Wishaw, Warwickshire
| Wishaw | |
| Warwickshire | |
|---|---|
 St Chad's Church, Wishaw | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP178939 |
| Location: | 52°32’36"N, 1°44’17"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Sutton Coldfield |
| Postcode: | B76 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Warwickshire |
Wishaw is a small village in the north-west of Warwickshire, in the Hemlingford hundred. Its main claim to fame is that Wishaw is the home of The Belfry golf resort, which has hosted the Ryder Cup on no less than four separate occasions. The village is also home to some notable buildings.
The village is just a few hundred yards south of the sweep of the M6 Toll motorway, just a mile north of its junction with the M42 motorway. A mile to the south is Curdworth, a village surrounded uncomfortably by the motorways, their junction, the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and a pair of sewage works. Sutton Coldfield, a major town of the Birmingham conurbation, is three miles to the west of Wishaw.
Wishaw’s parish church is dedicated to the local Saint Chad.
About the village
Across the M6 Toll is The Belfry, which was once the location of Moxhull Park, a fine stately home that belonged to the Ryland family until it mysteriously burnt down in the early twentieth century. The manor house was rebuilt one mile away to its present location on Holly Lane as Moxhull Hall.
Wishaw is also the home of Wishaw Country Sports, a diverse venue that offers a variety of activities such as shooting, blindfold driving and tractor driving. It also features a converted farm building which is now used as a luxury event venue, offering birthdays, weddings and other functions upon request.
Miscellany
In 2003, residents claimed that a mobile phone mast at the centre of the village was the cause of a local cancer cluster [1]. No scientific evidence was found for the claim. The mast was felled by unknown vandals in November 2003 and subsequent pressure against plans to replace it led operator T-Mobile to abandon the site.[2]
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