Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK 作者： 来源： 发布时间：2021-04-01
I. Population and Area
Continent: Europe
Country: The U.K
State/Province: England
City/Town: Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Total Area: 30.48(sq mi)
Population in 2011: 86.55（thousand）
II. Natural Geography (environment and resources)
Nuneaton is 8 miles (13 km) north of Coventry, 18 miles (29 km) east of Birmingham, 16 miles (26 km) south-west of Leicester and 103 miles (166 km) northwest of London. The River Anker runs through the town.
The town centre lies 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of the Leicestershire border (which is defined by the A5 road the former Roman Watling Street), 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Staffordshire, and 13 miles (21 km) south-south-east from Derbyshire’s southernmost point.
Towns close to Nuneaton include Bedworth, Atherstone and Hinckley, with Tamworth, Rugby and Lutterworth a little further afield.
Road
The town is near the M6, the M42 and M69 motorways and the main A5 trunk road (Watling Street), which also acts as a border with Leicestershire and the neighbouring town of Hinckley. The A444 provides a high-speed dual-carriageway route into the town from the south and also acts as the often busy town centre ring road. The A47 links the town with neighbouring Hinckley and onwards to Leicester, and the A4254 – Eastern Relief Road – provides direct access from the east of Nuneaton to the south, avoiding the town centre.
Rail
The town has two railway stations: the main Nuneaton railway station near the town centre is an important railway junction, served by the West Coast Main Line running from London to the North West, the cross-country Birmingham to Peterborough Line and by a line to Coventry via Bedworth. A new railway station at Bermuda Park was opened south of the town centre in 2016 on the line towards Coventry, as part of the NUCKLE (Nuneaton, Coventry, Kenilworth, and Leamington) rail upgrade scheme.
Historically Nuneaton was also served by Chilvers Coton station, Abbey Street station, and Stockingford station: Chilvers Coton station was located on the Coventry line, a short distance north of the new Bermuda Park station, and was closed in 1965, Abbey Street station, and Stockingford station were on the line towards Birmingham and were both closed in 1968. In January 2017, there were proposals to open a new station at Stockingford, at a different location from the former one, which could open by 2023. Warwickshire County Council have also proposed a new Nuneaton Parkway station between Nuneaton and Hinckley which could open by 2034.
Bus
The principal operator around Nuneaton is Stagecoach in Warwickshire and the depot is located next to the fire station on Newtown Road, just west from the bus station. Arriva Midlands also operate around Nuneaton with buses running to Tamworth, Hinckley, Barwell, Leicester. MIRA Routes 66. 67 also operate from the town centre to Hinckley town via the MIRA technology park.
Canal
The Coventry Canal passes through Nuneaton, while the Ashby Canal skirts the town's south-eastern outskirts.
III. ECONOMY
The Annual Population Survey (APS) is a combined survey of households in Great Britain. Its purpose is to provide information on key social and socioeconomic variables between the 10-yearly censuses, with particular emphasis on providing information relating to sub-regional (local authority) areas.
Reference Website:
https://data.warwickshire.gov.uk/economy-and-employment/report/view/710c00039758403aa64a5a090e148814/E07000219/
IV. Industrial Characterisitics
Major industries：Industries. The coal, clay, and stone found in Nuneaton and Bedworth were key to the development of industry in the area. By the late 19th century, many brickworks, quarries and factories had developed and were transporting the goods they made all over the country via the canal, road and rail networks.
Big project：Transforming Nuneaton
Details: Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council and Warwickshire County Council are working together to deliver the transformation of Nuneaton town centre, to achieve a mixed used regeneration proposal aimed at boosting economic growth in the town and providing new employment opportunities.
Reference Website:
https://www.nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk/major-projects
V. Attractions
1. Arbury Hall：
The hall is on the site of the dissolved Augustinian Arbury Priory, and has a blend of Elizabethan and 18th-century Gothic Revival architecture, all in 300 acres of idyllic parkland.In 1819 one of the great writers of the Victorian period, George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) was born on one of the estate’s farms to the land agent of the estate.
2. Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery：
The flower garden in Riversley Park is the pretty location for Nuneaton’s local museum, which opened in a red brick Historicist building in 1917. If Arbury Hall piqued your interest, the main attraction will be the gallery dedicated to George Eliot, her career and her early life in Nuneaton.
3. Triumph Motorcycles Visitor Experience：
Hinckley, just on the other side of the A5 from Nuneaton, is the home of the UK’s biggest motorcycle manufacturer. Triumph is a treasured British marque, founded in 1902 by the German immigrant, Siegfried Bettmann from Nuremberg.
Reference Website:
https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-things-to-do-in-nuneaton-warwickshire-england/
VI. History
Early history
Nuneaton was originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement known as 'Etone' or 'Eaton', which translates literally as 'settlement by water'. 'Etone' was listed in the Domesday Book as a small hamlet. The settlement gained its current name of Nuneaton in the mid-12th-century when a Benedictine nunnery known as Nuneaton Priory (parts of which still exist) was established. A market was established in 1226, which is still held, and Nuneaton developed into a thriving market town. The nunnery was destroyed in 1539 during King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Civic history
A local board of health had been set up in Nuneaton in 1848 to provide the town with necessary infrastructure such as paved roads, clean drinking water, street lighting and sewerage. The old parish of Nuneaton included the settlements of Attleborough and Stockingford. The parish was joined with Chilvers Coton parish in 1894 to form an urban district. Nuneaton was upgraded to the status of a municipal borough in 1907, to which the parishes of Weddington and part of Caldecote were added in 1931. In 1974, the Municipal Borough of Nuneaton was merged with Bedworth Urban District to create the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth.
Second World War
Nuneaton suffered heavy bombing damage during The Blitz in the Second World War between 1940 and 1942. The heaviest bombing raid on Nuneaton took place on 17 May 1941, when 130 people were killed, 380 houses were destroyed, and over 10,000 damaged.[
VII. Culture
Nuneaton has two non-league football teams: Nuneaton Boro (nicknamed "the Boro") who play in the National League North and Nuneaton Griff who play in the Midland Football League Division One. Sunday League football is played in the town, with teams from Nuneaton, Bedworth and North Warwickshire competing in the Nuneaton & District Sunday Football League (NDSFL).
There are three rugby union clubs: Nuneaton R.F.C. (nicknamed "the Nuns"), who play in National 3 Midlands, Nuneaton Old Edwardians of Midlands 2 West (South) division and Manor Park of the Midlands 3 West (South) league.
The town is also the location of Nuneaton Bowling club, where flat green bowls is played.
There are three main leisure centres in the town owned by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council and managed by Everyone Active on the council's behalf (after a competitive tender process):
·Pingles Leisure Centre – The Pingles is the main leisure centre in Nuneaton. It was rebuilt in 2004 to replace the original Pingles that was built in 1965. The new Pingles includes an indoor and outdoor swimming areas, a dance studio and gym.
·The Pingles Stadium - The Pingles Stadium was built in 1998. It has a 4,000 capacity with a 250-seater stand, athletics track, and football pitch. The stadium is home to Nuneaton Harriers Athletic Club, Nuneaton Griff Football Club and Nuneaton Triathlon Club.
·Jubilee Sports Centre – The Jubilee Sports Centre is a sports hall. The hall is used for various sports including badminton, five-a-side football/indoor football and basketball. The Jubilee also has a scoreboard, used for major basketball and indoor football matches. The hall can be hired out for uses such as karate lessons.
·Etone Sports Centre – Etone Sports Centre is another sports hall. Etone sports hall also has astroturf football pitches which are used also for hockey. The centre is in the grounds of the school which bears the same name, Etone School, but 'Everyone Active' maintains the building.
Nuneaton has a museum and art gallery in the grounds of Riversley Park adjacent to the town centre. The museum includes a display on George Eliot. Eliot's family home Griff House is now a restaurant and hotel on the A444.
The Abbey Theatre is Nuneaton's only theatre and hosts a wide variety of performances including visiting opera and ballet companies, touring shows, musicals, pantomime and drama. Run solely by volunteers, the Abbey Theatre seats 250 plus space for wheelchair patrons.
Nuneaton annually enters the Britain in Bloom competition and in 2000, Nuneaton and Bedworth was a national finalist. It is the location of Nuneaton Carnival, the largest carnival in Warwickshire, which takes place every June.
Nuneaton was home to the smallest independent newspaper in Britain (the Heartland Evening News) until it was purchased in 2006 by life News & Media.
Public art in Nuneaton includes a statue of George Eliot on Newdegate Square, and the Gold Belt.
VIII. Other information
Landmarks
A major local landmark in Nuneaton, which can be seen for many miles is Mount Judd which is a conical shaped former spoil heap, 158 metres (518 ft) high made from spoil from the former Judkins Quarry. It is also known locally as the Nuneaton Nipple. In May 2018 it was voted the best UK landmark in an online poll for the Daily Mirror newspaper, beating competition from the likes of the Angel of the North and Big Ben.
Another well known landmark is the Roanne Fountain, also known as the Dandelion Fountain, which sits in the middle of a roundabout in the town centre, it was built in 2000, and features 385 spraying arms which spray out 50,000 gallons of water per hour. In 2016 it was voted the 'UK Roundabout of the Year' by the Roundabout Appreciation Society, who stated that the town should feel "very proud for achieving such a high roundabout accolade.
IX. Contact information
Mayor/Officer: June Tandy
Tel: 024 7637 6376
Mail: civic.leg@nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk
Reference Website:
https://www.nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk/info/20057/mayor/263/the_mayor_and_civic_office