This remarkable fossil is the skull of a Warwickshire ‘sea-dragon’ – a Jurassic ichthyosaur from Binton, near Stratford-upon-Avon. This amazing fossil was collected in the 19th century when the local ...
The Burton Dassett Hills Country Park, in southern Warwickshire, consists of a range of picturesque rolling hills that command views over much of southern Warwickshire, above the M40 motorway north-west ...
Situated at the eastern end of the Kenilworth Greenway, the cycle and pedestrian path that runs south-east of the new Coventry Road bridge passes through a disused railway cutting, excavated ...
I wonder how many people who cross The Solent to holiday on the Isle of Wight, or for that matter how many residents of the Garden Isle, know that the ...
A few years ago, new steps and a disabled-access ramp were installed at Shire Hall, Warwick. The chosen medium for construction was a local building stone known as Hornton Stone, ...
These star-shaped objects, resembling snow flakes, are actually a type of fossil, commonly found in southern and eastern Warwickshire. These particular examples are from Napton-on-the-Hill, where the local Jurassic clay, ...
When in work, until about ten years ago, Southam Quarry was a fantastic resource for geological investigations. The ‘Blue Lias’ clay and limestone layers were a rich source of fossils, ...
The Post Windmill was built about 1725. It had an open trestle on high brick piers, ladder and tailpole with lever, weather vane on tail of roof. The roof and ...
Almost nothing is known about Wolston Windmill built on Lammas Hill. It was a tower mill with batter, staging and four common sails.
The excavation
A dig on Lammas Hill in 1950 ...
The former Court House in the centre of Warwick has been splendidly renovated by the Unlocking Warwick organisation and over the summer they are offering free guided tours around the ...
Edge Hill, in southern Warwickshire, is well known as the site of the first major battle of the English Civil War. On Sunday 23rd October 1642, the Parliamentarian and Royalist armies ...
