Wroxall, Warwickshire
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Wroxall is a small village in the parish of Honiley and Wroxall in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is found 4.0 miles from Kenilworth, and 6.5 miles from Coventry on the A4141. The parish has a population of 156, accordng to the United Kingdom Census 2001, residing in 64 dwellings. It has its own cemetery to the north of the village.
By far the most important part of the village is the Wroxall Abbey Estate. Built in 1141 by Sir Hugh de Hatton it was a Priory for nearly four hundred years, finally closing in 1536. For the next four hundred years it passed through various hands, a notable example being Sir Christopher Wren, until it became a girls' school in 1936. The school in turn closed in 1995. In 2001 the current owners, a private investment company, brought the hall. It is now used as a hotel, spa and conference centre.
In March 2006, motorsport company Prodrive announced its intent to build a 200-acre (roughly over 800,000 square meters) motorsport facility called The Fulcrum. It will be based at the former RAF Honiley airfield near Wroxall.
