Rugby in Warwickshire
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Rugby is a market town in
Warwickshire located on the
River Avon . The town has a population of 62,000 making it
the second largest town in the county. The enclosing
Borough of Rugby has a population of 92,000.
Rugby is 13 miles (21 km) east of Coventry , on the eastern edge of Warwickshire, near the borders with Northamptonshire and Leicestershire . The town is credited with being the birthplace of rugby football .Nikolaus Pevsner as ‘Butterfieldtown’ due to the number of buildings designed by William Butterfield in the 19th century, including much of Rugby School and the extension of St Andrews church .
William Webb Ellis statue © G-Man
Rugby town centre includes numerous restaurants of various kinds and many pubs. In 2002,
Brownsover Fish Bar on Hollowell Way, Brownsover, was named as the best seller of
Fish and Chips in the country. The town centre is noted for its large number of pubs; in the 1960s it was recorded as having the second-highest number of pubs per square mile in England. The main shopping area in Rugby is in the streets around the
Clock Tower , two of which – High Street and Sheep Street – are pedestrianised. The town centre has an indoor shopping centre called The Clock Towers which opened in 1980. A street market is held in the town centre several days a week. In recent years several out-of-town retail centres have opened to the north of the town. Rugby also contains several large parks, most notably
Caldecott Park near the town hall.
Rugby’s economy is mainly industrial. It is an engineering centre and has a long history of producing gas and steam turbines at the
GEC and at the
AEI . The AEI was earlier
British Thomson-Houston or BTH. They used to dominate employment in the town. They are now amalgamated to form
Alstom . Engineering in Rugby is still the most important sector. Since the 1980s several large industrial estates have been built to the north of the town, and warehousing and distribution have become major employers.
Further afield, within the Rugby borough is the
Rolls-Royce engineering works near
Ansty . This is nearer to Coventry than Rugby, but is a major employer to the Rugby population. Tourism is also important to the town’s economy, especially related to Rugby football.
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