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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Warwick Newburgh Southam Clinic Bishops Itchington Clinic The Gap Lighthorne Heath Clinic Kipling Avenue Pendicke Street Early Years Centre Oakwood Road Lighthorne Childrens Centre Warwick Southam Poplar Road Warwick Stratford Road CV34 6LD CV47 1PF Bishops Itchington CV34 5TD Lighthorne Heath CV47 2RT CV33 9TW 1st Monday 9.30am - 11.30am 2nd and 4th Tuesday 1st Wednesday 3rd Thursday Monthly Friday 10.00am - 11.30am 9.30am - 11.30am From September Changing venue to: Chase Meadow Community Centre Narrow Hall Meadow Warwick CV34 6BT 1.00pm – 3.00pm Lillington Children’s Centre Clinic Fenny Compton Clinic Temple Herdewyke Dale Street Clinic Mason Avenue Fenny Compton Surgery The Link Community Centre Dale Street Church Centre CV32 7QE High Street Stapledon Green CV32 5HL Fenny Compton Temple Herdewyke 10.00am – 12.00pm CV47 2YG CV47 2UG 1st and 3rd Thursday 9.30am - 11.30am 3rd Tuesday 2nd Wednesday The Lees Chapel Lapworth Kenilworth United Reformed Kenilworth St Johns Warwick Gates Community Centre 89 Station Ln Church Mortimer Road Cressida Close Lapworth Abbey Hill Kenilworth CV34 6DZ Solihull Kenilworth CV8 1FS B94 6JG CV8 1LW 3rd Thursday Alternate Wednesdays 1.00pm - 3.00pm Term time Alternate Tuesdays 10.00am - 11.30am 10.30am - 11.30am 1.00pm - 2.30pm Kineton Village Hall Warwick Children’s Centre Warwick Westgate The Birches Mill St Coventry road Bowling Green Street Broad Ln Kineton Warwick Warwick Tanworth in Arden Warwick CV43 4LJ CV34 4DD Solihull CV35 0LB B94 5DY 4th Tuesday 2nd Wednesday 2nd Monday 9.15am - 11.15am 9.30am - 11.30am 2nd Thursday 10.00am - 11.30am 10.30am – 12.00pm Rosebird Community Hall St Margaret’s Church Centre Hatton Park Village Hall Meon Medical Centre Shipston Rd Whitnash Road Mollington Grove Goose Ln Alderminster CV31 2HB Hatton Park Lower Quinton Stratford-upon-Avon CV35 7TU Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8LU 1st Tuesday CV37 8TA 1.00pm - 3.00pm 4th Wednesday 2nd and 4th Monday 1.15pm - 2.30pm 2nd and 4th Thursday 9.30am - 11.00am Alcester Primary Care Centre Kingsway Children’s Centre St Peters Church Centre Field Park Drive Baker Avenue Church St Alcester CV31 3HB Wellesbourne B49 6PX Warwick 2nd & 4th Wednesday CV35 9LS 2nd and 4th Tuesday 9.30am - 11.30am 1.30pm – 3.00pm 1st and 3rd Thursday 9.30am - 11am Studley Village hall Sydenham Children’s Centre High Street Calder Walk Studley CV31 1SA B80 7HJ Every Wednesday 1st and 3rd Tuesday 1.00pm - 2.30pm 1.30pm – 3.00pm until mid-July Bidford Methodist Church Alcester Childrens Centre Chapel Cl St Faith's Rd Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Alcester B49 6AG B50 4QB 1st and 3rd Wednesday 2nd & 4th Tuesday 1.30pm – 3.00pm 10.30am – 12.00pm Badger Valley Children’s Centre The Hub Tileman Lane Henley-in-Arden School Shipston on Stour Stratford Rd CV36 4HP Henley-in-Arden B95 6AF 2nd and 4th Tuesday 10.00am - 11.30am 2nd and 4th Wednesday 10.00am - 11.30am Lomas suite Stratford Children’s Centre Stratford hospital Drayton Avenue Arden Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV36 6AQ CV37 9PB 1st Tuesday 1st and 3rd Wednesday 1.30pm – 3.00pm 9.30am – 11.00am .
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