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 miles
- Leicester 21.2 miles
- Coventry 3.3 miles
- Dudley 23.6 miles
- Walsall 20.3 miles
- West Bromwich 19.4 miles
- Solihull 11.8 miles
- Burton upon Trent 24.7 miles
- Sutton Coldfield 14.2 miles
- Royal Leamington Spa 11.2 miles
- Nuneaton 5.2 miles
- Redditch 19.8 miles
Neighbouring places
- Keresley Newlands Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Corley Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Holbrook Ward 1.2 miles
- Exhall Ward 1.2 miles
- Ash Green Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Bablake Ward 1.4 miles
- Heath Ward 1.6 miles
- Allesley Parish 2 miles
- Radford Ward 2.2 miles
- Corley Moor Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Foleshill Ward 2.4 miles
- Bedworth Built-up area 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Keresley
CV7 8SH, CV7 8TB, CV7 8SJ, CV7 8RR, CV6 2PZ, CV7 8QD, CV7 8RY, CV7 8QW, CV7 8NH … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 8.9 miles
- East Midlands Airport 27.5 miles
- Bedworth Railway Station 3.4 miles
- Coventry Railway Station 3.8 miles
Hotels near Keresley Ad
- Days Inn by Wyndham Corley NEC M6 3 1.2 miles
- Hotel Indigo Coventry 4 3.6 miles
- Telegraph Hotel - Coventry 3.2 miles
- Quality Hotel Coventry 3 2.5 miles
- DoubleTree by Hilton Coventry Building Society Arena 4 1.7 miles
- The Old Hall Hotel 1.1 miles
- Ramada Hotel and Suites by Wyndham Coventry 4 3.4 miles
- Village Hotel Coventry 3 3.6 miles
- Premier Inn Coventry City Centre 3 3.2 miles
- Novotel Coventry M6 J3 Hotel 3 2.1 miles
Local points of interest
- Ricoh Arena Stadium 1.7 miles
- Coventry Transport Museum Museum 3.2 miles
- Belgrade Theatre Theatre 3.2 miles
- Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Museum 3.4 miles
- Millisons Wood Forest 3.7 miles
- University of Warwick University 5.1 miles
- Liberty Way Stadium 6.1 miles
- Birmingham NEC Museum 7.7 miles
- National Exhibition Centre Stadium 7.7 miles
- Hams Hall Estate 7.8 miles
- Stoneleigh Abbey Historic site 7.9 miles
- Blackdown Manor Estate 8.4 miles