| 词条 | Willenhall, Coventry | ||
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Willenhall is a suburb of Coventry in the West Midlands of England. Willenhall is in the south-east of the city adjacent to the suburbs of Binley, Ernesford Grange and Whitley. It covers the area bounded by the Rugby to Coventry railway line, the River Sowe and the city's boundary with Warwickshire. For general election purposes it is part of the Coventry South Constituency and for local elections it forms part of the Binley and Willenhall ward on Coventry City Council. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 16,991.[1] Willenhall was originally a small village that was absorbed into the city as it expanded. During the Second World War the Chace National Service Hostel was built in the area to accommodate the influx of munitions workers to the City. After the war the estate became established with the building of a large number of council houses. The area today remains mainly residential though to the south-east there is 9 hectares of woodland called Willenhall Wood which has been designated a nature reserve.[2] Willenhall is the location of the Chace Avenue police station that forms part of the Coventry Local Policing Team of the West Midlands Police and houses the Binley and Willenhall neighbourhood team. EducationWillenhall has 3 Primary schools :
For Secondary education the pupils of the above primary schools normally advance to :
ReligionThe Church of England parish church for Willenhall is St John the Divine which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007.[3] The area is also served by St Anne’s Roman Catholic Church and Willenhall Free Church which is affiliated with the FIEC.[4] RiotingIn May 1992, rioting that began in the Wood End and Hillfields areas of the city spread into Willenhall.[5] Air crashWillenhall was the site of a major air crash when at 9:52 a.m. on 21 December 1994 an aircraft approaching Coventry Airport, in poor visibility, crashed into Willenhall Wood, killing all five crew on board. The aircraft was a Boeing 737 that was owned and operated by Air Algerie but leased by Phoenix Aviation to undertake a number of live veal calf export flights from the airport.[6] A brass plaque remembering the event is now located in Middle Ride, close to the crash scene, which was erected on the crash’s 10th anniversary by the Willenhall Wood Residents Association.[7] GalleryReferences1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689724&c=CV3+3EE&d=14&e=62&g=6364075&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1450354722344&enc=1|title=Coventry Ward population 2011|accessdate=17 December 2015|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.coventry-walks.org.uk/booklets/woodland/willenhall.html|title=Willenhall Wood|publisher=Coventry Walks|accessdate=14 April 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.divine-inspiration.org.uk/churches/coventry-east/st-john-the-divine-church-willenhall|title=St John the Divine Church, Willenhall|publisher=Divine Inspiration|accessdate=16 February 2011}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fiec.org.uk/churches/church/495|title=Willenhall Evangelical Free Church|publisher=FIEC|accessdate=6 July 2014}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://libcom.org/library/hot-time-summer-estates-riots-uk-1991-2|title=Hot time: Summer on the estates: Riots in the UK 1991-2|date=22 July 2007|work=libcom.org|accessdate=16 February 2011}} 6. ^{{cite hansard | house=House of Commons | url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199596/cmhansrd/vo960214/debtext/60214-07.htm | date = 14 February 1996 | column_start = 947 | column_end = 948 |accessdate=17 June 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/4113833.stm|title=Aeroplane crash dead remembered|date= 21 December 2004|work=BBC News Online|publisher=BBC|accessdate=16 February 2008}} External links{{Commons category|Willenhall, Coventry}}
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