Welcome to the community website for Cubbington

Welcome to the website for the Cubbington community which has been developed through Cubbington Parish Council.

Whilst it contains information about the Parish Council, which we hope will be of interest, the website is intended to include a wide range of information about community organisations and details of activities taking place. A variety of links to other webistes are shown which we hope will be of use; these are displayed down the right hand side of this page and along the bottom.

Please let us have your views and comments by contacting Robert Inman, the Clerk to the Parish Council, by emailing clerk@cubbington.org.uk

Thank you.

In your community

Cubbington Ranger Guides are now recruiting for new members. More information can be found on the Rangers Guide page here.

Cubbington Silver Band are holding a concert on Saturday, 3rd March 2012 at St John’s Church, Coventry CV1 3BB at 7.30 pm.  Tickets cost £5 (£4 with concessions) and are available by calling 0771 7221281 or emailing cubbingtonsilverband@gmail.com. Tickets will be posted in advance or can be collected at the door. (See Diary for further details.)

Family Quiz Night - Friday, 13th April starting at 7.30 pm in the Community Pavilion – please see the  Diary for further details.

Funday Sunday Olympics - the annual Funday will be held on Sunday, 15th July 2012 between 1 pm and 6 pm in the recreation ground in the vicinity of the Community Pavilion.  This year it will have an Olympics theme and further details will appear in due course. In the meantime, please book the date for what should be a memorable event!

Cubbington – past and present

The village of Cubbington lies almost in the centre of the county of Warwickshire, 2.5 miles north-east of Royal Leamington Spa. Unlike most rural parishes, Cubbington has experienced an almost continuous increase in population from 1801 to the present day, and is one of the few villages in Warwickshire to have more than 1,000 inhabitants (4,034 according to the 2001 National Census).

There are two suggested origins for the name Cubbington, the first being Cobynton , meaning “town of the descendants of Coba.”  The second is from the name used for a time after the Domesday Book  of 1086, Cumbynton.  Cumbe was a medieval word recording that there was a settlement in a low or deep hollow. The fact that the village lies in a shallow valley supports the second theory.

In November 1605 a group of men, including Robert Catesby, who were involved in the Gunpowder plot, travelled through the village after the arrest of Guy Fawkes.  It is said that they were on route to Wales after meeting at Dunchurch, near Rugby.

Welsh Road, which runs through the village, was an old sheep drovers’ route connecting London and Wales.

Within the Cubbington boundary there are three shopping areas, three pubs( one with a restaurant), two garages (one including a petrol station), two churches (Church of England and Methodist), two schools, a Village Hall and a Community Pavilion.  The village is also served by a bus route operating to and from the nearby town centre of Royal Leamington Spa.

The Parish Council has 12 Councillors and meets in the Village Hall on the second Tuesday of every month at 7.30 pm except in April and August when there are no meetings.

The Member of Parliament for the village is Mr Jeremy Wright MP who is the member for the Kenilworth and Southam Constituency having been elected in May 2010.