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Straddling the old Roman Watling Street just south of Tamworth, Wilnecote is a place defined by its transition from an industrial past to a modern residential hub. Historically, the area’s identity was built on its high-quality clay seams, which once fuelled a thriving brick and terracotta industry, and you can still see evidence of this heritage in the local Victorian architecture. Today, the village is conveniently located for those needing to get around the Midlands; it sits right on the edge of the A5 and M42 corridor, and remarkably retains its own small railway station on the Cross Country Route, offering bridge links to Birmingham and Derby. Life here tends to centre around the Hockley and Two Gates areas, where local shops and schools are concentrated, and while it has grown significantly with newer housing developments, it still feels connected to the Tame Valley’s landscape. Nearby, the Tame Otter pub and the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal provide a bit of green breathing space and a walking route into the more rural fringes of Staffordshire and Warwickshire.