Rugby, Warwickshire, England

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Rugby, Warwickshire, England is a historic market town in the West Midlands best known as the birthplace of rugby football and home to the renowned Rugby School.

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Rugby, Warwickshire, England canonical 22
Rugby, Warwickshire 6
Rugby, England 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf market town
town
administrativeDistrict Rugby Borough
linked to: Borough of Rugby
ceremonialCounty Warwickshire
contains Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
Rugby School
Rugby railway station
The Close (Rugby School playing field)
coordinateLatitude 52.3700
coordinateLongitude -1.2600
country United Kingdom
dialCode 01788
distanceTo approximately 13 miles east of Coventry
approximately 30 miles east-southeast of Birmingham
approximately 80 miles northwest of London
economicActivity engineering and manufacturing
logistics and distribution
governingBody Rugby Borough Council
hasEducationalInstitution Rugby College
Rugby School
hasHeritage Victorian and Edwardian architecture
hasTwinTown Evreux, France
Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany
historicCounty Warwickshire
knownFor Rugby School
being the birthplace of rugby football
railway and engineering heritage
locatedIn England
Warwickshire
locatedInRegion West Midlands
locatedOnRiver River Avon
nearMotorway M1 motorway
M45 motorway
M6 motorway
OSGridReference SP5075
parliamentaryConstituency Rugby
population approximately 77,000 (town area, early 2020s estimate)
postcodeArea CV
postTown RUGBY
linked to: Rugby
region West Midlands region
linked to: West Midlands
sportsAssociation rugby league
rugby union
timezone GMT
timezoneDST BST
transportHubFor West Coast Main Line

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Rupert Brooke placeOfBirth Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Rugby School locatedIn Rugby, Warwickshire
linked to: Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Thomas Arnold deathPlace Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Thomas Arnold residence Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Thomas Arnold burialPlace Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Tim Pigott-Smith placeOfBirth Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Rosemary Grant placeOfBirth Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Rupert Brooke placeOfBirth Rugby, Warwickshire, England
subject linked to: Brooke
World Rugby Hall of Fame location Rugby, Warwickshire, England
William Webb Ellis placeOfEducation Rugby, Warwickshire, England
George Edward Lynch Cotton workLocation Rugby, England
linked to: Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Rugby (UK Parliament constituency) namedAfter Rugby, Warwickshire
linked to: Rugby, Warwickshire, England
M. John Harrison placeOfBirth Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Jeremy R. Knowles placeOfBirth Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Auto-Cycle Union headquartersLocation Rugby, Warwickshire
linked to: Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Auto-Cycle Union headquartersLocation Rugby, Warwickshire
subject linked to: Auto-Cycle Union (ACU)
linked to: Rugby, Warwickshire, England
James Morrison placeOfBirth Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Norman Lockyer placeOfBirth Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Rugby College locatedIn Rugby, Warwickshire
linked to: Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Évreux hasTwinTown Rugby, United Kingdom
subject linked to: Evreux, France
linked to: Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Tim Pigott-Smith placeOfBirth Rugby, Warwickshire, England
subject linked to: Pigott-Smith
Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith placeOfBirth Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Brian Fagan placeOfBirth Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Rugby, North Dakota namedAfter Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Colas Rail headquartersLocation Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Thomas Arnold placeOfDeath Rugby, Warwickshire, England
subject linked to: Dr. Thomas Arnold
Thomas Arnold residence Rugby, Warwickshire, England
subject linked to: Dr. Thomas Arnold
Thomas Arnold workLocation Rugby, Warwickshire, England
subject linked to: Dr. Thomas Arnold
Tom Brown's Schooldays (1916 film) narrativeLocation Rugby, Warwickshire
linked to: Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Spiritualized origin Rugby, Warwickshire, England