Edge Hill, Warwickshire

Edge Hill is an escarpment and Edgehill a hamlet in the civil parish of Ratley and Upton, Stratford-on-Avon District, southern Warwickshire, England. At Ratley, the escarpment rises to 219 m (719 ft) above sea level and 112 m (367 ft) above nearby Radway, within 300 metres of the Warwickshire border with Oxfordshire.

For the settlement in North Warwickshire, see Edge Hill, North Warwickshire. For the Liverpool district, see Edge Hill, Liverpool. For the battle, see Battle of Edgehill.

Edge Hill
Castle Inn, the Octagonal Tower
Edge Hill
Location within Warwickshire
OS grid referenceSP370470
Civil parish
  • Ratley and Upton
District
  • Stratford-on-Avon
Shire county
  • Warwickshire
Region
  • West Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBanbury
Postcode districtOX15
Dialling code01295
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands

Edge Hill gave its name to the first battle of the English Civil War, in which it was a prominent feature.

The hamlet has a public house, an eccentric building of local Hornton Stone called the Castle Inn that was built in the 1740s to the designs of Sanderson Miller (1716–80). It is controlled by the Hook Norton Brewery.

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