Canley is a suburban neighbourhood located in southwest Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

, 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...

. Canley became part of Coventry as a result of successive encroachment

Encroachment

Encroachment is a term which implies "advance beyond proper limits," and may have different interpretations depending on the context. Encroachment may refer to one of the following:* Temporal encroachment* Structural encroachment...

 of the latter's boundaries between 1928 and 1932, having historically been part of the Stoneleigh

Stoneleigh, Warwickshire

Stoneleigh is a small village in Warwickshire, England on the River Sowe, about 5 miles south of Coventry and 5 miles north of Leamington Spa. The village is situated about northeast of the confluence of the River Sowe and the River Avon.Stoneleigh does not have a public house...

 parish.

The area is home to a large number of students attending the nearby University of Warwick

University of Warwick

The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...

.

There was a level crossing adjacent to Canley railway station

Canley railway station

Canley railway station is situated in Canley, Coventry in the West Midlands of England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.-History:The Station was previously known as Canley Halt railway station....

 until 2003, when the road was closed and a foot bridge was built over the railway.

The suburb is bisected by the A45 dual-carriageway, with a major state housing development lying to the south (South Canley) and an area of private housing situated north of this road towards Canley rail station (North Canley).

History

Canley is known as the site of the main factory of the Standard Motor Company

Standard Motor Company

The Standard Motor Company was founded in Coventry, England in 1903 by Reginald Walter Maudslay . The Standard name was last used in Britain in 1963, and in India in 1987.-1903–1914:...

 and was all open farmland prior to 1916. The initial factory was built around "Ivy Cottage", near to the Canley Train Halt and was first used in 1916 to build First World War fighter aircraft. "Standard" cars were produced there from 1918 onwards. The factory continued to expand over the site throughout the 1920s and most significantly just prior to the Second World War when two additional "Shadow" Factories were added. Production of Standard and Triumph cars continued until car production ceased in August 1980 as part of British Leyland's rationalisation. Some of the site was retained as a technical centre until the mid-1990s but was successively demolished thereafter. A commemorative sculpture of the Standard-Triumph badge now stands on the site of the works, on Herald Avenue, close to the Standard Triumph Club, which is now the only remaining building to remind us of this vast industrial complex, where many thousands of Coventry people once worked.

Sir Henry Parkes

Henry Parkes

Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...

 (1815–1896), Australian statesman, five times Premier of New South Wales, was born in Canley, in a cottage off Moat House Lane. Canley Fire Station is in Sir Henry Parkes Road near to the A45

A45 road

The A45 is a major road in England. It runs east from Birmingham past the National Exhibition Centre and the M42, then bypasses Coventry and Rugby, where it briefly merges with the M45 until it continues to Daventry...

. A school named after him in Canley has been demolished.

Schools

• The Westwood School
  The Westwood School
  The Westwood School is a comprehensive school for children aged 11 - 18 in Canley, Coventry, England. Although a small school The Westwood School is gaining a reputation in the UK for leading learning - already leading and advising on many National, as well as local, initiatives. With its new...
  
  , a comprehensive secondary school
• Charter Primary School

Sir Henry Parkes school and Alderman Harris school were both closed and merged into one school that is now Charter primary.

See also

• Austin Rover Group
  Austin Rover Group
  The Austin Rover Group was a British motor manufacturer. It was formed in 1981 as the mass-market car manufacturing subsidiary of British Leyland...
  
  
• Triumph Motorcycles
• Canley railway station
  Canley railway station
  Canley railway station is situated in Canley, Coventry in the West Midlands of England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.-History:The Station was previously known as Canley Halt railway station....