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Places to explore near Coventry

Rebuilt around the shell of its bombed medieval cathedral, Coventry was a city of watchmakers and then car factories, set on the low Warwickshire plateau at the heart of England. The ruined splendour of Kenilworth Castle and the towers of Warwick Castle lie a short way south, and ridge-and-furrow country rolls on to the hillfort and grazing of Burton Dassett. Reed-fringed pools draw birds to Brandon Marsh on the eastern edge, and the honeyed Cotswolds begin within an hour to the south-west.

87 places within 25 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 3 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Coventry Cathedral, a cathedral in the West Midlands, central England.Highlight

Coventry Cathedral

Cathedral near Coventry

Basil Spence's 1962 cathedral joined to the bombed shell of the old one, a pairing built around peace and reconciliation.

0.2 km E

Photo of Coombe Abbey Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Coventry, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Coombe Abbey Park

House & garden near Coventry

A 12th-century Cistercian abbey set in 500 acres landscaped by Capability Brown.

6.5 km E

Photo of Stoneleigh Abbey, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Coventry, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Stoneleigh Abbey

House & garden near Coventry

A grand baroque wing on a former Cistercian abbey where Jane Austen once stayed.

7.8 km S

Photo of Kenilworth Castle, a motte & bailey near Coventry, Warwickshire, central England.Iconic

Kenilworth Castle

Motte & bailey · Castle near Coventry

Red sandstone ruin, Elizabeth I's Leicester romance.

8.8 km SW

Photo of Grace and Savour at Hampton Manor, a restaurant near Hampton-in-Arden, the West Midlands, central England.Highlight

Grace and Savour at Hampton Manor

Restaurant · With rooms near Hampton-in-Arden

Kitchen-garden tasting menus in the walled garden of a Victorian country manor.

13.2 km W

Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

13.8 km S · spans 9 counties

Photo of Hartshill Hayes Country Park, a country park near Astley, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Hartshill Hayes Country Park

Country park near Astley

A hilltop wood of 137 acres with long views across the Anker valley.

15 km N

Photo of Hatton Locks, a landmark near Lowsonford, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Hatton Locks

Landmark near Lowsonford

The 21-lock 'Stairway to Heaven' carrying the Grand Union Canal up a hillside near Warwick, with a towpath walk and canalside cafe.

15.1 km SW

Photo of Warwick Castle, a castle near Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire, central England.Iconic

Warwick Castle

Castle near Hampton Lucy

Mighty medieval fortress above the River Avon.

15.2 km S

Photo of Baddesley Clinton, a house & garden near Lapworth, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Baddesley Clinton

House & garden near Lapworth

Romantic moated medieval manor with priest holes.

15.4 km SW

Photo of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, a 26-mile canal running from King's Norton Junction to Stratford-upon-Avon, central England.Iconic

Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

Canal

Through the old Forest of Arden to Shakespeare's town, saved by volunteers in the 1960s restoration that changed canal history.

16.7 km SW · Warwickshire & West Midlands

Photo of Packwood House, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Lapworth, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Packwood House

House & garden near Lapworth

Tudor house with famous yew topiary garden.

17.4 km SW

Photo of Battlefield of Bosworth Country Park, a country park near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, central England.Highlight

Battlefield of Bosworth Country Park

Country park near Market Bosworth

Where Richard III fell and the Tudors rose.

20.7 km N

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

21.6 km SW · spans 14 counties

Photo of Henley-in-Arden, a village in Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Henley-in-Arden

Village

A market town with a mile-long High Street of medieval and Tudor buildings, reckoned among England's finest.

22.7 km SW · Warwickshire

Photo of Charlecote Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Charlecote Park

House & garden near Charlecote

Tudor house and deer park linked to Shakespeare.

23.9 km S

Photo of Polesworth Abbey, an abbey in Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Polesworth Abbey

Abbey near Polesworth

Remains of Polesworth Abbey

24.5 km N

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the Coventry Canal, a 38-mile canal running from Coventry Basin to Fradley Junction, central England.

Coventry Canal

Canal

A coal-carrying artery of the eighteenth century, from Coventry Basin to the Trent & Mersey at Fradley Junction.

0.6 km N · Warwickshire, Staffordshire & West Midlands

Photo of London Road Cemetery, Coventry, a Grade I registered house & garden in the West Midlands, central England.

London Road Cemetery, Coventry

House & garden near Coventry

Joseph Paxton's 1847 garden cemetery, holding a mass grave from the Coventry Blitz.

1.1 km SE

Photo of Coombe Abbey Country Park, a country park near Coventry, Warwickshire, central England.

Coombe Abbey Country Park

Country park near Coventry

A country park in Warwickshire.

5 km E

Photo of the Oxford Canal, a 78-mile canal running from Oxford to Coventry, England.

Oxford Canal

Canal

A contour-hugging early canal wandering from Coventry's doorstep through empty Midlands countryside to the Thames at Oxford.

5.7 km NE · spans 4 counties

Photo of Ryton Pools Country Park, a country park near Coventry, Warwickshire, central England.

Ryton Pools Country Park

Country park near Coventry

A country park in Warwickshire.

7.3 km SE

Photo along the Heart of England Way, a 104-mile long-distance path running from Cannock Chase to Bourton-on-the-Water, England.

Heart of England Way

Long-distance path

The Midlands' green spine, from Cannock Chase through the old Forest of Arden to Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds.

8.1 km NW · spans 4 counties

East Chase Distillers

Distillery near Kenilworth

A farm distillery near Kenilworth making Heritage Gin, with gin-making experiences and evening tastings.

8.4 km SW

Photo of the Ashby Canal, a 22-mile canal running from Marston Junction to Snarestone, central England.

Ashby Canal

Canal

A lock-free rural canal through the Leicestershire coalfield that never quite reached Ashby, passing Bosworth battlefield.

9.7 km N · Leicestershire & Warwickshire

Blabers Hall Wine Estate

Vineyard near Fillongley

A young vineyard planted in the old Forest of Arden at Fillongley in the north of the county.

9.7 km NW

Everything else within 25 km (61) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.