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Tile Hill is a suburb in the west of
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, West Midlands, England. It is mostly residential and partly industrial, with some
common land Common land is collective land (sometimes only open to those whose nation governs the land) in which all persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel. A person ...
and wooded areas. Tile Hill railway station is located on the
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which links
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with London and
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, and is situated at the southwestern border with the city's
Canley Canley is a suburban neighbourhood located in south-west Coventry, England. Canley became part of Coventry as a result of successive encroachment of the latter's boundaries between 1928 and 1932, having historically been part of the Stoneleigh ...
district and the Metropolitan Borough of
Solihull Solihull ( ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe in the Arden, Warwickshire, Forest of Arden ar ...
.


Geography

Tile Hill is seated in the ancient
Forest of Arden The Forest of Arden is a territory and cultural reference point in the English West Midlands, that in antiquity and into the Early Modern Period covered much of that district: 'This great forest once extended across a wide band of Middle Engl ...
, and some remnants of the forest remain between the built up areas. Tile Hill Lane is flanked by Plants Hill Wood to the south and Pig Wood to the north. It is bounded by the districts of Lime Tree Park (to the east),
Eastern Green Eastern Green is a mainly residential suburb in the far west of Coventry, England, and was formerly a village in Warwickshire. Its most western area is Upper Eastern Green and the eastern area is Lower Eastern Green, though residents generally d ...
(to the north) and
Canley Canley is a suburban neighbourhood located in south-west Coventry, England. Canley became part of Coventry as a result of successive encroachment of the latter's boundaries between 1928 and 1932, having historically been part of the Stoneleigh ...
(to the south). Tile Hill Lane approximately divides the suburb into a northern and a southern section comprising three main neighbourhoods, though not all are indicated on local road signage :- *Tile Hill North (north of Tile Hill Lane) which primarily consists of postwar state housing (aside from Nutbrook Avenue), extends to Broad Lane in the north, beyond Banner Lane to the west, and to Tile Hill Lane in the south. *Tile Hill South (south of Tile Hill Lane) which comprises mainly private residences extends from Tile Hill Lane in the north, to the railway line in the south. *Tile Hill Village which is the more prosperous area and provides the main gateway into Coventry and out towards Burton Green (
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) and
Solihull Solihull ( ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe in the Arden, Warwickshire, Forest of Arden ar ...
Borough, at the city's western extremity. The Tanyard Farm area was built in the early-1980s and is an extension of Tile Hill Village to the north, and to the west of Banner Lane towards Eastern Green.


Education

There are two secondary schools in Tile Hill:
Finham Park 2 Finham Park 2 is a secondary school and sixth form located on Torrington Avenue in Tile Hill, Coventry. It was founded on 1 September 2015 as a sequel school to the already existing Finham Park School, a secondary school and sixth form situat ...
and West Coventry Academy. Primary and junior schools in Tile Hill include Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Junior School, Leigh Church of England Junior School, Limbrick Wood Primary School, whilst Templars Junior School has been replaced by housing and resited.
Hereward College Hereward College of Further Education, better known simply as Hereward College, is a general further education college, specialising for young people with disabilities and additional needs in Tile Hill, Coventry, England. It is governed by the ...
is a further education college for students with disabilities of various kinds.
Coventry College City College Coventry was a further education college based in the city of Coventry, England. It was formed in 2002 through the merger of two previous colleges in the city, although through them it has roots going back to the 19th century. ...
(formerly Tile Hill College before merger with Coventry Technical College in 2002), was adjacent to Hereward College. The college buildings have since been demolished and Coventry College has relocated to a new purpose-built campus close to Swanswell Pool, near Coventry city centre.


Local landmarks

Some of the notable landmarks in the Tile Hill area include: *Site of the former
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/
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factory, offices and social club which closed in 2003. The 16-storey 1970s Massey Ferguson office tower was demolished on 8 July 2012. The former factory buildings have been demolished to make way for a
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with housing and a science and technology park containing small industrial units. *The new Tile Hill Library, One Stop Shop and Neighbourhood Management Centre opened by The Deputy Lord Mayor of Coventry Councillor Jack Harrison MBE JP with the cutting of a ceremonial cake on Friday 23 May 2008. *Pig Wood. *Limbrick Wood. *Plants Hill Wood. *
Tile Hill Wood Tile Hill Wood is a woodland, wood between Hawthorn Lane and Banner Lane in the Tile Hill area of Coventry, England. It has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Local Nature Reserve. It is stewarded by the Covent ...
and nature reserve. *Maxims Casino. *"The Ponderosa", the local name of a small park, named after the ranch on the
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TV series being broadcast at the time the park was made. *The "Banana" flats on Jardine Crescent. *Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church. *St.Oswalds Anglican Church. *St.James C Of E Church *Limbrick Wood Baptist Church *Tile Hill Social Club (demolished August 2012) *Standard Triumph Social Club. *Wing Wah Chinese restaurant. *The Penny Farthing restaurant. *The Newlands public house. *The Bell Inn. *Jardine Crescent shopping precinct.


Notable residents

The artist, George Shaw, moved into Tile Hill in 1968 with his family. The estate in Tile Hill his family moved to was built after the war, as part of the nationwide programme to create a modern future. The estate is open-plan, cut across by long paths and roads, and edged with woods, a remnant of what was once the Forest of Arden. George used this suburban environment as the inspiration to paint highly detailed, almost photo-realistic works using the novel medium of
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Model Paint. The children’s author
Cathy Cassidy Cathy Cassidy (born 13 June 1962) is an English author of young adult fiction. She was born in Coventry, Warwickshire. For a number of years she lived near New Galloway in Scotland where she started writing her novels, but has since returned to ...
also grew up in Tile Hill and used some of her childhood memories in her books.


Notable events

Tile Hill was a scene of carnage and made the national headlines on 19 December 1988 when the Tile Hill Village branch of
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was raided by two armed robbers. When police responded and pursued the raiders, one of them shot dead 29-year-old officer Gavin Carlton and wounded his colleague Leonard Jakeman as the pursuit reached Torrington Avenue. The gunman, 22-year-old David Fisher, then broke into a house in the city's
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district, where he was surrounded by armed officers before shooting himself dead.


Roads named after people

*Jardine Crescent is named after Dan Jardine, the Site Foreman during the construction of the Tile Hill North estate. *Dormer Harris Avenue is named after
Mary Dormer Harris Mary Dormer Harris (1867–3 March 1936) was a British local historian whose focus was the medieval history of Coventry. She was also a translator, writer and suffragist. Early life Harris was born at Dale Farm, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, Ston ...
(1867–1936) the local historian. *Robert Cramb Avenue named after the Lord Mayor of Coventry in 1947. *James Green Road, named after the engineer responsible for surveying the route of the
Bude Canal The Bude Canal was a canal built to serve the hilly hinterland in the Cornwall and Devon border territory in the United Kingdom, chiefly to bring lime-bearing sand for agricultural fertiliser. The Bude Canal system was one of the most unusual ...
.


Photographs

Image:Maxims Casino -Coventry -29j08.jpg, Maxims Casino (June 2008) (casino now closed - building is now used by 'Winners Chapel') Image:AGCO Coventry 18o06.jpg, Massey Ferguson/AGCO tower, demolished in summer 2012 Image:Gravel Hill.jpeg, Autumn in Gravel Hill Image:Tile hill shops 26a07.JPG, The distinctive St. Oswalds church tower on Jardine Crescent Image:Edge of Plants Hill Wood.JPG, Southern edge of Plants Hill Wood Image:Jardine Crescent 26a07.jpg, The "Banana" flats on Jardine Crescent, Tile Hill North Image:City College - Tile Hill Centre 1m08.JPG, The former Tile Hill Centre of City College (now demolished)


References

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