Stoke Aldermoor is a suburban community in south-eastern

Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed b ...

, West Midlands,

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. An area of Stoke Aldermoor consisting of a small estate alongside the north-east of Pinley Fields is called Pinley. It is bordered by the

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and the

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, and the suburbs of Stoke to the north, Whitley to the south-west and Ernesford Grange to the east.

Industry

During the

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, the Rootes No 1 Shadow Factory was located in Stoke Aldermoor.

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s, tank engines, truck engines and aero engines were produced at the factory. Rootes also maintained a training school in the area.''The Light Car'', 1912, Temple Press The factory was more recently used as the

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UK head office until they relocated to new purpose-built premises a short distance away in Pinley in 2008. In red you can see the sewer used

Popular culture

Stoke Aldermoor is also known locally in Hollywood movie fame as the place where the famous

Mini The Mini is a small, two-door, four-seat car, developed as ADO15, and produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors, from 1959 through 2000. Minus a brief hiatus, original Minis were built for four decades and sold during ...

sewer chase was shot for the film ''

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'', the Minis were lowered into the newly built sewers on the outskirts of Stoke Aldermoor and driven to the Finham Sewage Works.. In the television series ''

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'', exterior shots around Daisy and Onslow's

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were filmed in Stoke Aldermoor.

Politics

Stoke Aldermoor sits in the city council ward of Lower Stoke. Labour were elected as its representatives in the May 2012 by-elections.

References

External links

* {{Commonscat inline, Stoke Aldermoor Suburbs of Coventry