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Rugby's position on a hill overlooking the Avon, made it an ideal location for a defended Dobunni watch settlement. During the Roman period the Roman town of Tripontium was established on the Watling Street Roman road around 3.4 miles (5.5 km) north-east of what is now Rugby, this was later abandoned when the Romans left Britain. [4]
The purpose-built building housing it is shared with Rugby library; it was opened in 2000 and was built in the place of Rugby's previous library. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The art gallery holds "The Rugby Collection", over 170 items of 20th century and contemporary British art, including prints, drawings and paintings by artists such as L. S. Lowry ...
Ryton-on-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is situated 6 miles (8.8 km) south-east of Coventry and 8 miles (12.1 km) west of Rugby . The 2001 census recorded a population of 1,672 in the parish , [ 1 ] increasing to 1,813 at the 2011 census . [ 2 ]
Pages in category "Rugby, Warwickshire" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Rugby. Atherstone. Leamington Spa. Warwick. Stratford-upon-Avon. Shipston-on-Stour. ... This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of ...
The Rugby Observer [2] is a free weekly newspaper covering Rugby town in Warwickshire, England, and its surrounding villages. It first published in 1991. The Rugby Observer [3] is part of Observer Standard Newspapers which was set up in 1989 by current owners Chris and Pat Bullivant. [4] The company is now called Bullivant Media LTD.
The Rugby School Museum, which has audio-visual displays about the history of Rugby School and of the town. Rugby Art Gallery and Museum. The art gallery contains a nationally recognised collection of contemporary art. The museum contains, amongst other things, Roman artefacts dug up from the nearby Roman settlement of Tripontium.
Rugby Radio Station was a large British government radio transmission facility just east of the Hillmorton area of the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. The site straddled the A5 trunk road, with most of it in Warwickshire, and part on the other side of the A5 in Northamptonshire. First opened in 1926, at its height in the 1950s it was ...