There are pictures on the Warwick tourist office website
http://www.visitwarwick.co.uk/useful-info/summary.asp

"<i>the old hospital flanner is on about - again looks like dozens of Shakespearean or Tudor . . .</i>

Predates Tudor/Shakespeare by more than a fair bit.

(ps: I'm FAR from expert on lots of things British -- but I do try to correct stoooopid)

annhig: oh, you must go see it next time you are in the area.

Warwick and leamington Spa are several miles apart!!!>

wikipedia said, I do believe and janis can correct me if wrong on this - 4 miles apart and are cojoined in one town - thus are zero miles apart in that sense.

I'm sure janis will correct me if wrong so if we do not hear I stand correct, not corrected!

Pal the town centres are miles apart I was there last Saturday inffact I have driven through Warwick twice this week,maybe their boundaries are joined but no one would consider them ONE town. Ask a local, oh that's right I am one!!!

it can be difficult for newbies.
After a while you can distinguish between posters who are very helpful if occasionally slightly irascible and those who are silly or even misleading.
Certainly, if I see certain names heading threads, I just ignore them for the sake of my blood pressure.

MissP I totally agree, normally I ignore certain posters on here and the Asia board as they are keen
to "mix things up" a little. Broken one of my own posting rules today.....

Back to the OP, Warwick castle is a fun place to visit, however close to LSpa it is!!!!
If you like Thai food there is a lovely Thai restaurant not far from the castle in the main part of town, called the Art kitchen on swan street.

smeagol, for what it's worth, I wouldn't think that Warwick and Leamington spa were one town either, but I come from Coventry, so what would i know?

Warwick, thanks for Smeagol's description and MissP's photo link does indeed seem to be a nice old town - I'll have to go back next trip to UK and check it out again. Thanks for setting me straight!

but for the average American tourist I would suggest staying still in world-famous Stratford - see the Shakespeare Properties, Ersatz as many are, and even see the Bard's gravestone in the parish church - lots of nice eateries appealing for teens and family, etc. And with the River Avon streaming thru it a cute situation.

annhig well Coventry is only round the country, that's practically local:)

Actually agree with Pal though, Stratford is a very good starting point if you have never been to this area before, yes it's super touristy but hey if you're on holiday then you're a tourist!!!

Try these websites

http://www.visitstratford.co.uk

http://www.visitwarwick.co.uk

Lots of info about things to see, places to visit, times of openings, events, etc.

The town lies upon the River Avon, 18 km (11 miles) south of Coventry and 4 km (2.5 miles) west of Leamington Spa (although the towns are conjoined), with a population of 25,434>

annhig - perhaps I misunderstand the term 'cojoined' - I thought meant merged? But perhaps in English conext not - anyway with city centres only 2.5 miles apart really all one town. But not sure of political cojoinment so may have misspoke?

pal - they have always seemed separate to me, and i have no idea what "conjoined" might mean in this context; I'm pretty certain that the good citizens of either town do NOT walk round saying that they are "conjoined" even if it may be difficult in places to see where one ends and the other starts.

actually, I'm not sure that I've ever driven from Warwick to L/spa, or vice versa, though I've been to both often enough. tell you what, next time I'm up that way, I'll go and have a look and see if I can spot any "conjoining" going on!

As I said their boundaries meet but they would NEVER be considered one town. In fact Leamington is know as Royal Leamington Spa. (whereas Warwick does not have this association) two dictionary definitions of conjoined is to meet, over lap.
But it seems my knowledge of the area isn't good enough for our PQ so I will leave it at that. As Annhig says it's difficult to see where one town starts and the other ends but then the same could be said for many many towns......