Editing Rugby, Warwickshire (section)

===Modern history===
In the postwar years, Rugby became a major junction of the [[motorway]] network, with the [[M1 motorway|M1]] and [[M6 motorway|M6]], and [[M45 motorway|M45]] merging close to the town. The railways went into decline during the same period, with several of the railway lines into Rugby closed. Since the 1980s, the engineering industries have gone into steady decline, with many former industrial sites redeveloped for housing and retail. Due to its proximity to the motorway network, Rugby has become a major [[#Logistics|centre for logistics]], becoming, in some definitions, part of the area known as the [[golden logistics triangle]].<ref name="RLHGind"/><ref name="ONSlog"/> 

In the 21st century, Rugby's urban area has undergone further expansion with large new developments at [[Cawston, Warwickshire|Cawston]] and the large new development of [[Houlton, Warwickshire|Houlton]] on the site of the former [[Rugby Radio Station]] to the east of the town.