Why the name ‘Great Central’
The name was largely born out of GC’s location.
In fact, ‘Quinn’ and ‘Tay’ originate from close to and either side of the old Great Central Railway embankment, and still do today, living within touching distance of the former line!
- Not more than 250 yards away is the old Great Central Railway which from the late 1800’s to 1969 connected London Marylebone to Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield. Once Beeching had done his bit and the line eventually sadly closed in ‘69, it has been a nature reserve for many years, as well as being part of the National Cycle Route.
Despite its closure, part of The Great Central Railway is still in use today as a visitor attraction and is one of the UK’s foremost heritage steam railways (see www.gcrailway.co.uk)
- GC is in a great central location to all points of the UK. Situated in Rugby, on the eastern fringes of Warwickshire, we are also on the border with Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Coventry and the West Midlands to the west, and equally not far off Banbury and North Oxfordshire.
So we are right amongst things in the central England and have a great outlook to effectively point in any direction north, east, south and west. With this unique position, we are able to offer a wide range of ideas and services for those groups ‘passing through’ the Midlands or wishing to stop in Central England - all of which is on our own very doorstep.