The Warwickshire Coast

The Warwickshire Coast The Warwickshire Coast is possibly the most underrated and least known areas of the UK's maritime he

The fashionable Regency shopfronts along Leamington Spa's promenade have long hosted souvenir hunters and those in searc...
07/01/2022

The fashionable Regency shopfronts along Leamington Spa's promenade have long hosted souvenir hunters and those in search of a stick of rock to accompany their day at the beach. In the distance, the Regent Hotel was once the region's most prestigious seaside accommodation, and the haunt of royalty and aristocracy alike, as they came to take in the town's famously bracing fresh sea air.

Brinklow seems to have first been used as a prehistoric barrow, thus the old English of hlāw in the name Brinklow. Over ...
20/08/2021

Brinklow seems to have first been used as a prehistoric barrow, thus the old English of hlāw in the name Brinklow. Over the centuries the constant forces of erosion have chipped away at the chalk cliffs of Brinklow Head below, to the point where the 'tump' will one day fall into the waves below.

The Obelisk at Welcombe Point Seastack, erected in 1876 to commemorate Mark Philips, son of a northern industrialist who...
09/08/2021

The Obelisk at Welcombe Point Seastack, erected in 1876 to commemorate Mark Philips, son of a northern industrialist who purchased the nearby Welcombe Manor.

The 18th Century dovecote at Idlicote, 3 miles (5 km) north-east of the port town of Shipston-on-Stour, was probably bro...
14/04/2021

The 18th Century dovecote at Idlicote, 3 miles (5 km) north-east of the port town of Shipston-on-Stour, was probably brought by boat from Kenilworth Abbey/Castle and re-erected on Idlicote Head. It was used as a look-out during the Napoleonic wars and housed a lantern to warn shipping of their proximity to the rocky headland in poor visibility.

Half-a-mile east of the North Warwickshire Coast village of Corley, lies the sandstone rock formation of Corley Rocks. T...
24/03/2021

Half-a-mile east of the North Warwickshire Coast village of Corley, lies the sandstone rock formation of Corley Rocks. The rocks are Warwickshire's premier location for those fond of the activity known as Coasteering, a physical activity that encompasses movement along the intertidal zone of a rocky coastline on foot or by swimming.

Henley-in-Arden (also known as simply Henley) is a small town in Warwickshire, England. It is situated upon the estuary ...
23/03/2021

Henley-in-Arden (also known as simply Henley) is a small town in Warwickshire, England. It is situated upon the estuary of the River Alne, which separates Henley from the adjacent coastal settlement of Beaudesert-on-Sea.

Another view of Maxstoke Castle, built by Sir William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, in 1345 to a rectangular plan,...
23/03/2021

Another view of Maxstoke Castle, built by Sir William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, in 1345 to a rectangular plan, with octagonal towers at each angle, a gatehouse on the east, and a residential range on the west, and guarded by steep cliffs. The parkland of Maxstoke has been a seafront links golf course since 1898.

Baddesley Clinton is a clifftop manor house, about 8 miles (13 km) north-west of the town of Warwick, on the Warwickshir...
19/03/2021

Baddesley Clinton is a clifftop manor house, about 8 miles (13 km) north-west of the town of Warwick, on the Warwickshire Coast, England. The house probably originated in the 13th century and the is a Grade I listed building. Its clifftop defences proved invaluable after the Reformation, when its owners the Ferrers family, sheltered Catholic priests, who were under threat of a death sentence if discovered, and made special arrangements to hide and protect them. Several priest holes were carved into the cliff's rock; secret passages to hide people in the event of a search by the authorities.

The beacon at Burton Dassett head has been a navigation landmark for sailors navigating the treacherous rocks off North ...
26/07/2019

The beacon at Burton Dassett head has been a navigation landmark for sailors navigating the treacherous rocks off North End point for generations.

The cliff-top church of Old Milverton, atop the distinctive chalk cliffs of the Warwickshire Coast.
05/07/2019

The cliff-top church of Old Milverton, atop the distinctive chalk cliffs of the Warwickshire Coast.

The position of the gulf stream means that the waters of the Warwickshire Coast offer fine bathing opportunities. This b...
10/02/2019

The position of the gulf stream means that the waters of the Warwickshire Coast offer fine bathing opportunities. This bather is enjoying the warm waters and picturesque surroundings of Bidford Bay, near Alcester.

Coombe Abbey is a hotel which has been developed from a historic grade I listed building and former clifftop country hou...
18/01/2019

Coombe Abbey is a hotel which has been developed from a historic grade I listed building and former clifftop country house. It is located at Coombe Head in the Borough of Rugby, roughly midway along the coasltine between the Bay of Coventry and Brinklow Point on the coastline of Warwickshire, England.

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