page_title: Rugby, Warwickshire
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Rugby, Warwickshire / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Rugby from the air The M1 motorway runs horizontally across the bottom of the photo, with the M6 motorway branching off towards the top right from Junction 19. Viewed from a Glasgow bound flight from Luton.
context_page_description: Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon. The town has a population of 70,628
  making it the second-largest town in the county. The town is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Rugby which has a population of 100,500.
  Rugby is on the eastern edge of Warwickshire, near the borders of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. It is 83 miles north of London, 30 miles east-southeast of Birmingham and 11 miles east of Coventry.
  Rugby School, an independent school situated in the town, is the birthplace of Rugby football.
context_section_description: Most of Rugby sits around 400 feet (120 m) above sea level on an irregular shaped plateau which is situated between the valleys of the River Avon and Swift to the north, and the Rains Brook and River Leam to the south. During its modern growth, Rugby spread north across the Avon valley and enveloped the villages of Brownsover and Newbold, which are to the north of the Avon valley.
  The county boundary between Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire to the east of Rugby is defined by the A5 road (the former Watling Street) around 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Rugby town centre. The three counties meet at Dow Bridge; the point where the A5 road crosses the River Avon, forming a tripoint. To the south-east of Rugby the county boundary with Northamptonshire is defined by the Rains Brook.  Rugby is the easternmost town within Warwickshire (and the entire West Midlands region) 
  Suburbs and districts
  Suburbs and districts of Rugby include:
  Bilton
  Brownsover
  Hillmorton
  Hillside
  Kingsway
  New Bilton
  Newbold-on-Avon
  Overslade
  Adjacent settlements
  Places adjoining or adjacent to Rugby, but not part of the town itself:
  Cawston
  Clifton-upon-Dunsmore
  Dunchurch
  Houlton (partially constructed)
  Long Lawford
  Nearby places
  Nearby cities: Birmingham, Coventry and Leicester
  Nearby towns: Daventry, Hinckley, Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Lutterworth, Northampton, Nuneaton, Southam and Warwick.
  Nearby villages: Barby, Braunston, Brinklow, Catthorpe, Harborough Magna, Kilsby, Lilbourne, Monks Kirby, Newton and Pailton.
caption: Rugby seen from the air from the north-east.
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