Stoneleigh, Warwickshire
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  Stoneleigh shown within Warwickshire |
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| District | Warwick |
| Shire county | Warwickshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| European Parliament | West Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Warwickshire | |
Stoneleigh is a small village in Warwickshire, England on the River Sowe. Stoneleigh is located about 5 miles (8 km) south of Coventry and 5 miles (8 km) north of Leamington Spa. The village is situated about 600 yards (549 m) northeast of the confluence of the River Sowe and River Avon.
Stoneleigh does not have a public house. All three were closed by Lord Leigh over 100 years ago, after his daughter was laughed at by drunks when she was going to church on a tricycle.
Stoneleigh village has a church called the Church of the Virgin Mary.
[edit] Stoneleigh Abbey
Stoneleigh Abbey is to the southwest of the village of Stoneleigh. It was founded by the Cistercians in 1154. It was the home of the Leigh family from 1561 to 1990. In 1996 Lord John Piers Leigh transferred the ownership of Stoneleigh Abbey and its 690-acre (279 ha) grounds to a charitable trust, and then between 1996 and 2000 it was extensively renovated with the help of grants including a large grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
[edit] Stoneleigh Park
Stoneleigh Park (previously known as the National Agricultural Centre) is to the southwest of the village. Stoneleigh Park is an exhibition and conference centre which hosts, amongst many other annual events, the Royal Show, a huge national agricultural event and the Town and Country Festival. From 1991-2001 it hosted the Christian event "Stoneleigh Bible Week", hosted by Newfrontiers, in which up to 30,000 Christians from all over the world gathered for worship and teaching over a fortnight period with alternating weeks.
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