Ansley, Warwickshire

Ansley
Ansley is located in Warwickshire
Ansley
Ansley
Location within Warwickshire
Population2,207 [1]
OS grid referenceSP301914
Civil parish
  • Ansley
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNUNEATON
Postcode districtCV10
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
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Warwickshire
52°31′16″N 1°33′33″W / 52.52111°N 1.55917°W / 52.52111; -1.55917

Ansley is a civil parish in Warwickshire consisting of Ansley, Ansley Common, Church End, Birchley Heath and, previously, Ansley Hall Colliery.

Ansley is on the River Bourne, a tributary of the River Tame. The parish is 526 ft above sea level.[2] The Arley Tunnel runs underneath Ansley village. Built in 1864 it forms part of the Birmingham to Leicester railway line.[3]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ Lewis, Samuel (1831). A topographical dictionary of England : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions ; and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, boroughs, bishoprics, universities, and colleges, and of the seals of the various municipal corporations. London, UK: S Lewis and Co. p. 40.
  3. ^ "Arley Tunnel". railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2023.