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Daimler Green
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Daimler Green, Coventry
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Daimler Green
Location within the West Midlands
Metropolitan county
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Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
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England
West Midlands
52°25′22″N1°30′57″W / 52.422735°N 1.515880°W / 52.422735; -1.515880
The statue indicating that a Daimler factory stood on the Daimler Green site from 1912 to 1997 Daimler green statue 2s07.JPG
The statue indicating that a Daimler factory stood on the Daimler Green site from 1912 to 1997

Daimler Green is an urban village located approximately two miles north of Coventry city centre, in the West Midlands, England.

It was built on the site of the Daimler factory in Radford. The railway had provided a railway station, Daimler Halt, for the car factory workers which was closed in 1965. The factory closed in 1997 and was quickly demolished. The urban village was approved for redevelopment in 1999. [1] The first residential properties were occupied in 2000.

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