khunwilko

Off the top of my head -

L/Spa once had an article in a national music paper claiming the highest number of musicians per capita in the UK.
THere is/was an extraordinary number of quite famous-ish people who either come from that area or chose to live there.- Specials, Selector, Nick Drake, Steve Miller, Dangerman, Eastenders, Germaine Greer, EP Thompson, John Lennon, Napoleon III, Frank Whittle, Aleister Crowley, the British Nazi Party all have connections with Leamington...as well as a mention by Oscar Wilde and Carry-on Cruising.......

The Assembly is the premier place for live music and other gigs i the area
http://www.leamingtonassembly.com - you'd be surprised at who plays there.

THe architecture is NOT Regency, it's mostly Victorian.....or vandalised by successive insensitive councils.
Warwick university is actually not in Warwickshire, it's in the West Midlands o0n the edge of Coventry. .....most people connected to the place choose to live in Leamington. Warwick the county town joins on to L/Spa but entertainment-wise has much less on offer especially with night-life.
I would recommend a car for sight-seeing - Chesterton Windmill - (only one in Europe)burton Dasset Saxon Church) hills and Edge Hill (civil War Battle). Coventry was UK's "Mo-Town" so if you're into classic cars there are various museums and famous car sites still to be seen.
The Fosse road was built by the Romans - hence the name) it is still in full use - if there are road works stop and take a look, you may well find pieces of Roman pottery. Canals are a big thing around that area - good for holidays in a narrowboat or just a nice meal in a canal-side pub.
Charles Voysey the Arts and Crafts architect has left a few examples of his work dotted around Warwickshire - try Bishop's Itchington - it's a private house you may need to make an appointment.
Rugby - home of the game is about 10 miles away.
Warwickshire historically is interesting as it lies on the dividing line between the Danes and the Saxons and this is reflected in the east/west differences in place names.
someone already mentioned Kenilworth (castle) Warwick (Castle and antiques)......other nearby towns include Banbury (ride a cock-horse) Rugby (football) and Leicester (Rag trade, Doc Martens, Rugger and Soccer) , Stratford on Avon (Shakespeare) Birmingham (2nd Biggest City in UK), Coventry (cars, Cathedrals and 2 Universities).
Oddly enough you will find people from all these places come to Leamington for a night out.

khunwilko

Off the top of my head -

L/Spa once had an article in a national music paper claiming the highest number of musicians per capita in the UK.
THere is/was an extraordinary number of quite famous-ish people who either come from that area or chose to live there.- Specials, Selector, Nick Drake, Steve Miller, Dangerman, Eastenders, Germaine Greer, EP Thompson, John Lennon, Napoleon III, Frank Whittle, Aleister Crowley, the British Nazi Party all have connections with Leamington...as well as a mention by Oscar Wilde and Carry-on Cruising.......

The Assembly is the premier place for live music and other gigs i the area
http://www.leamingtonassembly.com - you'd be surprised at who plays there.

THe architecture is NOT Regency, it's mostly Victorian.....or vandalised by successive insensitive councils.
Warwick university is actually not in Warwickshire, it's in the West Midlands o0n the edge of Coventry. .....most people connected to the place choose to live in Leamington. Warwick the county town joins on to L/Spa but entertainment-wise has much less on offer especially with night-life.
I would recommend a car for sight-seeing - Chesterton Windmill - (only one in Europe)burton Dasset Saxon Church) hills and Edge Hill (civil War Battle). Coventry was UK's "Mo-Town" so if you're into classic cars there are various museums and famous car sites still to be seen.
The Fosse road was built by the Romans - hence the name) it is still in full use - if there are road works stop and take a look, you may well find pieces of Roman pottery. Canals are a big thing around that area - good for holidays in a narrowboat or just a nice meal in a canal-side pub.
Charles Voysey the Arts and Crafts architect has left a few examples of his work dotted around Warwickshire - try Bishop's Itchington - it's a private house you may need to make an appointment.
Rugby - home of the game is about 10 miles away.
Warwickshire historically is interesting as it lies on the dividing line between the Danes and the Saxons and this is reflected in the east/west differences in place names.
someone already mentioned Kenilworth (castle) Warwick (Castle and antiques)......other nearby towns include Banbury (ride a cock-horse) Rugby (football) and Leicester (Rag trade, Doc Martens, Rugger and Soccer) , Stratford on Avon (Shakespeare) Birmingham (2nd Biggest City in UK), Coventry (cars, Cathedrals and 2 Universities).
Oddly enough you will find people from all these places come to Leamington for a night out.

Gordon_R

khunwilko - you've topped this 3-year old thread (3 times in fact): why? The OP's trip has been and gone long ago.

khunwilko

Many people don't seem to realise that others access this site for information on a holiday or trip of some kind and whether or not they contribute they may well do a search on a place, so it can be quite useful to have some updated info on a subject without having to trawl several posts at a time......however, if it worries you so much may I point out that you too have posted on this thread?

isabel

Yes my trip has long since come and gone. I went twice, once in November and again in March, almost two years exactly and I've just this weekend been thinking of it fondly - how green the grass was in March, the newborn lambs in the fields. November however was cold and rainy.

I did an overnight trip to Liverpool, Chester and Conwy when I was there in November. In March we did Kenilworth and Warwick Castles. I wrote trip reports if you click on my name you'd get them.

But I'm sure other people searching on this area will appreciate the added info posted above.

janisj

"Many people don't seem to realise that others access this site for information on a holiday or trip of some kind and whether or not they contribute they may well do a search on a place, so it can be quite useful to have some updated info on a subject without having to trawl several posts at a time......however, if it worries you so much may I point out that you too have posted on this thread?:

I think Gordon_R's point is you were obviously responding to isabel's query since you started off w/ "Off the top of my head"

There have been LOTS of threads about Warwickshire since this one 3 years ago. Even very recent ones where maybe the info would be helpful. But you must have searched for an old thread to top because this one definitely was long buried.

khunwilko

Furthermore apart from criticism of style or content I fail to see how JJ or GR have contributed anything further to the thread....but it has revived it

khunwilko

BTW the main subject here is Leamington Spa, not Warwickshire