Its name comes from the fact the trees that partly cover it are very dark (black) and the Anglo-Saxon hlaew (burial mound).

In 1971 an archaeological team found flints and hunting tools from the early Mesolithic period, around 9,000 B.C., and three graves of Anglo-Saxon origin.

In 1308 Edward II travelled to Boulogne to marry Isabella, leaving Piers Gaveston, a Gascon knight to act as regent.

[6] On 1 March 2018 All Saints' and Burton Green schools became academies and members of the Coventry Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust.

Leek Wootton is home to The Warwickshire Golf and Country Club, and has the Anchor Inn public house at its centre.

The Chesford Grange Hotel also falls within the boundaries of the civil parish, as does the Saxon Mill at Guy's Cliffe.

A new purpose-built headquarters for the Police at Woodcote was proposed, but the planning application was refused by Warwick District Council on 31 October 2007.

[9] Following the construction of a new control room in Warwick and the inclusion of some of the estate in a local housing planning allocation, the site was put up for sale in 2018.

Leek Wootton & District Horticultural Society holds an Annual Flower Show at the Village hall on the Saturday of the weekend before the August Bank Holiday.