Travel Eye on Coventry (England)

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Overview:

Six hundred years ago Coventry ranked fourth among England's cities in size and importance and at its heart still stands reminders of that golden age - one of the country's finest medieval guildhalls, almshouses and monastic foundations, timber-framed shops and pubs and the two great central churches of Holy Trinity and St Michael's, the famous ruined cathedral. The medieval street pattern that framed these startling buildings was already beginning to disappear, even before the damages the city suffered during the war. And now the post war city centre that replaced it, with its pioneering pedestrian precincts and contemporary cityscapes, is changing again.

Locality:

Coventry is located just S of middle England in the county of Warwickshire.

Entertainment/Facilities/Attractions/Things to do:

New bars and eating places are springing up in the historic Cathedral Quarter. A huge entertainment and leisure complex is rising on a site where factories once stood. 

Alongside the city centre's key visitor attractions, its world-class motor museum, the clutch of historic buildings and Basil Spence's extraordinary modern cathedral, a programme of festivals and events is breathing new life into the heart of Coventry.

Things to see and do

• Coventry Cathedral, Coventry
• Coventry Cathedral Ruins, Coventry
• National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry
• Coventry Transport Museum, Coventry
• Coventry Canal Basin, Coventry    

Events

June:   Lady Godiva Festival (Coventry)
September:   Coventry Car Run (Coventry)