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 Rugby is a market town in the county
of Warwickshire in central England on the River Avon. Rugby is
15 miles east of Coventry, on the east edge of Warwickshire,
near the borders with Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. |
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Rugby -
Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak
to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0871
200 22 33. |
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Rugby - Travel
by train - Rugby Station, Station Approach,
Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 3LA. CCTV. Ticket office. Waiting room.
Refreshment facilities. Pay phone. Shops. Toilets. Wheelchair
accessible toilets. Whole station step free access. Wheelchairs
available. Taxi rank. |
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Rugby - Travel
by road - Rugby is about 6 miles NW of
Junction 17 of the M1 Motorway. The M1 is a north - south motorway
which links London to Leeds. Rugby is about 85 miles from London and 120 miles from Leeds. |
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Rugby - Travel
by road - Rugby is about 3 miles south
of Junction 1 of the M6 Motorway. The M6 Motorway travels north
- south and connects to the M1 at Rugby then on to Carlisle.
The M6 Toll is north of Walsall and Sutton Coldfield and bypasses
the M6 the areas around Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Rugby is about
225 miles from Carlisle. |
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Coventry
Airport Customer Services, Phoenix House, Coventry Airport South,
Siskin Parkway West, Coventry CV3 4PB. The
passenger terminal is located just off the A45 at Toll Bar End
Roundabout. Coventry Railway Station is 3 miles from Coventry
Airport. Coventry airport is about 12 miles from Rugby. |
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Rugby - Sport
- Rugby Golf Club, Clifton Road, Rugby,
Warwickshire, CV21 3RD. Tel: 01788575134. |
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Rugby - Sport
- Rugby is home to the game of Rugby Football,
where the sport began in 1823. Set
in the heart of Warwickshire, Draycote Water near to Rugby offers
water sports, fishing, wetlands, nature trails and bird hides.
Draycote Water Sailing Club, Kites Hardwick, Rugby, CV23 8AB.
Tel: 01788 811153. About 3 miles south of Rugby. |
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Rugby -
Shopping - The town centre is mostly Victorian,
but a few older buildings survive. Much of the architecture in
Rugby including Rugby School and St Andrews church, was designed
by William Butterfield in the 19th century. Marks & Spencer, 4 High Street, Rugby, Warwickshire,
CV21 3BQ. Tel: 01788 565177. |
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Rugby
- Entertainment and attractions - Cineworld
Cinema, Juction One Retail & Leisure Park, Juction One, Rugby,
CV21 1RW. Tel: 0871 200 2000. STANFORD
HALL, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 6DH. Tel: 01788 860250.
About 4 miles east of Rugby. |
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Rugby
- Other information - The Lewis Gallery,
Rugby School, Rugby, CV22 5DP. Tel: 01788 556 245. Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Little
Elborow St, Rugby, CV21 3BZ. Tel: 01788 533 201. Rugby School Museum, 10 Little Church Street, Rugby,
CV21 3AW. Tel: 01788 556 169. |
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Airports indicated are Birmingham International
and Coventry. Rugby is about 3 miles south of Junction 1 of the
M6 Motorway. |
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Attractions (see details below)
Rail Stations (Not all stations shown). There
is a station in Rugby. |
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- Ragley Hall, Alcester,
Warwickshire B49 5NJ. Tel: 01789 762090. ragleyhall.com.
- Bosworth Battlefield
Visitor Centre and Country Park, Sutton Cheney, Nr Nuneaton,
Warwickshire, CV13 OAD. Tel: 01455 290 429.
- Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 4QU. Tel: 0870
442 2371. warwick-castle.co.uk.
- Royal Pump Rooms, The
Parade, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 4AA. Tel: 01926
742 700. royal-pump-rooms.co.uk.
- Shakespearience, Waterside Theatre, 8-13 Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon,
Warwickshire, CV37 6BA. Tel: 01789 290 111. shakespearience.co.uk.
- Baddesley Clinton, Rising
Lane, Baddesley Clinton Village, Knowle, Solihull, Warwickshire
B93 0DQ. Tel: 01564 783294. nationaltrust.org.uk.