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Burton Green

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Burton Green is a village and civil parish in the Warwick district of the county of Warwickshire, England, some 4.8 km (3.0 mi) northwest of Kenilworth (where the population can be found in Abbey Ward) and 8.8 km (5.5 mi) southwest of Coventry. It is mostly residential, surrounded by farmland and has a village hall, a primary school and a pub-restaurant 'Hickory's Smokehouse', formerly The Peeping Tom pub. The civil parish was created from part of Stoneleigh on 2 April 2012. It is situated directly on the border with southwestern Coventry and is contiguous with the city's Westwood Heath district, and borders the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull to the northwest. Burton Green comprises four roads: Red Lane, Hob Lane, Hodgetts Lane and Cromwell Lane. There is a disused water tower off Cromwell Lane, which has now been converted into a luxury private home.

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