The best running trails around Fulbrook CP

Has a community shop with coffee, soft drinks and snacks, a tyre pump and bike rack.

Always ask for the local hookey if it’s on tap!

The Tudor House has been closed for a few years, now. There are a couple of pubs/bars nearby, The Castle Pub next to the Tudor is vibrant, the Old Post Office is quirky and traditional and the Four Penny nearby has rooms and great food.

West Gate is a grade I listed stone archway that dates back to the 12th Century. Located at the junction of the High Street and Bowling Green Street in Warwick town centre, the structure was one of three gates through Warwick’s medieval town wall and supports St James Chapel which forms part of the Lord Leycester Hospital. The A429 High Street passes to the south of the structure but the pedestrian footway passes through the archway. The archway is constructed from a type of sandstone that is susceptible to a form of erosion called contour scaling. This results in a hardened crust breaking away from the face of the stone revealing a softer granular layer beneath. Much of West Gate’s masonry is heavily eroded, particularly on the outside elevation that faces the High Street and the vaulted section of the archway, beneath the chapel’s bell tower.

The Guild of Warwick included among its charitable work the support of eight poor women, who were said to have been housed in part of the guild buildings. It is not clear how these almswomen were maintained after the guild's dissolution, but by 1582 they were receiving parish relief. In the next century the Priory estate provided a quarterly payment of 34s. 8d. and a clothing allowance, administered by the bailiff of Warwick and the Vicar of St. Mary's. By 1826 eight widows lived in four houses and received 13d. quarterly. After the death of Mr. Henry Wise, owner of the Woodcote estate, in 1883 no new inmates were appointed, but three years later seven women were still in residence, two receiving 2s. 6d. a quarter and five 13d. In 1888 the Misses Louisa and Julia Harris financed the demolition of the almshouses and erected the four which now stand by the West Gate. One of these ladies, then Mrs. Trollope, by will proved in 1904, devised £1,000 to the almshouse trustees to be invested to provide 2s. each week to each of the four inmates. In 1956 the whole income, comprising a rent charge of £1 14s. 8d. on the Woodcote estate and the Trollope legacy, became part of the St. Mary's Almshouse Charity.

Park Cottage located at the entrance to Warwick Castle and formerly known as Park Lodge is a Grade II listed, timber framed property, which was built in the early 15th Century. Park Cottage belonged to the Earl of Warwick and indeed was sited within the boundaries of Warwick Castle from 1440-1978. The current Breakfast Room with its original sand-stone floor acted as the Dairy for the castle for a number of years. Park Cottage was sold in 1978 by the Earl of Warwick to a private individual who ran the Ground Floor as an Antique Shop until 1987. In 1987, Park Cottage became a Bed & Breakfast.

The war memorial in the village of Barford is set into the wall surrounding the churchyard of St Peter’s church, at the corner of Church Street and Church Lane. Five stone plaques are set into the wall; the three central ones commemorate World War I and two smaller ones either side of this, World War II. This section of the wall is heightened and a stone cross on a triple plinth rises from the top of the wall above the plaques. The dedication on the World War I plaque reads IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY 1914 – 1919 The names of the fallen are listed below this: GEORGE HIRONS JOHN SMITH M.M. REUBEN BARNBROOK ARTHUR HOPKINS H. DENNIS SMITH-RYLAND Capt. HARRY WOODWARD FRANCIS H. FREEMAN Wm HENRY REEVE FRANCIS H. TALBOT ALBERT E. WINSTON L-C FREDERICK PILKINGTON WILLIAM CARTER Cpl FREDERICK BARTLETT C WESLEY HUNT FRANK A. BAKER L-C MARY M. GRAHAM and are followed by the words THEY POSSESS THE REWARD OF THEIR VALOUR WITH GOD IN HEAVEN AND LEAVE TO THE WORLD THE RICH INHERITANCE OF THEIR MEMORY The two World War II memorial plaques have the dates 1939 – 1945 and record names of the fallen. MAURICE S BARKER Major LAURENCE E W BYAM Mid JOHN FINCH RICHARD H HADLEY WILLIAM PUMFREY AUBREY A UPSTONE Hon GUSTAVUS L HAMILTON-RUSSELL Lt The original (World War I) memorial, was first unveiled on Sunday 18th September 1921. By 2003 the old bricks had deteriorated beyond repair and the stone plaques were becoming illegible due to spalling which necessitated significant restoration work. The restored memorial was rededicated prior to the Remembrance Day service on Sunday 9th November 2003.

St Peter’s has almost certainly been a site of Christian worship for over 1000 years. There was a resident priest here in 1085 according to Domesday Book. At the beginning of the 13th century the Saxon church was rebuilt and stood for 600 years. It is possible that the work at Barford may have been carried out by the same masons whom Thomas Beauchamp employed to build the present Warwick Castle and St Mary’s chancel. There are shot marks on the sides of the tower said to have been made by the Parliamentary soldiers before the battle of Edgehill in 1642. The building, except for the tower which remains today, was rebuilt between 1844 and 1845 largely through the generosity of Miss Louisa Ann Ryland. Inside the tower is the ringing gallery from which the peal of six bells is rung. Under the gallery is a 14th century recumbent stone effigy of a woman in a close fitting dress. Nearby is the “Churching Pew” formerly used by women who had recently given birth. By the organ is a 16th century iron-bound chest with two locks which was used to store documents and money. This was distributed to the poor of the village and known as “Parish Relief”. The East window is by Holland of Warwick. In the churchyard, near the line of yews, is the grave of Joseph Arch (1826 – 1919) who started the Union of Agricultural Workers and later became an MP.