Highlights of this fully revised & updated guide are the magnificent medieval fortresses of Warwick & Kenilworth Castles, but this county is also home to some of the most significant developments of England`s postwar modern architecture, notably the rebuilt city center of Coventry destroyed in the Blitz. Leamington Spa has fine terraces of the Regency period but most famous of all is the market town of Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born & educated & the houses associated with his family are preserved. Also featured are the area`s greatest country houses, from Tudor Compton Wynyates & the moated Baddesley Clinton to Baroque Stoneleigh, Palladian Ragley, & Arbury Hall, one of the finest mansions of the Gothic Revival. ...

Warwickshire in a series of colourful reproductions of attractive county maps by John Speede from about 1610-1611, printed on thick art paper & ideal for framing. Each title, 58 x 45cm / approx. 23” x 18”, is decorated with additional notes, drawings, coats of arms, street plans, etc. Little drawings are used to show locations of towns, larger villages, hills & woodlands or parks. Rivers & lakes are also drawn, as are boundaries of the administrative subdivisions with the names of the Hundreds. Surrounding the county are decorative panels filled with additional information which differs from title to title: street plans, coats of arms of notable local families, geographical features, notes about local history, etc. ...

Warwickshire & The South Midlands Cycle Map at 1:110, 000 approx from Sustrans, including the Lias Line, the South Midlands Cycle Route, & the Grand Union Canal, plus five day rides: the Cotswold Tour, Long Buckby Circular, Royal Leamington Spa & Southam, Bicester to Winslow & return, & Kings Sutton Loop. Street plans show Coventry, Leamington Spa, Milton Keynes, Northampton & Rugby. Maps is this Sustrans series show all the National & Regional Cycle Network routes clearly numbered & have the colouring distinguishing between the on-road & traffic-free sections. The publishers’ own recommendations are shown in contrasting colour &, in most titles, are in addition presented on the reverse side on separate panels where each circuit is annotated with useful notes. The maps have contours & altitude colouring to show the topography, with additional gradient markings. Towns along the routes are annotated with symbols indicating what facilities can be found there. Also marked are various places of interest, on or near the routes, & railway lines are shown with stations for access to the routes by rail. On the reverse each title also provides large, clear city centre street plans of main towns, highlighting the Cycle Network and/or the recommended routes. Also included are contact details of tourist information centres. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Warwickshire & West Midlands in the AA 50 Walks series; comprising an extensive range of walking guides helping you to explore the best walking routes in Great Britain. Each guide covers a total of 50 walks, many of which are circular, between 2-10 miles & also that are suitable for a range of different walking standards. Every walk in the guides has an information box showing clear details of distance, minimum time, level of difficulty, any ascents, the nature of the terrain & landscape, suggested Ordnance Survey map, grid references for starting & finishing points, dog friendliness, parking & any public toilets en route. There are also suggestions of what to look out for & recommended places to eat & drink. Detailed walk descriptions are accompanied by clear mapping of the route ahead, in addition to colour photographs illustrating the highlights of selected routes. ...

Walking is one of Britain`s favourite leisure activities, & this fantastic walking guide to Warwickshire & the West Midlands features a variety of mapped walks to suit all abilities. The book features all the practical detail you need, accompanied by fascinating background reading on the history & wildlife of the area, as well as other local points of interest. All walks are annotated with local points of interest & places to stop for refreshments & every walk is given a summary of distance, time, gradient, level of difficulty, type of surface & access, landscape, dog friendliness, parking & public toilets. ...

The fourteen routes in this guide take the walker on a journey to the key sites connected with Warwickshire`s colourful & stormy past. The lively & informative routes in this guide are all between 3
- 8 miles & explore the beautiful & historic countryside of Warwickshire.
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The twenty circular walks in this volume combine some of the most beautiful scenery in Warwickshire, including country houses, waterways, castles & picturesque villages, with the opportunity to visit a collection of irresistible taverns & teashops. The walks vary in length between two & six miles, & offer a wealth of local places to see & explore. There are the wonderful grounds around Kenilworth Castle; the town of Henley-in-Arden that has won prizes in many ' Towns in Bloom' competitions; Ufton Fields Nature Reserve, where unusual plants can be seen flourishing in the lime-rich soil; Mary Arden's House & Museum in Wilmcote; & Edge Hill, of battlefield fame, where Hornton stone was once quarried. Other routes include the tiny village of Barcheston, well-known as the home of English tapestry; the glorious woodland of Hartshill Hayes Country Park, once part of the vast Forest of Arden; Coughton Court, renowned as one of England's great Tudor houses; the celebrated Hatton Flight, a series of twenty one locks carrying the Grand Union Canal to the 350ft high Midlands Plateau; & a delightful teashop in Wellesbourne, housed in an 18th century timber-framed barn. Each walk is carefully described & is accompanied by a sketch map of the route. There are details on how to get to the start & where to park, & notes on the places of interest en route. Practical information on the teashops & pubs including their opening times, regular menus & house specialities are also provided. For those walks where the teashop closes or has restricted hours in the winter months, other refreshment places are recommended. ...

Waterside Walks in Warwickshire features twenty circular walks in the county, all between 2 & 5.5 miles in length, with routes alongside rivers, canals, reservoirs & lakes, including the River Avon & the Grand Union canal. Each walk

Includes:: details on how to get to the starting point, where to park, & what pub food & drink are available locally. For greater clarity, route descriptions are divided into numbered paragraphs which correspond with the numbers on the accompanying sketch maps. Separate sections are included on nearby or en-route places of interest to visit.

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Warwickshire 1610 Replica Map by the Old Map Company is a reproduction of the map created for the famous atlas of the period by the master map maker John Speede Esq. The Old Map Company has recreated the antique maps of British counties, European cities & World countries originally crafted by master map maker John Speede Esq. whose work had accuracy & quality not surpassed for centuries. Each map is treated & presented on specially crafted paper then h&-treated giving it texture & an aged appearance before being beautifully engraved & detailed. ...

Warwickshire, an original antique map by G. Cole / J. Roper published in London, 1810-1843. Copperplate, coloured. Map size 17 x 23 cm, overall mounted size 32.5 x 38.5 cm. This detailed map of Warwickshire is from Dugdale's England & Wales Delineated. The map was drawn by G. Cole & engraved by John Roper for publication first in The Beauties Of England & Wales, issued in parts, from c.1804. Such was the success of the publication that the maps were re-used in other publications, as here. The maps show accurate geographical detail, including the turnpike, mail coach & principal roads, sites of Roman & other historical remains, as well as the seats of the nobility & the gentry, & market towns with their distances from London. The maps also show the division of the counties into hundreds or wapontakes. They are representative of the functional nineteenth-century approach to cartography, yet are not unattractive. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford ...