Editing Rugby, Warwickshire (section)

==Geography==
[[File:RugbyMap.png|thumb|upright=1.5|Map of Rugby]]
[[File:Rugby from the air (crop), geograph-2056266-by-Thomas-Nugent.jpg|thumb|Aerial photograph of Rugby from the north-east.]]
Most of Rugby sits around {{convert|400|ft|m}} above sea level on an irregular shaped plateau which is situated between the valleys of the [[River Avon (Warwickshire)|River Avon]] and [[River Swift|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.<ref name="EX222">OS Explorer Map 222 : Rugby & Daventry, Southam & Lutterworth: (1:25 000) {{ISBN|9780319244159}}</ref><ref name="Wait325">{{cite web|last1=Wait |first1=Rev W.&nbsp;O. |title=Rugby:past and present, with an historical account of neighbouring parishes. |url=http://access.bl.uk/item/pdf/lsidyv2ae4164a |page=325 |date=1893}}</ref>

The county boundary between Warwickshire, [[Northamptonshire]] and [[Leicestershire]] to the east of Rugby is defined by the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5 road]] (the former [[Watling Street]]) around {{convert|3|mi|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 [[List of tripoints of English counties|tripoint]]. To the south-east of Rugby the county boundary with Northamptonshire is defined by the Rains Brook.<ref name="EX222"/><ref name="Wait294">{{cite web|last1=Wait |first1=Rev W.&nbsp;O. |title=Rugby:past and present, with an historical account of neighbouring parishes. |url=http://access.bl.uk/item/pdf/lsidyv2ae4164a |page=294 |date=1893}}</ref>  Rugby is the easternmost town within Warwickshire (and the entire [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands region]]) 
;Suburbs and districts
Suburbs and districts of Rugby include:
*[[Bilton, Warwickshire|Bilton]]
*[[Brownsover]]
*[[Hillmorton]]
*Hillside
*[[New Bilton]]
*[[Newbold-on-Avon]]
*[[Overslade]]
*Rokeby
;Adjacent settlements
Places adjoining or adjacent to Rugby, but not part of the town itself:
*[[Cawston, Warwickshire|Cawston]]
*[[Clifton-upon-Dunsmore]]
*[[Dunchurch]]
*[[Houlton, Warwickshire|Houlton]] (under construction)
*[[Long Lawford]]
*[[Newton, Warwickshire|Newton]]

;Nearby places
*Nearby cities: [[Birmingham]], [[Coventry]] and [[Leicester]] 
*Nearby towns: [[Bedworth]], [[Daventry]], [[Hinckley]], [[Kenilworth]], [[Leamington Spa]], [[Lutterworth]], [[Northampton]], [[Nuneaton]], [[Southam]] and [[Warwick]].
*Nearby villages: [[Barby, Northamptonshire|Barby]], [[Braunston]], [[Brinklow]], [[Catthorpe]], [[Harborough Magna]], [[Kilsby]], [[Lilbourne]], [[Monks Kirby]], [[Newton, Warwickshire|Newton]] and [[Pailton]].
{{Geographic location
|title = '''Destinations from Rugby'''
|Northwest = [[Nuneaton]], [[Bedworth]], [[Hinckley]]
|North     = '''[[Leicester]]''',<br />[[Lutterworth]], 
|Northeast = [[Market Harborough]], [[Corby]]
|West      = '''[[Birmingham]]''', '''[[Coventry]]'''
|Centre    = Rugby
|East      = [[Kettering]], [[Wellingborough]] 
|Southwest = [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], '''[[Warwick]]''', [[Leamington Spa]]  
|South     = [[Southam]],<br />[[Banbury]]
|Southeast = [[Daventry]], '''[[Northampton]]''', '''[[London]]'''
}}