Keresley is a civil parish on the north‑west edge of Coventry in England, sitting on the city’s urban‑rural fringe. It retains a village feel with a small historic core and surrounding greenbelt countryside, offering a mix of older homes and newer housing developments and easy access to open fields and local footpaths.
The area grew as a coal‑mining community around Keresley Colliery, which closed in the early 1990s, and since then former pit land has been redeveloped for housing and light employment. Local life is still shaped by village institutions such as the primary school, community centre and sports clubs, while many residents commute into Coventry for work, combining quiet village character with city convenience.
Postcode districts covering Keresley
Most populated places nearby
- Birmingham 14.3 miles23 km
- Leicester 21.2 miles34 km
- Coventry 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Dudley 23.6 miles38.1 km
- Walsall 20.3 miles32.6 km
- West Bromwich 19.4 miles31.3 km
- Solihull 11.8 miles18.9 km
- Burton upon Trent 24.7 miles39.7 km
- Sutton Coldfield 14.2 miles22.9 km
- Royal Leamington Spa 11.2 miles18 km
- Nuneaton 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Redditch 19.8 miles31.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Keresley Newlands Built-up area 0.5 miles0.7 km
- Corley Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Holbrook Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Exhall Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Ash Green Built-up area 1.2 miles2 km
- Bablake Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Heath Ward 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Allesley Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Radford Ward 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Corley Moor Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Foleshill Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Bedworth Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
Example postcodes in Keresley
CV7 8JG, CV7 8UG, CV7 8PL, CV7 8JA, CV7 8RW, CV7 8RP, CV7 8TA, CV7 8SP, CV7 8SF … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 8.9 miles14.3 km
- East Midlands Airport 27.5 miles44.3 km
- Bedworth Railway Station 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Coventry Railway Station 3.8 miles6.1 km
Hotels near Keresley Ad
- The Old Hall Hotel 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Hotel Indigo Coventry 4 3.6 miles5.9 km
- Telegraph Hotel - Coventry 4 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Days Inn by Wyndham Corley Nec M6 3 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Scarman - Warwick Conferences 4 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Radcliffe - Warwick Conferences 4 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Hampton by Hilton Nuneaton 3 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Abbey Grange Hotel 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Ansty Hall 4 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Ramada Hotel & Suites by Wyndham Coventry 4 3.4 miles5.5 km
Local points of interest
- Ricoh Arena Stadium 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Coventry Transport Museum Museum 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Belgrade Theatre Theatre 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Museum 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Millisons Wood Forest 3.7 miles5.9 km
- University of Warwick University 5.1 miles8.3 km
- Liberty Way Stadium 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Birmingham NEC Museum 7.7 miles12.3 km
- National Exhibition Centre Stadium 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Hams Hall Estate 7.8 miles12.5 km
- Stoneleigh Abbey Historic site 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Blackdown Manor Estate 8.4 miles13.4 km