Guided Tour of Warwick Wednesday pub walk

Thank you for your interest in this Wednesday walk with a pub lunch. We ask you to book in advance for this walk since bookings for meals from the pub menu are usually requested in advance. Walkers who prefer to take a picnic lunch are welcome to do so and the leader will have a place designated for this somewhere near the pub, in the village, or in the area where we are stopping for lunch.

PLEASE NOTE THAT AT LEAST 10 BOOKINGS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS WALK. iF YOU ARE INTERESTED THEN PLEASE BOOK AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW A WEEK IN ADVANCE OF THE WALK DATE IF IT WILL BE GOING AHEAD.

To book a place:

- click the blue + symbol above to increase the ticket count to 1 - only one ticket can be booked per booking since we ask for the name of each walker - then click Next

- on the following page click the Checkout button then complete the questions, click the Accept box and press the Confirm button. You will receive an automatic acknowledgement when you submit this form.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FINISHING TIME OF THIS EVENT SHOWN ABOVE IS ONLY APPROXIMATE AND CANNOT BE GUARANTEED; IT WILL DEPEND ON FACTORS SUCH AS THE WEATHER AND THE WALKING PACE OF THE GROUP.

Walk leader: Alan Daw

This is a leisurely 6–7-mile linear walk around the town of Warwick, and involves guided tours, a variety of historic sites, parks and gardens, and a late afternoon pub meal.

MEET THE WALK LEADER AT MOOR STREET STATION by 9.00 am. LATEST. Train departs from Moor Street station at 9.15 am., arrives Warwick station 9.41 am. (Since this is a linear walk, travel by car is not recommended). Please purchase a return rail ticket to Warwick.

From Warwick station we stroll through Priory park - a splendid public open space containing some magnificent trees. We then walk down Barrack Street and through the market square before arriving at Hill Close Gardens, where we will receive refreshments and a guided tour from 10.30 am. These are a series of sixteen hedged pleasure gardens created in 1845, and originally tended by local Victorian townsfolk as a means of escaping crowded town life. Situated beside Warwick racecourse and now grade II listed, the gardens have been lovingly restored and are nationally recognised. After our tour we follow Castle Lane, past the main entrance into the castle and into picturesque Mill Street. At the end of the street is the Mill Garden, a small but perfectly formed half-acre plot on the banks of the Avon, dramatically situated beneath the walls of Warwick Castle. We then arrive at St. Nicholas Park, where if time permits, we will take a loop around the park beside the River Avon before pausing for our lunch break at approximately 1.00 pm. It is advisable to bring a packed lunch with you, although tea rooms and public conveniences are available here.