Chilvers Coton Heritage Centre
With a Victorian schoolroom and a designated 1880’s parlour, the Centre is full of local history with various exhibitions run throughout the year.
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Category: Facilities
Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery
The Museum and Art Gallery is set in the beautiful surroundings of Riversley Park and can be found in the centre of Nuneaton. It contains a reconstruction of George Eliot’s London drawing room of 1870 and many of her personal items as well as local history exhibitions.
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Angel Ale House
North Warwickshire CAMRA pub of the year 2015-2019. Six real ales permanently on the bar, 10 traditional ciders, 2 craft lagers and a range of approximately 20 premium gins. A great place to relax with a pint of quality ale and enjoy the art of conversation. We also have a record player with a superb selection of records from days gone by! Very dog friendly with lots of treats for our furry friends.
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Friends of Atherstone Heritage
Atherstone Visitor Centre has recently moved to a permanent home at 51 Long Street, Atherstone. We are currently waiting for funding to upgrade the centre, meanwhile we aim to tell the story of Atherstone from the Romans to the present day displaying artefacts donated by the people of Atherstone and the surrounding villages.
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Echills Wood Railway
The Echills Wood Railway in Kingsbury Water Park is one of the region’s most popular visitor attractions and carried over 32,000 passengers last year. It is a seven and a quarter inch gauge (gap between the rails) miniature railway built and operated by a group of enthusiasts and dedicated volunteers.
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The Peel Society
The Peel Collection and Police Museum at Middleton Hall, celebrates the life and times of Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the Police, M.P. for Tamworth and squire of Drayton Manor.
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Church End Brewery
Church End Brewery is in Ridge Lane, between Atherstone and Nuneaton and has been consistently recognised for its excellent range of beers with many awards from local Camra branches and from regions as far afield as Woking, Catford, Cornwall and Bradford.
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The Battlefield Line
The Battlefield Line is the last remaining part of the former Ashby & Nuneaton Joint Railway which was opened in 1873. It runs from Shackerstone via Market Bosworth to Shenton in Leicestershire and is operated by the Shackerstone Railway Society.
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Abbey Farm Bed and Breakfast
Abbey Farm enjoys its own piece of history, being on the site of the original Merevale Abbey – its ruins are still evident in the garden and is where Henry VII stayed before the Battle of Bosworth.
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Packwood
Surrounded by beautiful gardens and countryside, Packwood was described by a guest in the 1930s as ‘a house to dream of, a garden to dream in’. Lovingly restored at the beginning of the 20th century by Graham Baron Ash, you can discover the detail behind the man, his passion for collecting and his collection.
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