Kingsbury is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. The civil parish population at the 2021 census was 7,562.
The village is situated close to the Staffordshire border between Tamworth and Birmingham, which is to the north, and overlooks the River Tame. The A51 to Chester starts from here; as does the A4097, which runs through Curdworth and Minworth before joining the A38. This continues to Junction 6 of the M6 (Spaghetti Junction) giving access to the motorway network of the Midlands and the City of Birmingham. Kingsbury is notable for the Kingsbury Water Park, a shooting range and a large oil storage depot to the north-east. The church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul dates from the 12th century and is a grade II* listed building.
History
thumb|Thomas Coton's original school.
thumb|right|The old 12th-century [[Church of St Peter & St Paul, Kingsbury next to the River Tame|278x278px]]
The name Kingsbury is derived from the Saxon Chingesburie meaning 'Kings Castle' or 'Kings Fort'. The 'bury' part of the name means 'fort' or 'defensive work'. Kingsbury Hall (or Bracebridge Hall as it was their family home for many years) is now only part lived in as a farmhouse. The urban area of Kingsbury village itself had 4,168 inhabitants.
Kingsbury today
The mine, Kingsbury Colliery, has now gone and the railway station was closed in 1968 under the Beeching cuts. Although the station building has gone, the station master's house (built by LMS in 1926) still exists alongside the site. The large Kingsbury Oil Terminal, which serve the whole of the Midlands, were established in the late-1960s to the north-east of Kingsbury. Diamond West Midlands service 76/76A which begins in Tamworth provides a regular link to Kingsbury with occasional journeys extended to Sutton Coldfield. Kingsbury Water Park, which is situated between Kingsbury and Bodymoor Heath, is a series of 15 lakes, situated in of land.
It was reclaimed from the old gravel pits. It is now home to a camp site, children's play areas, a sailing club, model boat club and jet ski and power boat racing clubs. Kingsbury is now mainly a large commuter village. Although relatively small, the village has facilities and services including a primary school, secondary school, a swimming pool (situated at the secondary school but open to the public), two public houses, the Swan and the Royal Oak, a country club, churches, a doctors' surgery and shops. Its population is close to 8000 inhabitants and is frequently referred to as a small town rather than a village.