Coordinates: 52°11′N 1°28′W / 52.18°N 1.46°W / 52.18; -1.46

Gaydon
Gaydon
Gaydon  Gaydon shown within Warwickshire
Population	442 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SP370540
District	Stratford-on-Avon
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STRATFORD-ON-AVON
Postcode district	CV35
Dialling code	01926
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Stratford-On-Avon
List of places: UK • England • Warwickshire

Gaydon is a parish and village in Warwickshire, England, close to Leamington Spa. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 376.

The village is at the junction of the B4100 (former A41) and B4451 roads, a mile from Junction 12 of the M40 motorway, and is two miles north-east of Kineton.

Close by is the former RAF V bomber base RAF Gaydon, the Land Rover H.Q. and Jaguar facility, now owned by Tata motors, as well as the Heritage Motor Centre, home to the largest collection of historic British cars in the world, charting the history of the British car industry from the turn of the 20th century to the present day. Gaydon is also the home of Aston Martin.

A disused military base near Gaydon is also home to special vaults housing the highly flammable nitrate film elements of the British Film Institute's BFI National Archive, the world's largest archive of film and television.

[edit] See also

• RAF Gaydon
• Land Rover

[edit] External links

• Heritage Motor Centre