WARWICK INFORMATION

Some helpful information about Warwick, based on a leaflet kindly produced by Warwick Tourist Office and updated 19th. March 2006

NB The names and phone numbers of the voluntary organisations listed may change frequently

BANKS:

All banks have cash dispensers outside. 

• Barclays Bank, 5 High Street, Tel: 303000
• Lloyds TSB Bank Ltd, 12 Swan Street, Tel: 880200
• HBSC Bank Ltd, 11 High Street, Tel: 302100
• National Westminster Bank Ltd, 26 High Street, Tel: 0645 550555

BUILDING SOCIETIES:

• Bradford & Bingley Building Society, 9 Market Place, Tel: 494355
• Coventry Building Society, 17 Old Square, Tel: 493115.
• Cheltenham & Glos. 17 Market St, Tel: 410744
• Halifax Building Society Agency, Malcolm Hawksford, 14 High Street, Warwick Tel: 403308.

CASH MACHINES (that do not charge fees)

• Barclays Bank, Coventry Building Society, Lloyds TSB Bank, Natwest Bank, J Sainsbury (Supermarket), The Saltisford.

EDUCATION:

• Warwickshire County Council Education Office, Northgate St. tel: 410410

FURTHER EDUCATION:

• Warwickshire College: Leamington Spa & Moreton Morrell Tel: 318000, Adult Education (Evening Classes) Tel: 318164

NURSERY:

• Warwick Nursery School, Coventry Road, Tel: 492701

PRIMARY SCHOOLS:

• Emscote County Infant School, Emscote Road, Tel: 491433
• Westgate County Primary School, Bowling Green Street, Tel: 492015
• Woodloes County Infants School, Deansway, Woodloes Park, Tel: 491202
• Woodloes County Junior School, Deansway, Woodloes Park, Tel: 497491
• St. Mary’s RC Primary School, Priory Pools, Wathen Road, Tel: 493959
• Coten End County Primary School, Coten End, Tel: 491329
• All Saint’s C.E. Controlled Junior School, Nelson Avenue, Tel: 492991
• Newburgh Community Primary School, Kipling Avenue, Tel: 775454

SECONDARY:

• Aylesford School, Shelley Avenue, Tel: 747100
• Trinity Dormer Hall RC. School, Guys Cliff Avenue, Tel: 428416,
• Myton School, Myton Road, Tel: 493805

SPECIAL SCHOOLS:

• Ridgeway Special School, Montague Road, Tel: 491987

INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS:

• Warwick Preparatory School, Bridge Field, Banbury Road, Tel: 491545
• King’s High School for Girls, 5 Smith Street, Tel: 494485
• Kingsley School for Girls, Beauchamp Ave.L.Spa Tel.311603.
• Warwick School, Myton Road, Tel: 492484

EMERGENCY BREAKDOWN RECOVERY SERVICE:

• Warrington’s, 9 Scarbank, Millers Road, Tel: 493072 (working hours only)

ENTERTAINMENT:

CINEMAS:

• Warwick University Arts Centre, Tel 024 7652 4524
• Apollo Cinemas, Portland Place, Leamington Spa, Tel: 0871 2206000
• Royal Cinema, Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace, Leamington Spa, Tel: 334418,
• UCI, Stratford Road, Solihull, Tel: 08706 034567 (Junction 4 M42)
• Showcase, Gielgud Way, Hinckley Cross Point, Coventry, Tel: 02476602111 (near Junction 2 M6)
• Stratford Picture House, Windsor Street. Stratford upon Avon Tel: 01789 415500
• SkyDome, Croft Road, Coventry, 024 7663 0470

THEATRES:

• The Dream Factory, Playbox Theatre, Shelley Avenue, Warwick, Tel: 419555
• Loft Theatre, Victoria Colonnade, Leamington Spa, Tel: 426341
• Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace, Leamington Spa, Tel: 334418
• Priory Theatre, Rosemary Hill, Kenilworth. Tel: 855301,
• Talisman Theatre, Barrow Road, Kenilworth, Tel: 856548
• The Belgrade Theatre. Belgrade Square, Coventry. Tel: 024 765 53055
• Arts Centre. Warwick University. Coventry. Tel: 024 765 4524
• Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Tel: 01789295623

 

WARWICK CASTLE

 

• Open every day except Christmas Day, one of the nation’s top tourist attractions.Tel 495421

 

MEDIAEVAL BANQUETS:

 

•  Warwick Castle, Tel: 495421

WARWICK RACECOURSE

Tel: 01926 491553

MEDICAL

DENTISTS:

• Westgate Dental Practice, 13 West Street, Tel: 494300,
• Cohen, Fox, Tempest, Bate, 2 Old Square, Tel: 491960,
• Neale & Knowles, 9 Cape Road, Tel: 491029.
• A & H Dental Care 38 West Street, tel 499991.

DOCTORS:

• Castle Street Surgery, 8 Castle Street, Tel: 08444 770916
• Priory Medical Centre, Cape Road, Tel: 494411.
• Cape Road Surgery, 3 Cape Road, Tel: 499988

HOSPITALS:

• Warwick Hospital, Lakin Road, Tel: 495321 (Paying car park, usually full!)
• Rehabilitation Unit, Heathcote Lane
• St Micheal’s Hospital St Micheals Road
• Warwickshire Health Authority, Westgate House, Market St. Tel: 493491

INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES:

CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES:

GIRL GUIDES:

• Girlguiding Castle Division – Division Commissioner, Julie Atkins, Tel:01926-775089 julie.atkins@ntlworld.com
• Warwick Eastgate District Commissioner – Sally Tew, Tel:01926-400237
• Warwick Eastgate District Commissioner – Amy Hawkes, Tel: 07711 907 283

SCOUTS: 

• District Commissioner, John Sharp Tel: 403185,
• Hobby Horse Club (English Folk Dancing) Dancing for 7-12 year olds, Contact Centre, All Saints Church, All Saints Road. Warwick Tel: 427846,
• Playbox Theatre, The Dream Factory, Shelley Avenue, Warwick. Tel: 419555

CLUBS:

• Lions International: President Peter Amis, Tel: 651454
• Ramblers Association :contact SG Wallsgrove, Tel: 402166.
• Rotary Club Warwick President Richard Ashley, Tel: 427729
• Inner Wheel Club of Warwick, Sec: Mrs P Sweet Tel: 01789 840276.
• Rotary Club Avon, Sec. A Hingley Tel: 883177.
• Townswomen’s Guild: Woodloes, Chairwoman: Mrs Burton, Tel: 496776, Meets 1st Wednesday of month at 7.30pm at Woodloes Community Centre,
• Women’s Institute: Evening meeting: 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm, Unitarian Chapel, High St., Daytime meeting: 2nd Monday of each month at 12.45pm, Northgate Methodist Church Hall.

DANCE:

• Leamington Dance Centre, 140-142 The Parade, Leamington Spa, Tel: 423893, Rosalind Caplis see under Gymnastics Club.
• Sequence Dancing, Lillington Community Centre, Mason Avenue, Leamington Spa, Tel: Mr Higgins 429287.
• Milverton Folk Dance Group, meet at Village Hall, Hampton on the Hill , Secretary: June Eames 427846

FOLK:

• Bluegrass Club: Every Friday evening at 8.30pm, Kenilworth Sports & Social Club, Upper Rosemary Hill, Kenilworth, Tel: Ron Stevens 01455284211.
• Bluegrass Music every Sunday at 8.30pm Bowling Green Inn, St. Nicholas Church Street, Warwick Folk Club: Every Monday at 8.30pm The Rose & Crown, Market Place, Warwick.
• Folk Dancing: Peter Eames, Milverton Dance Group, Tel: 427846

NEWSPAPERS:

WEEKLIES:

• Warwick Courier, 32 Hamilton Terrace, Leamington Spa, Tel: 888222
• Warwick Gazette Tel.

DAILY:

• Coventry Telegraph, 3 Euston Place, Leamington Spa, Tel:

FREE PAPERS

• Leamington Spa Review Ltd. 32 Hamilton Terrace, Leamington Spa,Tel: 888222
• The Warwick Observer, 45 The Parade, Leamington Spa, Tel: 451771,
• WHY, Why Publications Ltd, Unit 5, Russell Street, Leamington Spa, Tel: 438000
• Midweek News, York House, Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Tel: 01789266261.

PLACES OF WORSHIP:

CHURCH OF ENGLAND:

• The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Old Square, Tel: 492909
• St Nicholas Church, St Nicholas Church Street, Tel: 403940
• St Paul’s Church, Friars Street, Tel: 419814
• All Saint’s Church, All Saints Rd. Tel: 492073

ROMAN CATHOLIC:

• St Mary Immaculate, West Street, Tel: 492913

BAPTIST:

• Castle Hill Baptist Church, Tel: 401787 or 410222

EVANGELICAL:

• Saltisford Evangelical Church, Albert Street, Tel: 496779

METHODIST:

• Northgate Methodist Church, Northgate Street,Tel: 401838

QUAKER:

• Friends Meeting House, High Street, Tel: 497732 .

UNITARIAN:

• The Unitarian Church, High Street, Tel: 410395

PENTECOSTAL:
Warwick Gospel Church, Friars Street, Tel: 02476739868

COMBINED WORSHIP CENTRE

• The Rock, Woodloes Shops, Woodloes Tel: 407424

RADIO:

• BBC Coventry & Warwickshire (FM 103.7), Coventry, Tel: 0800 900 500
• Mercia F.M. & Classic Gold, (FM 97 & 102.9), Coventry, Tel: 024 768 68200,
• The Bear FM 102, Banbury Road, Stratford upon Avon Tel: 01789262636
• Saga Radio FM105.7 Birmingham

COUNCILS:

• Warwick Town Council, The Court House, Jury Street, Tel: 411694
• Warwick District Council, Leamington Spa, Tel: 450000,
• Warwickshire County Council, Shire Hall, Tel: 410410

PUBLIC TOILETS

• Pageant Gardens, Market Square and St. Nicholas Park, all toilets have facilities for disabled.(Rada key available from the Tourist office during opening hours)

POLICE:

• Warwick Police Station, Priory Road, Tel: 410111 (This police station is not manned continously)

ESTATE AGENTS:

• Bradford & Bingley 15 Market Square, tel 494355
• Donald Carter & Partners, 15 Jury Street, Tel: 492422.
• Your Move, 13A Old Square, Tel: 494939.
• George Lovitt & Sons, 1 Jury Street, Tel 497552.
• Halifax Property Services, 9 Old Square, Tel: 490661.
• Margetts, 12 High Street, Tel: 496262.
• Brian Holt, I Church Street, Tel: 409070.
• Godfrey-Payton, 25 High Street, Tel: 492511.
• Paul Twyneham & Co, 4 Jury Street, Tel: 493311.
• Vaughan & Co, 15 High Street, Tel: 407767

LIBRARY:

• Barrack Street, Tel: 412488 OPEN: Mon & Thurs 9.30am-8.00pm,Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9.30am-5.30pm, Saturday 9.30am-4.00pm, Sunday CLOSED

COUNTY MUSEUMS

• Market Place, Tel: 412500. OPEN Mon-sat 10.00-5.00pm ,(May-Sept. also Sun 11.00-5.00pm)
• Heritage Education Centre, St John’s House, St.Johns, Tel:412069
• Warwickshire Regimental Museum, St John’s House, St. Johns, Tel: ????
• Doll Museum, Castle St. Tel: ??? OPEN Tue- Sat 10.00-5.00 pm (Easter- Oct Sun 11.00- 5.00pm).

COUNTY RECORD OFFICE:

• Priory Park, Tel: 410410 Closed Mon. Open Tues, Wed, Thurs 9.00am-5.30pm, Fri. 9.00am-5.00pm Sat. 9.30am-4.00pm. Identification required. Tel: 410410

VETS

• Avondale Veterinary Group, Broxell Close, Tel: 400255.
• Lane & Murray, 46 Coten End, Tel: 491806

SPORTS:

• ADVENTURE SPORTS LTD: Wedgnock Lane, Warwick, Tel: 491948
• AEROBICS: Bodies & Co, Sec: Jenni Fuller, Tel:492183,
• Axis Health & Fitness, Tel: 01788540523
• ANGLING: Warwick & District Angling Association, Sec: K Jenner, Tel: 02476 677214
• BADMINTON: St Nicholas Park Leisure Centre, Tel: 495353,
• Castle Badminton Club play at Church Hall, Gerrard Street, Sec: Andy Billings, 74 Heathcote Road, Whitnash.
• Thombank Badminton Club, play at St Nicholas Park Leisure Centre, Tel: Mr Hawkins 402397 .
• BASKETBALL: Aylesford Basketball Club, Sec: J Mumford, Tel: 496572
• BOWLS: Bowls Section, Warwick Boat Club, Tel: 492043,
• Tenpin Bowling: Leamington Superbowl, Shires Retail Park, Leamington Spa, Tel: 885444
• BOXING: Warwick Racing Amateur Boxing Club, Tel: 402794
• CRICKET CLUBS: Warwick Cricket Club, Hampton Road, Tel: 491569 (Ground), Warwickshire County Council Staff, Myton Hamlet Sports Ground, Sec: Tony Holmes, Tel: 412406
• DIVING: Warwickshire Scuba Centre, 5 Campion Terrace, Leamington Spa, Tel: 313681
• FITNESS CENTRES: Crockfords, 48 Bedford Street, Leamington Spa, Tel: 311377,
• Nautilus, Spencer Street, Leamington Spa, Tel: 831181,
• President Health, 45 Warwick Street, Leamington Spa, Tel: 887311
• FOOTBALL CLUBS: Several clubs based at King Henry VIII All Weather Pitch, St. Nicholas Park Leisure Centre, Tel: 495353,
  Racing Club Warwick, Tel: 493622
• GOLF: Warwick Golf Centre, Racecourse, Tel: 494316, (9 Hole & Driving Range). Municipal Golf Club, Newbold Comyn, Newbold Terrace East, Leamington Spa, Tel: 421157 (18 Holes),
• The Warwickshire Golf Club, Leek Wootton, Tel: 409409 (18 Holes)
• GREYHOUNDS: Warwick Greyhound Stadium off Emscote Road, Tel: 495223
• GYMNASTICS: Tumble Tots/Gym Bobs, Sec E Brabham, Tel: 337800, Rosalind Caplis Gymnastic Club at St Mary Immaculate Church Hall, West St. & Woodloes Community Centre
• HOCKEY: Several Clubs based at St. Nicholas Park Leisure Centre, Tel: 495353.
• HORSE RACING: Warwick Racecourse Ltd, Hampton Street, Tel: 491553
• HORSE RIDING: International Warwick School of Riding, Coventry Road, Tel: 494313
• ICE SKATING: Solihull Ice Rink, Hobs Moat Road, Solihull, Tel: 01217425561
• LIFE-SAVING: Warwick Life-saving Club, Tel: Dave Hill 843425
• MARTIAL ARTS: Hapkido, Tel: Mr D Hastings 771292, Karate: train at Manor Hall, Sandy Lane, Leamington Spa.
• ROWING: Warwick Boat Club, 33 Mill Street, Tel: 492043
• RUGBY CLUBS: Rugby Union Hampton Fields, Hampton Road, Tel: 410972 (Ground)
• SHOOTING: Muzzle Loader, Wedgnock Rifle & Pistol Club, Wedgnock Lane, Tel: John Webb 408218
• SQUASH: Warwick Squash Centre, Welton Road, Tel: 499779. Warwick Boat Club, Tel: 492043

SWIMMING POOLS:

• St Nicholas Park Leisure Centre, Tel: 495353
• Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre, Leamington Spa, Tel: 882083,
• Stratford Leisure Centre, Tel.: 01789268826

 

TRANSPORT

BUS

Stopping place Market Street, Stagecoach Midland Red Enquiry Office: 46 Regent Street, Leamington Spa, Tel: 01788 535555 for services to Stratford, Leamington Spa, Kenilworth, Coventry and surrounding areas.
Local Bus Travel Information available from Warwickshire Traveline, tel 414140

NATIONAL EXPRESS:

• Coach stopping place: Puckerings Lane, enquiries and tickets are available from Co-op Travel, 15 Market Square, tel: 410709.

RAIL:
WARWICK STATION

• Chiltern Railway has trains to Birmingham, Leamington, Stratford upon Avon, London, (Marylebone) and intermediate stations.

WARWICK PARKWAY

• Chiltern Railway has similar trains to Warwick and London, and Birmingham and there is
  chargeable parking for 400 cars

LEAMINGTON STATION

• Virgin Trains for Banbury, Coventry, Oxford etc, and London Paddington, and also the Chiltern Railway as Warwick.
  (Tel: 08457 484950 for all information on train services.)

TAXIS

• Castle Cars, Warwick Station, Tel: 494989 .
• Warwick Taxi Rank, Market Place, Tel: 499966,

 

DISCLAIMER
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure accuracy in this list, which was originally based on a similar list kindly supplied by Warwick Town Council, the names and addresses, particularly of the voluntary organisations do tend to change frequently.
WARWICK SOCIETY DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS, but would welcome any suggested changes. March 18th.2008

BRADFORD & Bingley has only existed as a bank for the last eight years but its roots can be traced back more than 150 years.

Before Bradford & Bingley Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in December 2000, it was one of Britain's best known building societies.

The logo featured two silhouetted city gents in bowler hats and the jovial Mr Bradford and Mr Bingley were brought to life in humorous television adverts.

Using the two characters was a nod to the 1964 merger which amalgamated the Bradford Equitable Building Society and the Bingley Building Society into the Bradford & Bingley.

The two West Yorkshire building societies were initially established in 1851 to help local people build a better future for themselves by paying in money which could be used to give loans to others within the community, often to buy a home.

Their products expanded and the successful building societies, based only five miles apart, opened branches in London in the 1930s.

By the early 1960s the Bradford had 22 branches, including one in Glasgow, and the Bingley had more than 30 concentrated in the north of England.

The Building Society Act of 1962 consolidated legislation and prompted many societies to merge.

The Bradford and the Bingley - which were already working together to protect themselves from the competition - formally amalgamated in 1964, becoming the nation's eighth largest building society.

The characters of Mr Bradford and Mr Bingley were created and remained the faces of the society for more than 30 years.

In the 1970s and 1980s embracing computer technology and creating new financial products helped Bradford & Bingley to expand.

Legislation passed in the 1980s allowed banks to offer mortgages, which had traditionally been the preserve of building societies, but also allowed the societies to extend their services.

Building societies were also allowed to abandon their mutual status and some, including Abbey National, did so quickly.

Woolwich, Alliance & Leicester, Halifax and Northern Rock followed suit.

Bradford & Bingley stayed as a mutual but took advantage of new freedoms to shift focus to include retail services including offering financial advice.

By 1999, it was the second largest building society in Britain, with 2.5 million members and specialised in mortgages for the buy-to-let market.

But in July 2000 when its voting members overwhelmingly endorsed a proposal from the board of directors to convert to a public limited company.

Bradford & Bingley plc was formed in December 2000.

Two years later, the bank's image was updated when advertising agency M&C Saatchi retired Mr Bradford and Mr Bingley and gave their bowler hat to a young woman.

She whispers "Aren't hopes and dreams fragile? But they could happen with Bradford & Bingley."

Its message is aimed at first-time buyers, the self-employed and those who want to buy a property to rent out.

But now the bank which was the eighth largest lender of new mortgages in Britain last year, is looking rather fragile itself.

In February it announced annual profits had slumped by half and reported a steep rise in mortgage arrears and bad debts.

The collapse of the mortgage market has seen its share price fall sharply in recent days and 370 of its 3,000 staff have lost their jobs.

Reports today suggest the bank will be nationalised using special legislation passed to take another struggling bank Northern Rock into public ownership earlier this year.

Full coverage of the Bradford & Bingley crisis

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