Shopping & Eating Out Parks & Gardens

You will find a wealth of quality independent shops is blessed with beautiful parks and gardens, and fine restaurants nestled amongst Warwick’s all within easy walking distance of the town centre. stunning historic buildings. Visit St. Nicholas Park, Priory Park, Hill Close Gardens, Mill Garden and St Mary’s Lands.

Warwickshire’s county town is world-famous for its magnificent castle and historic charm.

There are many attractions to visit, beautiful parks and gardens and buildings of outstanding quality from every period of the last 1100 years.

Warwick’s mainly independent businesses offer an enticing blend of the old and the new – from gift shops, antique centres and traditional tea rooms to trendy boutiques, art galleries and fine restaurants. Market Place is at the heart of the town hosting a variety of For more information contact the Visitor Information Centre. www.visitwarwick.co.uk This guide presents just some of the highlights to visit during cafés, shops and pubs as well as a thriving your stay in the relaxed and picturesque town of Warwick. market every Saturday. Swan Street is the town’s main shopping street Accommodation and always a hive of activity. Warwick has a good selection of quality independent hotels Smith Street, between the Eastgate and St John’s Museum, and guest houses in the town centre, a few larger chain is bursting with character and is the oldest shopping hotels on the edge of town and some beautiful properties in street in Warwick with a unique mix of independent the surrounding countryside. shops and restaurants. There are attractive parades of shops on the West Street and To view details of the town’s Coten End approaches to the town centre and a cluster of more accommodation please call familiar high street names can be found around Market Place. in to the Visitor Information Centre where you will find further details. Alternatively visit the website

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How To Get Here Get To How Entertainment 1 Market Hall Museum 2 Collegiate Church of St Mary 3 Smith Street 4 St John’s House

Market Hall is a 17th century building in St Mary’s is a beautiful Head down Jury Street Explore a fine 17th century house with a the centre of Warwick. Here you’ll find Church. The tower being an and through the historic peaceful garden. Discover a hidden gem, the displays on the geology, natural history iconic part of the Warwick Eastgate to discover Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum tells the and early history of the county. Highlights skyline. Marvel at the Smith Street’s unique story of 300 years of the Royal Warwickshire include the Sheldon Tapestry Map of magnificent 15th Century mix of independent Regiment. Bringing history to life - find out how Warwickshire, our Live Observation Beauchamp Chapel, Chancel, shops and restaurants. soldiers lived, about Field Marshals Slim and Beehive and our famous (tweeting) Giant Crypt, Dean’s Chapel and Untouched by Montgomery, Bobby the mascot and a female Irish Deer. Visit the café which serves do visit the gift shop. You Warwick’s Great Fire soldier. Hands-on activities, gifts and souvenirs locally sourced coffee, tea, cakes and can also climb the 134ft of 1694, many of Smith are available. savouries. Gifts and souvenirs to suit all tower for stunning views of Street’s medieval April – October The social history collection at St John’s ages and budgets are also available in the the town and surrounding buildings still survive. Tuesdays – Saturdays & Museum reflects the lives of Warwickshire shop. FREE entry, donations welcomed. countryside. The street is bursting Bank Holiday Mondays: 10am-5pm people over the last 300 years (ground Mondays closed Events such as concerts, exhibitions, festivals and more take place in St with character and November – March floor access for pre-booked school/group Mary’s and are listed in the ‘What’s On’ section of the website. a range of quality Open Tuesday – Saturday 10am-5pm Tuesdays – Saturdays 10am-4pm visits only). For opening hours, please see the St Mary’s main notice board restaurants maintain Admission charges - please see website www.heritage.warwickshire.gov.uk | 01926 412500 activity into the evening. www.heritage.warwickshire.gov.uk or visit www.stmaryswarwick.org | 01926 403940 www.warwickfusiliers.co.uk | 01926 491653 01926 412069

12 Saltisford Canal Centre 5 St Nicholas Park

WARWICK RAILWAY STATION A429 TO A46, The Saltisford Arm of the Grand Union Canal Popular park offering broad swathes of grass, floral 100 METRES & COVENTRY COTEN END has been transformed by volunteers from 110 YARDS WEEKENDS displays, riverside walks, boating, amusements, a site of dereliction into peaceful moorings ONLY children’s play areas, a café and a leisure centre. COUNTY

set in a series of gardens and orchards. A425 TO WARWICK PARKWAY RECORD PRIORY PARK RD COVENTRY SOLIHULL & BIRMINGHAM OFFICE A445 TO www.stnicholaspark.co.uk Originally constructed in the 1790s as the terminus District Council 2019 Warwick © LEAMINGTON SPA www.warwickdc.gov.uk/parks

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Saltisford Canal Arm offers a tranquil green oasis RD CAPE PRIORY RD LEISURE 6 Mill Street and Garden CHAPEL ST with a contemplation area and sensory garden. WEEKENDS NORTHGATE ST CENTRE ONLY Light refreshments and day boat hire are available THE BUTTS At the end of Mill Street famous for its 15th and COMMAINGE CLOSE 12at the shop in the converted canalside warehouse. 16th century buildings is where you will find AMUSEMENTS The Cedar Room is available for hire for meetings. BARRACKSHIRE ST SMITH ST the Mill Garden renowned for the quality of its HALL GERRARD ST LIBRARY planting and breathtaking position on the banks The centre is open every day. The shop is closed at OLD SQUARE CAFE of the River Avon, lying beneath the walls of weekends from November – February. ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ST CASTLE HILL TINK-A-TANK Warwick Castle.

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THEATRE ST THEATRE PEDESTRIAN CENTRE LINEN ST SWAN ST CASTLE LANE LODGE GATE £2.50, accompanied children free. BANBURY RD TO CASTLE CASTLE ST

MARKET ST ST MARY’S BROOK ST CASTLE A425 TO 7 Warwick Castle BOWLING GREEN ST ENTRANCE LANDS BUS BACK LANE BOAT STATION MILL ST HIRE LEAMINGTON SPA HIGH ST Experience more than 1,100 years of jaw- PUCKERINGSLANE CASTLE MYTON MYTON RD dropping history at Warwick Castle! Witness BRIDGE FIELDS WARWICK the world’s largest working catapult launch a PEDESTRIAN WARWICK CASTLE TOWN GATE SCHOOL flaming fireball, climb 500 steps to the top of CARAVAN TO CASTLE RIVER AVON PARK FRIARS ST LEYCESTER BRIDGE HOUSE our tallest tower, GET LOST in the UK’s first PLACE BRIDGE END THEATRE CROMPTON ST Horrible Histories® Maze and much more.

WEST ST Car Park Church Dazzling shows and attractions, heaps of CASTLE LANE A425 TO M40 Castle Car Park Footpaths (J13 & 14) gruesome history and awesome birds of prey, WARWICK & BANBURY A429 TO 11 Warwick Racecourse CASTLE Hospital Post Office all set within 64 acres of beautiful grounds HAMPTON STM40 (J15) & GROUNDS STRATFORD MAIN CASTLE and gardens make Warwick Castle a fun, Racing has been part of Warwick life since 1707 UPON AVON STRATFORDCAR RD PARK Coach Drop-off Public Toilets action-packed day out for everyone. and the course still hosts a full programme COACH PARKING Free Tap Water refill.org.uk Open 364 days a year www.warwick-castle.com | 01926 495421 of jump racing throughout the year. Visit the website for dates and details of each race day. 10 Hill Close Gardens 9 Lord Leycester Hospital 8 The Court House The Racecourse encircles the Lammas Field The unique Victorian detached Home of the medieval Guilds of Warwick then in 1571 Designed and built by Francis Smith in 1725, the recently restored Common on St Mary’s Lands where there are gardens at Hill Close were a Tudor “Hospital” for wounded soldiers known as the Court House is a fine example of the elegant Georgian buildings large expanses of grassland rich in wildlife. used by Victorian merchants Brethren - still operating 450 years later. 12th century that replaced those devastated by Warwick’s Great Fire of 1694. www.thejockeyclub.co.uk living above their businesses chapel built over the Norman Gate and beautiful 14th The magnificent Ballroom and historic Council Chamber are to escape from the crowded and 15th century timber framed buildings clustered available to hire for weddings, private hire and community events. town. Their owners went there around a medieval galleried courtyard that is unique The Visitor Information Centre and Box Office provides after work and on Sundays in . The 500 year old Master’s Garden, open information and advice on everything from: where to visit, where to tend their plots or just to all year, features a pineapple pit, a 2,000 year old to stay, what’s on, public transport enquiries and much more. relax. The sixteen gardens, ‘nilometer’ and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s summer house. There is also a wide range of maps and local souvenirs/gifts. including attractive summer houses, have been restored to their The Brethren’s Kitchen, in use for 500 years, today Open 7 days a week, closed Sundays mid-December to Easter. Victorian splendour. Summer weekend tearoom. Plant & gift serves breakfast, light lunches and cream teas in an authentic medieval setting. sales. Green visitor centre. April – October, 11am-5pm Open Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays The Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum covers the history of the Regiment from 1794 to 1956 - daily with weekend tearoom opening. November – March, 10am – 5pm, Winter 10am – 4pm timelined displays include a Field Gun captured at ‘The Affair of Huj, 8 November 1917’. Open 11am-4pm weekdays only with self service refreshments. Option to book a guided tour by one of the Brethren in Elizabethan robes. Weekends and Bank Holidays from Easter to October 10am-4pm. Check website for details. Closed Christmas – New Year. See website for entry cost and details. www.lordleycester.com | 01926 491422 www.thecourthousewarwick.co.uk | www.visitwarwick.co.uk www.hillclosegardens.com | 01926 493339 www.warwickshire-yeomanry-museum.co.uk