However, due to urban growth, it is now an outer suburb of Coventry, south-west of the villages of Ansty and Shilton.

Walsgrave grew into a sizeable village commercially based around agriculture and coal mining.

Plans for incorporating Walsgrave within the boundaries of Coventry were proposed in the late 1920s, and Walsgrave gradually lost its individual identity owing to new road development, the replacement of much of its older buildings and houses with new housing schemes, and the eventual closure of the pit (Craven Colliery, sited off Henley Road).

However, an old weaver's cottage lay directly opposite St Mary's Church; subjected to fire and weathering, it was restored a number of times but still stands as a reminder of the village's origins.

[2] On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Coventry, Combe Fields, Ansty, Shilton and Bedworth.

[3] Walsgrave lies south of the M6 and M69 interchange and has a growing commercial area including a Barclays bank call centre, Lloyds Pharmacy Head Office and several other companies important to Coventry.