Bramcote, Warwickshire
Encyclopedia
Bramcote is a village
in the Nuneaton and Bedworth
district of Warwickshire
in England
. It is located just south of the B4114 road and adjacent to the M69 motorway
. The population in 2001 was 321, which included the hamlet of Bramcote Mains a quarter of a mile to the south, and 214 armed services personnel at the nearby Gamecock barracks (formerly RAF Bramcote
). Bramcote Waters Golf Course lies to the east and Bramcote NHS
Hospital to the north.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Nuneaton and Bedworth
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Nuneaton and Bedworth is a local government district with borough status, in northern Warwickshire, England, consisting of the densely populated towns of Nuneaton and Bedworth, the village of Bulkington and the green belt land in between. It has a population of just over 120,000.It borders the...
district of Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is located just south of the B4114 road and adjacent to the M69 motorway
M69 motorway
The M69 is a lightly used dual three lane dual carriageway motorway in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England connecting Leicester and Coventry. It opened in 1977.-History:...
. The population in 2001 was 321, which included the hamlet of Bramcote Mains a quarter of a mile to the south, and 214 armed services personnel at the nearby Gamecock barracks (formerly RAF Bramcote
RAF Bramcote
RAF Bramcote was a Royal Air Force station near Nuneaton in Warwickshire during World War II. It later became HMS Gamecock and then Gamecock Barracks.-RAF operations:The Station opened in 1939. The main user No...
). Bramcote Waters Golf Course lies to the east and Bramcote NHS
National Health Service (England)
The National Health Service or NHS is the publicly funded healthcare system in England. It is both the largest and oldest single-payer healthcare system in the world. It is able to function in the way that it does because it is primarily funded through the general taxation system, similar to how...
Hospital to the north.