Pailton

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Pailton
Pailton shown within Warwickshire
Population	481 (2001)
OS grid reference	SP4781
District	Rugby
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RUGBY
Postcode district	CV23
Dialling code	01788
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
European Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Nuneaton
List of places: UK • England • Warwickshire

Coordinates: 52°25′44″N 1°18′04″W / 52.429, -1.301

Pailton is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Its population in 2001 was recorded as 482.^[1] The village was originally known as Pailington.

Pailton is located about seven miles north-west of Rugby and is part of the borough of Rugby; about five miles east of the village is the town of Lutterworth. Pailton lies at a crossroads of three roads, one towards Rugby to the south, one towards Lutterworth to the east, and Nuneaton and Coventry towards the west.

The village has a single pub; in the past there were as many as three pubs, serving as coaching inns. At the crossroads is the village green with a recently-restored war memorial. About one mile east of Pailton is a radio transmitting station.