Bishop's Tachbrook

Bishop's Tachbrook
Old location of the post office
Bishop's Tachbrook
Location within Warwickshire
Population2,558 (2011 census)
Civil parish
  • Bishop's Tachbrook
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands

Bishop's Tachbrook is a village and civil parish in the Warwick District of Warwickshire, England. The village is about 3 miles (5 km) south of Warwick and Leamington Spa. A church at Bishop's Tachbrook is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The village contains traditional half-timbered buildings, and modern residences including council-built terraced houses.

Facilities, amenities and football clubs

Large charitable workplace

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association breeding centre is based just to the south of the village.[1]

Tiers of local government

Beside its district and county councils, further local provision (including as to footpaths, parks, event planning and comments on planning applications) are provided by a parish council. There are there is no current plan for the total devolution, nor empowering as a unitary authority, for Warwickshire County Council.

Demography

According to the 2001 Census the parish had a population of 2,514, increasing to 2,558 at the 2011 Census.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ GDBA Breeding Centre website
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  • Media related to Bishop's Tachbrook at Wikimedia Commons
  • Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Council web site