Bramcote, Warwickshire

Bramcote
Bramcote Location within Warwickshire
Population	321 (2001)
OS grid reference	SP403886
Civil parish	Wolvey
District	Rugby
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NUNEATON
Postcode district	CV11
Dialling code	01455
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
List of places UK England Warwickshire 52°28′36″N 1°24′35″W / 52.4766°N 1.4098°W / 52.4766; -1.4098

Bramcote is a village in the Rugby district of Warwickshire in England. It lies approximately 3.3 miles (5.3 km) south-east of Nuneaton, between the Ashby Canal and the River Anker. Historically, Bramcote was a dispersed settlement rather than a nucleated village. Today, its main population centre is Gamecock Barracks, which lies to the south of the B4114 road and west of the M69 motorway. In 2001, Bramcote's population was 321, which included the hamlet of Bramcote Mains a quarter of a mile to the south, and 214 armed-services personnel at Gamecock Barracks.^[1] Population details for the 2011 census can be found under Wolvey.

Bramcote Waters golf course lies to the east^[2][3] and Bramcote NHS Hospital to the north.^[4] Prior to the barracks at Bramcote being occupied by the Army, it was Royal Naval Air Station Bramcote HMS Gamecock. During the Second World War, it was an RAF station called RAF Bramcote.

• Burdett baronets, of Bramcote