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Kingsbury Swimming Pool

Public Parish Swimming Sessions

Thursdays 7pm - 8pm  Ladies only

Sundays 9am - 10am and 10am - 11am   Family Splash

Cost is £2.50 for adults and £2.00 for children

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The Pool provides many other activities/lessons/parties 

Tel 01827 875501

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Details for Kingsbury Library further down this page

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*A new bench has been sited opposite the Water Park on Coventry Road, Kingsbury.  This was  funded by Kingsbury Parish Council and money from a Public Realms Grant from North Warwickshire Borough Council.

Kingsbury Village Preschool is set in the heart of the village, with strong links in the community.

Children attend from Kingsbury, Piccadilly, Dosthill, Wood End, Hurley and surrounding areas.

We provide sessional care between 9.30am and 1.30pm every day for children aged from 2 to 5 years.

We ensure excellent adult/child ratios, so children receive a superb quality of care and attention.

We recently received a large amount of funding towards toys, so the children now have a large range of activities to stimulate and educate them.

We have the use of a large sports hall where the children can run off some energy and increase their special awareness. We also have a small paved area outside, which is used as an outside classroom. 

We provide a safe, happy, play-based environment in which children can learn to socialise and gain independence outside the family

By close observation and continual assessment, we can identify any special problems a child has, so these can be addressed before they start school

Recently we have had trips to ‘The Black Country Museum’, to tie in with the theme of ‘Kingsbury Past and Present’. Parents and children had a wonderful time experiencing stepping into our past!

We are also due to visit Ash End House Farm, to take part in their live nativity and story of the First Christmas in conjunction with our theme of ‘One World – Cultures’

Our children and staff and parents are happy, with a high standard of care maintained in all areas, which was reflected in our recent excellent Ofsted report.

We are supported by a strong hard working committee, The Preschool Learning Alliance and the Early Years team in Atherstone.

We do have places available at the moment, so please feel free to drop in at the Youth Centre in Kingsbury or contact us on 01827 872330 between 8.30am and 2.00pm throughout the week.                                                                   (1st Dec 07)

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Article about Kingsbury Oil Complex on the News Page

Some facts about Kingsbury

• Coal was being mined in Warwickshire as early as 1275.  The earliest known reference to coal mining in the Kingsbury area was in 1635.  By 1725 there were at least ten shafts in the Kingsbury area.

• A tradition started at Kingsbury shortly after the First World War was the annual raising of funds to buy Christmas food hampers for the local hospitals.  This was in recognition of the care given to injured miners.

• Kingsbury can boast a sports hall, youth centre, health centre, swimming pool, 12^th century church, the remains of a fortified manor house and a school founded in 1686.  There cannot be many villages that have all these facilities.

• There used to be frequent floods when the river would rise and spread over the flood plain between Kingsbury and the nearby hamlet of Bodymoor Heath.  The children used to get to school over the ;’planks’ a raised footway which is still in use today in the 650 acre Water Park.

• There has been a mill in Kingsbury since at least 1086.  The present building dates from 1747.  It has been used for grinding corn and barley and in times of war for making munitions also.

• Hemlingford Bridge was built in 1783.  It was reputedly needed to transport gun barrels from the mill, across the river Tame into Birmingham.

• Kingsbury Health Centre was officially opened on 20^th April, 1972.  It was one of the first of its kind in Warwickshire.

 Kingsbury Library – Telephone 01827 872333

 Opening Hours:

 Family History Sessions - 1st Monday of the month from 10.00am to 12.00pm

 Toys for Tots – Toy Library – 50p for 2 weeks hire

30/09/2008