In case any of you have ever visited the lovely village of Eathorpe or were planning to - there is now a new revamped web site for everything about and around Eathorpe.
Please visit www.eathorpe.org.uk for further information about Eathorpe, village events, village hall bookings or gallery pictures.
Many thanks,
Michael Koch - webmaster@eathorpe.org.uk
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Rural Warwickshire
We enjoy visiting different villages around Warwickshire, trying out the pubs and going for walks so here's our guide to the villages we know. As always, any reviews of other villages or additions to the reviews we have here would be most welc
Lowsonford is an attractive little village by the Stratford Canal. The jewel of this village, in our opinion, is the Fleur de Lys pub. Its one of those pubs which you would be hard put to find elsewhere in the world and makes me glad to live in England. The food is excellent, the drinks selection is good. However, the real plus point is the garden. This is large, runs alongside the canal and includes a good children's play area (swings, climbing frame etc.). Spending a warm summer's afternoon in such a garden with the occasional barge passing by drinking good beer is one of my favourite pastimes.
Lowsonford is signposted from the A4439 Warwick Road. It is just south of the M40, about two miles from Hockley Heath and 4 miles rom Warwick.
Lowsonford is signposted from the A4439 Warwick Road. It is just south of the M40, about two miles from Hockley Heath and 4 miles rom Warwick.
Long Itchington is a very nice canal-side village just north of Southam, about 10 miles east of Leamington. For more information, we recommend you visit www.longitchington.org.uk
Undoubtedly this is the jewel among Warwickshire Villages.
The village scores on having a charming community, an excellent school and a user friendly post office.
The rumours of rivalry between the villagers on the two sides of the hill are completely unfounded despite the fact that it is ten degrees colder, wetter and windier on the northern side. The southerners are kind to their less fortunate asociates and send them the occasional stale food parcel or hurl a lump of coal across from an endless supply in the coal yard.
The village is virtually surrounded by canals and every road out has to cross at least one bridge over either the Oxford or Grand Union Canal. The game of 'Race You to the Bridge' is played out against unsuspecting motoring visitors approaching the bridge in the opposite direction to that of the local driver.
The reults of these challenges can be seen, by appointment, piled high on the Brickyards Road.
The ancient cutom of sacrificing a virgin on the Green on midsummers eve, died out some 20 years ago because of a shortage of qualified candidates.
No doubt further literary gems will be added to this preliminary note
The village scores on having a charming community, an excellent school and a user friendly post office.
The rumours of rivalry between the villagers on the two sides of the hill are completely unfounded despite the fact that it is ten degrees colder, wetter and windier on the northern side. The southerners are kind to their less fortunate asociates and send them the occasional stale food parcel or hurl a lump of coal across from an endless supply in the coal yard.
The village is virtually surrounded by canals and every road out has to cross at least one bridge over either the Oxford or Grand Union Canal. The game of 'Race You to the Bridge' is played out against unsuspecting motoring visitors approaching the bridge in the opposite direction to that of the local driver.
The reults of these challenges can be seen, by appointment, piled high on the Brickyards Road.
The ancient cutom of sacrificing a virgin on the Green on midsummers eve, died out some 20 years ago because of a shortage of qualified candidates.
No doubt further literary gems will be added to this preliminary note
Review by Janet Bird,
I knew the Stag pub well in the 60s/70s, it used to do the most fantastic french loaves with home cooked ham and beef. Live near Portsmouth now but still occasionally visit the Stag when in the area, still friendly with good food and a pleasant outside area to eat in the summer.
I knew the Stag pub well in the 60s/70s, it used to do the most fantastic french loaves with home cooked ham and beef. Live near Portsmouth now but still occasionally visit the Stag when in the area, still friendly with good food and a pleasant outside area to eat in the summer.
Review of Great Western pub by Val
Having moved to Leamington 12 months ago I had yet to find a decent home made pub meal that wasn't a branded 'Big Steak Pub' disaster Until we went to the GW pub last weekend, wide ranging menu, pleasant staff, cosy fire, and good, simple well presented food. If anyone else can add a review of a similar pub with good home made food that would be great!
Having moved to Leamington 12 months ago I had yet to find a decent home made pub meal that wasn't a branded 'Big Steak Pub' disaster Until we went to the GW pub last weekend, wide ranging menu, pleasant staff, cosy fire, and good, simple well presented food. If anyone else can add a review of a similar pub with good home made food that would be great!
I think Radford Semele deserves a mention in this web site purely for the fact that it is one of the major throughfares to and from Leamington Spa, unfortunately the Toll Gate is no longer there and as for the Roman Villa thats long gone, but still can be seen from the Air.
Radford Semele is a small village consisting of a post office and one other local shop and of course the Legendary White Lion public house which overlooks the church and rolling fields out towards Cubbington.
So next time your driving from Leamington Spa and whizz through Radford Semele to your little Ufton on the Hill with its White Hart pub, spare a moment or two to enjoy my village.
Radford Semele is a small village consisting of a post office and one other local shop and of course the Legendary White Lion public house which overlooks the church and rolling fields out towards Cubbington.
So next time your driving from Leamington Spa and whizz through Radford Semele to your little Ufton on the Hill with its White Hart pub, spare a moment or two to enjoy my village.
Ufton is a tiny village with, as far as I know, about six roads. It has a nice church but the village itself is nothing to write home about. The village pub is called The White Hart (signed from the main road). It has a good reputation for food and a beer garden with a good view over rolling countryside.
The main reason for going to Ufton is the nature reserve. It's not huge but it is certainly a very pleasant way to spend a couple of hours and seems well kept with a wide variety of wildlife.
Ufton is on the A425 Daventry Road between Leamington Spa and Southam, about 4 miles from Leamington.
The main reason for going to Ufton is the nature reserve. It's not huge but it is certainly a very pleasant way to spend a couple of hours and seems well kept with a wide variety of wildlife.
Ufton is on the A425 Daventry Road between Leamington Spa and Southam, about 4 miles from Leamington.
Southam is a small town about 10 miles east of Leamington. For more information about Southam visit www.warkcom.net/visitsoutham