Daimler Green
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Daimler Green is an urban village
Urban village
An urban village is an urban planning and urban design concept. It refers to an urban form typically characterized by:* Medium density development* Mixed use zoning* The provision of good public transit...

 approximately two miles north of 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...

 city centre, in the West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...

, England
England
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It was built on the site of the Daimler
Daimler Motor Company
The Daimler Motor Company Limited was an independent British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in London by H J Lawson in 1896, which set up its manufacturing base in Coventry. The right to the use of the name Daimler had been purchased simultaneously from Gottlieb Daimler and Daimler Motoren...

 factory in Radford
Radford, Coventry
Radford is a suburb and electoral ward of Coventry, located approximately 2 miles north of Coventry city centre. It is covered by the Coventry North West constituency.-Geography:...

. The railway provided a railway station for the car factory workers, Daimler Halt station
Daimler Halt railway station
Daimler Halt railway station was a railway station in England, built by the London and North Western Railway in 1917 and closed in 1965.It was unusual in that it was solely for use of employees of the Daimler Motor Company, and was not open to the public. There were no station buildings with the...

was closed in 1965. The factory closed in 1997 and was quickly demolished. The urban village was approved for redevelopment in 1999. The first residential properties were occupied in 2000.
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