Tile Hill is a western suburb of Coventry.
Tile Hill was situated in the ancient Forest of Arden and also situated on Drove Lane which ran from London to Wales. The village grew as a resting point for travellers along the ancient road. It is possible Tile Hill took it's name from a tile manufacturer. Most of the area was under the control of the Stoneleigh Estate until being purchased by Coventry Corporation in 1926. The area remained mostly rural until recent decades. However, Massey Ferguson had a factory in Tile Hill, the largest tractor factory in western Europe in it's day. The factory has now been closed and demolished.
During the Civil War, the Roundheads used Tile Hill as a staging point before the battle with the Royalists at Kenilworth. Today, Tile Hill is a mostly residential area, it has a railway station on the West Coast Main Line. It was also host to a Network Rail training centre though this has now closed.
