Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. It's in the very heart and centre of England, with many historical and cultural attractions.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick.
Stratford-upon-Avon
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Stratford-upon-Avon is an historic town on the River Avon in the English county of Warwickshire, best known as the home town of the great English playwright and poet, William Shakespeare.
Warwick
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Warwick is the historic county town of the English county of Warwickshire, standing on the River Avon. Warwick has ancient origins and an array of historic buildings, notably from the Medieval, Stuart and Georgian eras.
Rugby
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Rugby is a market town of 78,000 people in the Borough of Rugby in Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England, part of the United Kingdom. The town is credited with being the birthplace of rugby football, and is a must visit for the avid rugby fan.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Leamington Spa and Nuneaton.
Leamington Spa
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Royal Leamington Spa is a spa town of 51,000 people in the West Midlands region of England, close to the cities of Coventry and Birmingham.
Nuneaton
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Nuneaton is the largest town in Warwickshire, with a population in 2021 of 89,000. It was heavily bombed in the Second World War and rebuilt in typically unsympathetic post-war style. Its best-known landmark is Mount Judd, a 518-foot spoil heap.
Kenilworth
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Kenilworth is an attractive historical town in the English county of Warwickshire. Beginning as a settlement nestled in the Forest of Arden, Kenilworth grew up around the now-ruined castle that is a striking centrepiece to the town, notable for being the seat of power of revolutionary baron Simon de Montfort.
Henley-in-Arden
Atherstone
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Atherstone is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. Located in the far north of the county, Atherstone is on the A5 national route, and is adjacent to the border with Leicestershire which is here formed by the River Anker.
Bedworth
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Bedworth is a town in the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth, in the north of Warwickshire. At the 2011 census it had a population of 30,438.
Wellesbourne
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Wellesbourne is a large village in the civil parish of Wellesbourne and Walton, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. In the 2021 census the parish had a population of 7,283, a significant increase from 5,849 In the 2011 census.
Warwickshire
- Type: Region with 560,000 residents
- Description: ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in England, UK
- Also known as: “Ceremonial County Warwickshire” and “Warwickshire, England”
- Neighbors: Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire
- Categories: non-metropolitan county and ceremonial county of England
- Location: West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Warwickshire” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Warwickshire”
- Arabic: “وارويكشاير”
- Arabic: “وارويكشير”
- Arabic: “وركشير”
- Arabic: “ووريكشير”
- Armenian: “Ուորիքշիր”
- Asturian: “Warwickshire”
- Azerbaijani: “Uorvikşir”
- Azerbaijani: “Vorvikşir qraflığı”
- Azerbaijani: “Vorvikşir”
- Balinese: “Warwickshire”
- Basque: “Warwickshire”
- Bavarian: “Warwickshire”
- Belarusian: “графства Уорыкшыр”
- Belarusian: “Ўорўікшыр”
- Belarusian: “Уорыкшыр”
- Belarusian: “Ўорыкшыр”
- Bengali: “ওয়ারউইকশায়ার”
- Breton: “Warwickshire”
- Bulgarian: “Уорикшър”
- Catalan: “Warwickshire”
- Cebuano: “Warwickshire”
- Chinese: “Warwickshire”
- Chinese: “和域郡”
- Chinese: “沃里克郡”
- Chinese: “窩域郡”
- Chinese: “華威郡”
- Cornish: “Warwickshire”
- Crimean Tatar: “Vorikşir”
- Czech: “Warwickshire”
- Danish: “Warwickshire”
- Dutch: “Warwickshire”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وركشير”
- Esperanto: “Varikŝiro”
- Esperanto: “Warwickshire”
- Estonian: “Warwickshire”
- Finnish: “Warwickshire”
- French: “Warwickshire”
- Georgian: “უორუიკშირი”
- German: “Warwickshire”
- Greek: “Ουόρικσαϊρ”
- Greek: “Ουόρικσιρ”
- Gujarati: “વોરવિકશાયર”
- Hebrew: “וורוויקשייר”
- Hebrew: “ווריקשייר”
- Hindi: “वरिकशायर”
- Hungarian: “Warwickshire”
- Icelandic: “Warwickshire”
- Ido: “Warwickshire”
- Indonesian: “Warwickshire”
- Interlingua: “Warwickshire”
- Irish: “Warwickshire”
- Italian: “Warks”
- Italian: “Warwickshire”
- Japanese: “ウォリックシャー”
- Japanese: “ウォリックシャー州”
- Kannada: “ವಾರ್ವಿಕ್ಶೈರ್”
- Korean: “워릭셔주”
- Kurdish: “Warwickshire”
- Ladin: “Warwickshire”
- Latin: “Warwicensis comitatus”
- Latvian: “Vorikšīra”
- Lithuanian: “Vorikšyras”
- Luxembourgish: “Warwickshire”
- Macedonian: “Ворикшир”
- Manx: “Warwickshire”
- Marathi: “वॉरविकशायर”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Warwickshire”
- Narom: “Schire de Varouic”
- Northern Frisian: “Warwickshire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Warwickshire”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Warwickshire”
- Norwegian: “Warwickshire”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Warwickshire”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Wæringscīr”
- Ossetian: “Уорикшир”
- Persian: “وارویکشایر”
- Persian: “واریکشر”
- Polish: “Warwickshire”
- Portuguese: “Warwickshire”
- Romanian: “Warwickshire”
- Russian: “Уорикшир”
- Scots: “Warwickshire”
- Serbian: “Ворикшир”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Warwickshire”
- Slovak: “Warwickshire”
- Slovenian: “Warwickshire”
- Spanish: “Warwickshire”
- Swedish: “Warwickshire”
- Tajik: “Уорикшир”
- Tamil: “வரவிக்க்ஷிர்”
- Tatar: “Ворикшир”
- Telugu: “వార్ విక్ షైర్”
- Thai: “วอริกเชอร์”
- Turkish: “Törensel Warwickshire Kontluğu”
- Turkish: “Warwickshire”
- Ukrainian: “Ворикшир”
- Urdu: “وارکشائر”
- Venetian: “contea de Warwick”
- Vietnamese: “Warwickshire”
- Volapük: “Warwickshire”
- Waray (Philippines): “Warwickshire”
- Welsh: “Swydd Warwick”
- Western Frisian: “Warwickshire”
- Western Panjabi: “واروکشائر”
- Wu Chinese: “沃里克郡”
- Yiddish: “וואריקשיר”
- Yue Chinese: “和域郡”
- Yue Chinese: “窩域郡”
- “Warwickshire”
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