Atherstone is a market town in the English county of Warwickshire. Atherstone may also refer to: in georgraph Atherstone Town F.C., Atherstone's football club Atherstone Rural District, a defunct local authority Atherstone Priory, a priory in Warwickshire, England Atherstone on Stour, a village, also located in Warwickshire Atherstone, Somerset, a town in Somerset, England Atherstone Nature Reserve, a 23,500 hectare reserve situated close to Dwaalboom, in the Limpopo province of South Africa Atherstone, Melton, a housing development in City of Melton, Victoria, Australia Military HMS Atherstone is the name of several Royal Navy ships RAF Atherstone, a former Royal Air Force base located south west of Atherstone on Stour In transport Atherstone railway station, a railway station in Atherstone Atherstone rail accident, a rail accident which occurred at Atherstone railway station in 1960 Other uses Atherstone Hunt, a fox hunt based in Warwickshire Atherstone Ball Game, a medieval football game placed on Shrove Tuesday in the English town of Atherstone, Warwickshire As a surname Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872), poet and novelist William Guybon Atherstone (1814—1898) medical practitioner, naturalist and geologist, one of the pioneers of South African geology and a member of the Cape Parliament