Coleshill, Warwickshire

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Coleshill is a market town and civil parish in North Warwickshire, England. It sits on a ridge between the River Cole and the River Blythe, near the West Midlands and just outside Birmingham. The population was about 6,900 in 2021.

History
Coleshill started in the Iron Age and later had a Romano-British site at Grimstock Hill. After Roman times, the town grew around a hilltop church. By 1066 it was a royal manor and is named in the Domesday Book. In medieval times Coleshill gained a market charter and became an important stop on the London–Chester coaching roads, with many inns along the High Street.

Landmarks
The Church of St Peter and St Paul dominates Market Square with a 52-metre tower and a 12th-century Norman font inside. There are medieval tombs and a preserved medieval cross near the church. A bronze sculpture in the High Street shows a stagecoach wheel, a circus elephant and the Typhoo tea founder’s link to the town.

Transport
Coleshill is close to the M6, M6 Toll and M42 motorways. Coleshill Parkway railway station opened in 2007 on the Birmingham–Peterborough line, with regular CrossCountry trains. Buses run on routes X13 (Birmingham to Chelmsley Wood) and 76 (Tamworth to Sutton Coldfield).

Media and people
BBC West Midlands and ITV Central provide television. Local radio includes BBC Radio WM and BBC CWR, among others. Local papers are the Leamington Courier and Warwick Courier. Coleshill is twinned with Chassieu, near Lyon, France, since 1983. The town also has Coleshill School, a long-standing local school.