak Lane in Allesley parish. 3 arms and annulus finial. See also Link. Milestone Society National ID: WA_SP2982A
Direction Sign – Signpost on Washbrook Lane in Allesley Located on a grass triangle in the centre of the junction of Washbrook Lane and Hawkes Mill Lane in Allesley parish. 3 arms and annulus finial. See also <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6832485" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6832485">Link</a>. Milestone Society National ID: WA_SP2982B
Direction Sign – Signpost on Washbrook Lane in Allesley
Located on a grass triangle in the centre of the junction of Washbrook Lane and Hawkes Mill Lane in Allesley parish. 3 arms and annulus finial. See also Link. Milestone Society National ID: WA_SP2982B
HPL Building, Allesley This factory with a fine art deco frontage greets travellers approaching Coventry along the A45 from Birmingham. It dates from the late 1930s, according to the Heritage Gateway site <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCT6355&resourceID=1029" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCT6355&resourceID=1029">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> and is locally listed; see the Coventry City Council site <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/file/17245/local_list_of_buildings_of_architectural_or_historic_interest.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/file/17245/local_list_of_buildings_of_architectural_or_historic_interest.pdf">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> . It was built for Triumph, the motorcycle manufacturers, for their service division, and was known as the 'Model Garage', according to Dave Gleed, who worked there and is quoted by Our Warwickshire <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/old-standard-triumph-buildings" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/old-standard-triumph-buildings">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> : "I loved my job, working with a great bunch of lads. It was like being in the army again, a band of brothers. I mean, you spend more time with them than with your wives." On reflection, I think the style is more art moderne than art deco, like the Tollgate pub not far away on Holyhead Road in Allesley - a sleek, streamlined style for the new motor roads of the 1930s. The strong horizontal lines, curved corners and glass bricks all suggest art moderne; see the Architectural Styles blog <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://architecturestyles.org/art-deco/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://architecturestyles.org/art-deco/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> .
HPL Building, Allesley
This factory with a fine art deco frontage greets travellers approaching Coventry along the A45 from Birmingham. It dates from the late 1930s, according to the Heritage Gateway site LinkExternal link and is locally listed; see the Coventry City Council site LinkExternal link . It was built for Triumph, the motorcycle manufacturers, for their service division, and was known as the 'Model Garage', according to Dave Gleed, who worked there and is quoted by Our Warwickshire LinkExternal link : "I loved my job, working with a great bunch of lads. It was like being in the army again, a band of brothers. I mean, you spend more time with them than with your wives." On reflection, I think the style is more art moderne than art deco, like the Tollgate pub not far away on Holyhead Road in Allesley - a sleek, streamlined style for the new motor roads of the 1930s. The strong horizontal lines, curved corners and glass bricks all suggest art moderne; see the Architectural Styles blog LinkExternal link .
Flats, Birmingham Road, Allesley These council flats in Allesley resemble the ones built around 1950 by the Coventry Corporation City Architect's department under Donald Gibson in the Stonebridge estate on the south side of the city; see <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7588116">SP3375 : Flats, Gregory Hood Road, Coventry</a>. The layout is similar, too; some, like these, face onto a green and the main road, others are laid out in monotonous parallel lines, as at Stonebridge.
Flats, Birmingham Road, Allesley
These council flats in Allesley resemble the ones built around 1950 by the Coventry Corporation City Architect's department under Donald Gibson in the Stonebridge estate on the south side of the city; see SP3375 : Flats, Gregory Hood Road, Coventry. The layout is similar, too; some, like these, face onto a green and the main road, others are laid out in monotonous parallel lines, as at Stonebridge.
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Allesley is located at Grid Ref: SP2981 (Lat: 52.430386, Lng: -1.569335)

Unitary Authority: Coventry

Police Authority: West Midlands

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Bus Stop
The Windmill Hill / Cameron Close
Bench: no
Bin: no
Bus: yes
Lit: yes
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Public Transport: platform
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Shelter: no
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Survey Date: 2021-03-23
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The Windmill Hill / Cameron Close
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Bus: yes
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Public Transport: platform
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Survey Date: 2021-03-23
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Bench: no
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Lit: yes
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Naptan Status: ACT
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Public Transport: platform
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Shelter: no
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Survey Date: 2021-03-23
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Traffic Calming: choker
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Waste Basket
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Grit Bin
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Post Box
Collection Plate: CP1
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