Nuneaton

Nuneaton is the largest town in the English county of Warwickshire. Nuneaton is famous for the novelist, George Eliot, who was born on a farm outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in Nuneaton during her early life. Nuneaton is also the birthplace of renowned film director Ken Loach, twice winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Nuneaton
240px Nuneaton's Ropewalk Shopping Centre
Population	70,721 (2001)
OS grid reference	SP361918
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NUNEATON
Postcode district	CV10, CV11, CV13
Dialling code	024
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Geography

The town is 14.5 km (9 miles) north of Coventry, 32 km (20 miles) east of Birmingham and 166 km (103 miles) northwest of London. The River Anker runs through the town. Nuneaton had a population of 70,721 as of 2001 though the 2008 estimate is 73,000.

Nuneaton also has a football team called Nuneaton Town.

Notable inhabitants

• George Eliot, Victorian novelist
• Ken Loach, Film director

Nuneaton Media

• Nuneaton stmarychurch 4.jpg

  Some ruins of Nuneaton Priory from which the town gained its name. Part of the church was reconstructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries

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  • Map of NuneatonThis map was created from OpenStreetMap project data, collected by the community. This map may be incomplete, and may contain errors. Don't rely solely on it for navigation.
• Nuneaton Town Hall (2) 6.19.jpg

  Nuneaton Town Hall (1934) the headquarters of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council.

• Nuneaton ropewalk.jpg

  The Queen's Road entrance to the Ropewalk shopping centre, Nuneaton.

• Saint Nicolas Parish Church in Nuneaton, geograph-4220760-by-Mat-Fascione.jpg

  Saint Nicolas Parish Church in Nuneaton.

• Nuneaton station frontage 4.23.jpg

  Nuneaton railway station

• Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery Riversley Park.jpg

  Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery, Riversley Park, home of collection on writer George Eliot

• Statue of George Eliot on Newdegate Square

• George Eliot by Samuel Laurence.jpg

  George Eliot, born in Nuneaton

• Ken Loach.jpg

  Ken Loach, film director