Wilnecote

Wilnecote
Population	9,358 (Ward,2011)
OS grid reference	SK226012
District	Tamworth
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Tamworth
Postcode district	B77
Dialling code	01827
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands

Wilnecote is an English housing district about 3 km south east of Tamworth, Staffordshire. It is one of the largest communities in the town.

Wilnecote, listed as "Wilmundecote" in the Doomsday Book, is an old coal mining, lime-burning and brick-making area centred on an ancient village on Watling Street. It has several public houses including "The Red Lion", "The Globe Inn", "The Centurion" (on the nearby Centurion Park industrial estate) and "The Queen's Head". A fifth, called the Sandyback Pub, closed in January 2009 and has since been reopened.

The district is served by Wilnecote railway station with trains serviing Birmingham, Gloucester, Newport, Cardiff, Tamworth, Derby, Nottingham, Chepstow, Lydney, Caldicot, Ashchurch, Bromsgrove, University, Burton-on-Trent, Willington, Peartree, Spondon, Long Eaton, and Attenborough. Holy Trinity Church, Wilnecote sits on the highest point of the village. Schools in the area include Wilnecote High School.

Stonydelph, which lies immediately north of Wilnecote, is a post World War II development.

The Holy Trinity Church, rebuilt in 1821, overlooks the village and is built on the Roman road 'Watling Street'. The church design is unusual, as the entrance is halfway down the side of the building, as opposed to the end of the church. This was a consequence of the unusual expansion of the church as the village flourished.

Wilnecote borders Hockley, Dosthill, Two Gates, Belgrave and Stonydelph housing estates are being built along Ninian Way and Hedging Lane (on the old Tame Valley Alloys plot).

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