Geography
Tile Hill is seated in the ancient Forest of Arden, and some remnants of the forest remain between the built up areas. Tile Hill Lane is flanked by Plants Hill Wood to the south and Pig Wood to the north.
Tile Hill Lane approximately divides the suburb into a northern and a southern section. Tile Hill has three main neighbourhoods:
- Tile Hill North which primarily consists of postwar state housing, extends to Broad Lane in the north, beyond Banner Lane to the west, and to Tile Hill Lane in the south.
- Tile Hill South which comprises mainly private residences extends from Tile Hill Lane in the north, to the railway line in the south.
- Tile Hill Village which is more prosperous provides the main gateway into Coventry and out towards Burton Green and Solihull Borough, at the city's western extremity.
Tanyard Farm built in the early 1990s is an extension of Tile Hill Village to the west of Banner Lane.
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