Guide to Royal Leamington Spa
Cafes and Restaurants
High quality “posh” Italian restaurant in the town centre. Excellent pasta dishes, fish and seafood. Booking recommended.
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La Coppola Ristorante & Oyster Bar
14 ParadeHigh quality “posh” Italian restaurant in the town centre. Excellent pasta dishes, fish and seafood. Booking recommended.
Independent deli and coffee shop with great coffee and a choice of dark, milk or white hot chocolate – all excellent. Half price drinks before 10.30 am.
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Warwick Street Kitchen
102 Warwick StIndependent deli and coffee shop with great coffee and a choice of dark, milk or white hot chocolate – all excellent. Half price drinks before 10.30 am.
Small French bistro-style restaurant on the South side of town. They offer a very good value set menu – which changes every week – on Tues-Thurs evenings.
Eleven
Regent PlaceSmall French bistro-style restaurant on the South side of town. They offer a very good value set menu – which changes every week – on Tues-Thurs evenings.
A Leamington institution. High quality “posh” Chinese which is always popular, especially on weekend evenings, when booking is essential.
Emperors
2 Bath PlA Leamington institution. High quality “posh” Chinese which is always popular, especially on weekend evenings, when booking is essential.
Pubs
Quiet neighbourhood pub about three minutes’ stagger from our house. Decent food and live sport. Every other Wednesday is quiz night, which can be very busy.
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The New Inn
Silver StreetQuiet neighbourhood pub about three minutes’ stagger from our house. Decent food and live sport. Every other Wednesday is quiz night, which can be very busy.
Country gastro-pub in the village of Offchurch, about three miles from Leamington – a short drive or a great cross-country walk when the weather is nice.
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The Stag at Offchurch
Welsh RoadCountry gastro-pub in the village of Offchurch, about three miles from Leamington – a short drive or a great cross-country walk when the weather is nice.
Cinema
Small multi-screen cinema in the town centre showing the latest mainstream releases.
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Vue Cinema Leamington Spa
Portland Place EastSmall multi-screen cinema in the town centre showing the latest mainstream releases.
Theatre
Council-run theatre with comedy, music and dance performances from popular artists, and a small cinema.
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Royal Spa Centre
Newbold TerraceCouncil-run theatre with comedy, music and dance performances from popular artists, and a small cinema.
Concert hall, theatre and cinema at Warwick University, offering a broad range of performances from student productions to major artists, and a good selection of independent movies.
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Warwick Arts Centre
Concert hall, theatre and cinema at Warwick University, offering a broad range of performances from student productions to major artists, and a good selection of independent movies.
Parks & Nature
Historic formal gardens, dating from the days of Queen Victoria, about five minutes’ walk from our house and en route to the town centre. There’s a great cafe (The Larder in the Park) housed in the old aviary.
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Jephson-Gärten
Newbold TerraceHistoric formal gardens, dating from the days of Queen Victoria, about five minutes’ walk from our house and en route to the town centre. There’s a great cafe (The Larder in the Park) housed in the old aviary.
Sightseeing
A popular tourist attraction, this well-preserved medieval castle is a great place to take kids for a slice of British history with lots of displays, activities, etc. A ten-minute drive from our house; you can also catch a bus or train.
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Warwick Castle station
A popular tourist attraction, this well-preserved medieval castle is a great place to take kids for a slice of British history with lots of displays, activities, etc. A ten-minute drive from our house; you can also catch a bus or train.
Home to William Shakespeare and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Visit Shakespeare’s birthplace, pay your respects at his grave in Holy Trinity Church (our son is a chorister there), or check out the myriad other Shakespeare-related attractions around town. Dinner at the RSC rooftop restaurant followed by a performance in the main RSC theatre, the Swan or the Other Place makes for a memorable evening.
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Stratford-upon-Avon
Home to William Shakespeare and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Visit Shakespeare’s birthplace, pay your respects at his grave in Holy Trinity Church (our son is a chorister there), or check out the myriad other Shakespeare-related attractions around town. Dinner at the RSC rooftop restaurant followed by a performance in the main RSC theatre, the Swan or the Other Place makes for a memorable evening.