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The Whitley Plant is situated in Whitley
Whitley, Coventry

Whitley is a suburb of southern Coventry in the West Midlands of England, UK.Whitley is the home of the Whitley plant, which is the Engineering Centre and Headquarters of Jaguar ....
, Coventry
Coventry

Coventry is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. With a population of 303,475 at the United Kingdom Census 2001 , Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom....
 in the West Midlands
West Midlands (region)

The West Midlands is an official Regions of England of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands#The English Midlands....
 of England
England

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. It is the Engineering Centre and Headquarters of Jaguar Cars. The facility has a fully integrated design, research and development centre for all current and future Jaguar products. It is signposted around the area as "Jaguar Eng Ctr".

Whitley became the headquarters of Jaguar Cars after relocating from Browns Lane, Coventry after the Brown's Lane plant closed in 2005.

The associated expansion of the Whitley facility and the building of a new industrial park in the surrounding green fields and woods is a controversial local issue.

Whitley plant is surrounded by green land, and a lake, woods and the River Sowe
River Sowe

The River Sowe is a River in Warwickshire and West Midlands , England. It is a tributary of the River Avon, Warwickshire, and flows into it just south of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire....
 are near by.






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The Whitley Plant is situated in Whitley
Whitley, Coventry

Whitley is a suburb of southern Coventry in the West Midlands of England, UK.Whitley is the home of the Whitley plant, which is the Engineering Centre and Headquarters of Jaguar ....
, Coventry
Coventry

Coventry is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. With a population of 303,475 at the United Kingdom Census 2001 , Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom....
 in the West Midlands
West Midlands (region)

The West Midlands is an official Regions of England of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands#The English Midlands....
 of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It is the Engineering Centre and Headquarters of Jaguar Cars. The facility has a fully integrated design, research and development centre for all current and future Jaguar products. It is signposted around the area as "Jaguar Eng Ctr".

Whitley became the headquarters of Jaguar Cars after relocating from Browns Lane, Coventry after the Brown's Lane plant closed in 2005.

The associated expansion of the Whitley facility and the building of a new industrial park in the surrounding green fields and woods is a controversial local issue.

Green land

The Whitley plant is surrounded by green land, and a lake, woods and the River Sowe
River Sowe

The River Sowe is a River in Warwickshire and West Midlands , England. It is a tributary of the River Avon, Warwickshire, and flows into it just south of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire....
 are near by. These would be under threat if the plant was expanded. Some of the former playing fields of Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School
Whitley Abbey Community School

Whitley Abbey Community School is a comprehensive school in Whitley, Coventry, Coventry, England. It opened on 13 October 2000 and replaced the former Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School built in the 1950s, which was one of the first comprehensive schools in Coventry....
 were sold by the council to Ford who owned Jaguar at the time.

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  • List of Ford factories
    List of Ford factories

    The Ford Motor Company currently manufactures automobiles and other components of vehicles in the following factories. Per regulations, the factory is encoded into each vehicle's VIN as character 11 USA models, and character 8 European models....