More Stuff about Coleshill

Coleshill is in Warwickshire. It’s believed its name comes from the River Cole.  It has a population of over six thousand and lies eleven miles to the east of  the city of Birmingham.

Coleshill is found on a hill between the Cole and Blythe rivers which meet up just north with the Tame.  It is just to the east of the border with West Midlands county outside Birmingham. It’s classed as in the West Midlands conurbation, although it has buffer zones of green space between the two.

Coleshill began life in the Iron Age, before the Roman conquest. Evidence of hut circles was found by archaeologists at the end of the 1970’s.  These digs showed that there was a Roman / Celtic temple on Grimstock Hill all through the Roman occupation.  It grew over the top of Iron Age huts from an earlier period covering probablyat least three phases of development.  it covered territory controlled by two powerful Celtic Tribes.

In coaching days Coleshill was an important staging post on the coaching roads from London, Holyhead,Chester and Liverpool. there were about twenty Inns in the town at one point . Lots of the former coaching inns are still operating (eg the Coach And Horses) in Coleshill, in the High Street /Coventry Road. A famous town building is the Church of St Peter and St Paul above (strangely enough), Church Hil.

Located in the market square (church Hill) is the town’s pillory plus whipping post.In the old days, drunks and bakers who cheated by selling underweight loaves were punished there. Nowadays, they are another of the town’s many visitor attractions, having been restored and preserved by a local well known family, the Gascoignes

Towards the end of Coleshill, just past Packington Lane, is a red post box, a very rare Edward VIII th one. One of only a few to have been sited before he abdicated.

The town is situated very close to the M6, M6 Toll and M42 motorways.

Coleshill High Street is vibrant centre and offers excellent local shopping including an independent butcher, a number of hotels, pubs. restaurants and coffee shop and has something for everyone.

Schools in the area include The Coleshill School, Coleshill Church of England Primary School, St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary School and High Meadow Infant School. >

Coleshill is close to and convenient for Kingsbury Water Park, Ash End House Children’s Farm, Middleton Hall and Maxstoke Castle.

Coleshill Schools

The Coleshill School

The Coleshill School,

Coventry Rd,

Coleshill,

Birmingham,

B46 3EX

Coleshill C of E Primary School

Wingfield Rd,

Coleshill,

Birmingham

B46 3LL

St Edwards R C Primary School

Packington Ln,
Coleshill,
Birmingham
B46 3JE

High Meadow Community School

Norton Rd,
Coleshill
B46 1ES

Coleshill Railway Station

Coleshill Parkway,

Coleshill,

Birmingham

B46 1JZ

In 2007 a new station opened as Coleshill Parkway, cloose to the Forge Mills site and about 1.25 miles east of Water Orton.

It is on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line and is gets trains half hourly  from the CrossCountry  company.

This is on the line that connects  Coleshill to Nuneaton, Leicester, Peterborough, Cambridge and Stansted Airport.