Rugby

Rugby is a town in Warwickshire, England. It is located on the River Avon.

Rugby is best known for being the birthplace of rugby football.

The town was founded in the early 12th century. Rugby School was founded in 1567 as a provision in the will of Lawrence Sheriff, who had made his fortune supplying groceries to Queen Elizabeth I of England. Since Lawrence Sheriff lived in Rugby and the neighbouring Brownsover, the school was intended to be a free grammar school for the boys of those towns.

Woods near Rugby