main line crossed the River Leam on a 13-arch viaduct almost south of the village. This was called Willoughby Viaduct but the site is not in the parish and half of it is not even in Warwickshire. The Great Central Railway opened the line in March 1899 with a station at the village named "Willoughby for Daventry". In 1904 the GCR renamed the station "Braunston and Willoughby for Daventry". Both names were rather optimistic, as Daventry is away, Braunston is away and both had their own stations on a branch of the London and North Western Railway. In 1938 the GCR's successor the London and North Eastern Railway renamed the station . British Railways closed the station in April 1957 and the line in September 1966. Little remains of the station itself but the Station Master's red-brick house survives. Amenities Willoughby has an 18th-century public house, The Rose Inn. The parish had three other pubs including the Four Crosses Inn and the Navigation. The Four Crosses has been turned into apartments and the other two former pubs are now private houses. Willoughby has a hair salon and other retail businesses. References Notes Bibliography External links Willoughby Parish Council – website of Willoughby's Parish Council Civil parishes in Warwickshire Villages in Warwickshire