Wyken

This article is about the suburb of Coventry. For the hamlet in Shropshire, see Wyken, Shropshire.

Wyken
Church of St Mary Magdalene
Wyken is located in West Midlands county
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52°25′00″N 1°27′59″W / 52.416570°N 1.466527°W / 52.416570; -1.466527
Church of St Mary Magdalene

Wyken, a suburb of Coventry, in the county of the West Midlands, England, is situated between the areas of Stoke and Walsgrave, three miles east-northeast of Coventry city centre. The population of this Coventry Ward taken at the 2011 census was 16,818.[1] It is a fairly large ward spreading as far as the Binley area. The majority of the houses in Wyken are terraced houses.

The original parish ran close to the River Sowe and was mainly flat except for Wyken Heath and Wyken Knob near Stoke Heath.

  1. ^ "Coventry Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 December 2015.