Thurlaston
Thurlaston Main Street
Thurlaston Location within Warwickshire
Population	379 (2021)
OS grid reference	SP477710
Civil parish	Thurlaston
District	Rugby
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RUGBY
Postcode district	CV23
Dialling code	01788
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Kenilworth and Southam
List of places UK England Warwickshire 52°20′04″N 1°18′54″W / 52.334353°N 1.314977°W / 52.334353; -1.314977

Thurlaston is a village and civil parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 352, increasing to 368 at the 2011 census, and again to 379 at the 2021 census.^[1]

Overview

Thurlaston was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Torlavestone.^[2] The village is located around 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-west of Rugby, and around 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the larger village of Dunchurch. Immediately to the north of the village is the M45 motorway. There is only one dead end road into Thurlaston from the north, connecting the village with the B4429, via a bridge over the M45 motorway. Thurlaston overlooks the Draycote Water reservoir to the south, and is close to the county border with Northamptonshire, less than 2 miles to the east.^[3]

Notable buildings

The village church of St. Edmund is a red brick building dating from 1849 designed by William Butterfield. It is unusual in that it was designed to serve as both a church and a school with a schoolmaster's house attached, it is now grade II listed.^[4] The most famous building, however, is probably the old 18th century windmill which is now used as a private house, this is also grade II listed.^[5][3]

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  Old windmill at Thurlaston, now a house
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  St Edmund's Church