page_title: Brailes
section_title: Amenities
hierarchical_section_title: Brailes / Amenities
caption_attribution_description: English: Brailes Institute A sign above the door announces this building as the home of the Brailes Mechanical and Craft Society.
context_page_description: Brailes is a civil parish about 3 miles east of Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire, England. It includes the two villages of Lower and Upper Brailes but is often referred to as one village as the two adjoin each other. The parish includes the village of Winderton about 1.5 miles northeast of Brailes, and the deserted medieval village of Chelmscote about 3.5 miles north of Brailes.
  The parish is bounded to the east by Ditchedge Lane and Beggars' Lane, which are an historic ridgeway that also form part of the county boundary with Oxfordshire. The northeastern boundary is a minor road, part of which follows the course of a Roman road. The River Stour forms part of the southern boundary, and another part is formed by Sutton Brook, a tributary of the Stour. To the west, north and the remainder of the south the parish is bounded by field boundaries.
  Brailes is surrounded by hills. Upper Brailes is on the side of Brailes Hill, which at 761 feet high is the second-highest point in Warwickshire. The east side of the village is bordered by Mine Hill, which is over 620 feet high and is topped by a television mast, and Holloway Hill, up which the B4035 road runs towards Banbury.
context_section_description: Brailes has two pubs: the 16th century George Hotel in Lower Brailes and the Gate Inn in Upper Brailes. Both are controlled by the Hook Norton Brewery.
  In Lower Brailes there are three old school buildings, the Free School, the Old School and a third building next to the churchyard, which also served as a practice room for the village brass band in the 1950s. The old school has now been converted to a home, having been superseded in 1960 by the current Brailes Primary School building, which now has about 100 pupils. The Free School houses the mechanical and craft society.  The building next to the church is used by the community.
  Just south of Lower Brailes is Brailes Golf Club, which has an 18-hole course.
  About 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Lower Brailes is Traitor's Ford, a location for family picnics and children playing.
caption: Brailes Mechanical and Craft Society in Lower Brailes
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