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Tuesday 2nd December 2008

Places to go near Warwick

Chocoholics beware! Warwickshire is home to Bournville and Cadbury World – a great day out for all the family. But don’t despair, a host of calorie-free attractions (including the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Hanbury Hall and lots of fascinating canal architecture) are available too.

Local attractions

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This canal basin at the southern end of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal lies in the heart of historic Stratford, home …

  • Leisure attraction

This flight on the Grand Union Canal, just west of Warwick, delivers 21 locks in less than two miles and provides a …

  • Leisure attraction

The Lapworth Link is a short stretch of canal that links together the Grand Union and Stratford-on-Avon Canals, …

  • Leisure attraction

Mary Arden's is one of the five Shakespeare Houses in and around Stratford-upon-Avon. The large site contains two …

  • Historic building

The home of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is based in town where the where the Bard himself was born and died, …

  • Leisure attraction

This 250-yard cast-iron trough aqueduct is unusual because its accompanying towpath is on a level with the base …

  • Historic structure

Bishop Street Basin, in the heart of Coventry, has now been restored and marks the termination of the Coventry …

  • Leisure attraction

This 250-yard cast-iron trough aqueduct is unusual because its accompanying towpath is on a level with the base …

  • Historic structure

Historic Tudor house with a celebrated garden. Mr John Fetherstone built the first house to stand at Packwood …

  • Garden
  • Historic building

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