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 miles
- Solihull 21.5 miles
- Royal Leamington Spa 8.1 miles
- Nuneaton 23.5 miles
- Redditch 21 miles
- Rugby 16.7 miles
- Banbury 9.9 miles
- Hinckley 24.8 miles
- Warwick 8 miles
- Bicester 23.5 miles
- Bedworth 20.1 miles
- Stratford-upon-Avon 10.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Gaydon Built-up area 0.1 miles
- Gaydon, Kineton & Upper Lighthorne Ward 1.1 miles
- Lighthorne Heath Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Chadshunt Parish 1.3 miles
- Temple Herdewyke Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Northend Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Burton Dassett Parish 2 miles
- Lighthorne Built-up area 2 miles
- Kineton Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Bishop's Itchington Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Compton Verney Parish 2.9 miles
- Chesterton and Kingston Parish 3 miles
Example postcodes in Gaydon
CV35 0NY, CV35 0EU, CV35 0FL, CV35 0BJ, CV35 0EW, CV35 0HJ, CV35 0HF, CV35 0EN, CV35 0HH … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 22.2 miles
- East Midlands Airport 45.1 miles
- Leamington Spa Railway Station 7.6 miles
- Warwick Railway Station 8.7 miles
Hotels near Gaydon Ad
- Days Inn by Wyndham Warwick North M40 3 2.8 miles
- Swan Hotel 3 2.6 miles
- El Cafe at The White Swan 3 2.6 miles
- Mallory Court Country House Hotel and Spa 3 5.7 miles
- Castle at Edgehill 4 4.1 miles
- Ashorne Hill Leamington Spa 3 4.6 miles
- Walton Hall Hotel & Spa 4 5 miles
- The Bell Inn 4.3 miles
- The Bell Inn, Ladbroke 3 4.3 miles
- Days Inn by Wyndham Warwick South M40 3 5.4 miles
Local points of interest
- Ashorne Hill Estate 4.4 miles
- Upton House Country house 4.9 miles
- 12th Century Church Historic site 7.8 miles
- Ettington Park Estate 8.5 miles
- St Johns Museum 8.5 miles
- Warwick Racecourse Recreation 8.8 miles
- Blackdown Hill Estate 9.7 miles
- Catesby Priory Historic site 9.9 miles
- Blackdown Manor Estate 10.6 miles
- Stratford Racecourse Recreation 10.9 miles
- Stoneleigh Abbey Historic site 11.2 miles
- Pinley Priory Historic site 11.9 miles