Gaydon
Parish in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.183, -1.466 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 36 54 |
| Population: | 446 |
Gaydon is a small village and civil parish in the district of Stratford-on-Avon, within rural Warwickshire in England. It retains a quiet village character surrounded by rolling countryside, with scattered homes, farms and a small community that benefits from relatively easy access to regional roads and nearby towns.
The village is best known for its links with Britain’s motoring heritage - it hosts the British Motor Museum and nearby automotive engineering and testing facilities on the site of a former RAF airfield, giving Gaydon an unusual mix of rural charm, industrial history and car‑enthusiast tourism that shapes the local economy and social life.
Postcode districts covering Gaydon
Most populated places nearby
- Coventry 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Solihull 21.5 miles34.6 km
- Royal Leamington Spa 8.1 miles13 km
- Nuneaton 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Redditch 21 miles33.9 km
- Rugby 16.7 miles26.9 km
- Banbury 9.9 miles16 km
- Hinckley 24.8 miles39.9 km
- Warwick 8 miles12.9 km
- Bicester 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Bedworth 20.1 miles32.4 km
- Stratford-upon-Avon 10.4 miles16.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Gaydon Built-up area 0.1 miles0.2 km
- Gaydon, Kineton & Upper Lighthorne Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Lighthorne Heath Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Chadshunt Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Temple Herdewyke Built-up area 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Northend Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Burton Dassett Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Lighthorne Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Kineton Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Bishop's Itchington Built-up area 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Compton Verney Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Chesterton and Kingston Parish 3 miles4.9 km
Example postcodes in Gaydon
CV35 0FQ, CV35 0HE, CV35 0NY, CV35 0EY, CV35 0HQ, CV35 0EW, CV35 0ES, CV35 0EN, CV35 0BJ … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 22.2 miles35.7 km
- East Midlands Airport 45.1 miles72.6 km
- Leamington Spa Railway Station 7.6 miles12.3 km
- Warwick Railway Station 8.7 miles14 km
Hotels near Gaydon Ad
- The Merrie Lion 3.3 miles5.3 km
- El Cafe at the White Swan 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Mallory Court Country House Hotel and Spa 4 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Days Inn by Wyndham Warwick North M40 3 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Ashorne Hill Leamington Spa 3 4.5 miles7.3 km
- The Lion, Tredington 9.3 miles15 km
- Victoria Park Lodge 4 7.8 miles12.6 km
- The Bell - Brunning and Price 4 9.1 miles14.6 km
- The King's Head by Innkeeper's Collection 4 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Warwick Castle Knight's Village 8.4 miles13.6 km
Local points of interest
- Ashorne Hill Estate 4.4 miles7.2 km
- Upton House Country house 4.9 miles7.9 km
- 12th Century Church Historic site 7.8 miles12.5 km
- Ettington Park Estate 8.5 miles13.6 km
- St Johns Museum 8.5 miles13.6 km
- Warwick Racecourse Recreation 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Blackdown Hill Estate 9.7 miles15.5 km
- Catesby Priory Historic site 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Blackdown Manor Estate 10.6 miles17 km
- Stratford Racecourse Recreation 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Stoneleigh Abbey Historic site 11.2 miles18 km
- Pinley Priory Historic site 11.9 miles19.2 km