Earlswood, Warwickshire

[1][2] The village is surrounded by farmland and forests and it gives its name to Earlswood Lakes (entirely within Warwickshire) as well as to Earlswood railway station (on the border with West Midlands), even though The Lakes railway station is located closer to the main part of the village.

The M42 motorway (Junctions 3 and 4 ) is a few minutes away and The Lakes railway station, in Malthouse Lane, has hourly services to Moor Street and Stratford-on-Avon.

[7] A brick church dedicated to St Patrick was built at Salter Street in 1840 and the area formed into a parish in 1843.

A tower with five bells was added in 1860 by Thomas Burman in memory of his father; and in 1899 the body of the church was rebuilt.

[8] The church is grade II* listed, and the "reasons for designation" include "The fine High Victorian Gothic tower by G.T.