Withybrook

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|official_name = Withybrook

|static_image_name = Withybrook Church - geograph.org.uk - 3837042.jpg

|static_image_caption = All Saints' Church, Withybrook

|coordinates = {{coord|52.45314|-1.36279|display=inline,title}}

|civil_parish = Withybrook

|population = 255

|population_ref = (2021)

|shire_district = Rugby

|shire_county = Warwickshire

|region = West Midlands

|constituency_westminster = Rugby

|post_town = COVENTRY

|postcode_district = CV7

|postcode_area = CV

|dial_code = 01455

|os_grid_reference = SP434841

}}

Withybrook is a rural village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. Its population was 255 at the 2021 census, increased slightly from 242 at the 2011 census.{{cite web |title=WITHYBROOK Parish in West Midlands |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/rugby/E04009696__withybrook/ |publisher=City Population |access-date=6 December 2022}}

The village is located in a valley of a small brook, which is a tributary of the River Sowe. It sits just west of the old Fosse Way, about halfway between Nuneaton and Rugby on the B4112 road, and about {{convert|7|mile}} north-east of Coventry.{{cite web |title=Parishes: Withybrook |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol6/pp265-268 |publisher=British History Online |access-date=6 December 2022}} Administratively it forms part of the borough of Rugby.

The grade II* listed, village church of All Saints, dates from the 14th century.{{cite web |title=Church of All Saints A Grade II* Listed Building in Withybrook, Warwickshire |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101034860-church-of-all-saints-withybrook |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=6 December 2022}} It was extensively restored in 1995. There is a pub in the village called The Pheasant.Allen, Geoff (2000). Warwickshire Towns & Villages. Page 155. {{ISBN|1-85058-642-X}} The village hall has a varied programme of social events throughout the year.{{cite web |title=Withybrook Village Hall |url=https://www.withybrookvillage.co.uk/index.php/village-hall |publisher=Withybrook Village |access-date=7 December 2022}}

About one mile west of the village, is the deserted medieval village of Hopsford.{{cite web |title=HOPSFORD DESERTED MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT |url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_her/hopsford-deserted-medieval-settlement |publisher=Our Warwickshire |access-date=7 December 2022}}

The village came to the attention of the national news in August 2005, when a local farmer Michael Boffey was killed by car thieves who were trying to steal his Land Rover. Two men from Leicester were later convicted of his manslaughter.{{cite web |title=Man admits farmer's manslaughter |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/coventry_warwickshire/4577888.stm |publisher=BBC News |access-date=6 December 2022 |date=3 January 2006}}