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If you want more information, follow links and/or refer to contacts on specific pages if they are given. For more general information you might try starting with one of the internet links below. I have started to classify them into subject groups, and when I'm happy will provide jump links here (and maybe improve the formatting!) - any suggestions welcome. A few of the key paper documents I used are indicated in the Paper References table below.
The For mapping information, consult some of the maps in the list in the Maps table below. |
| Link | What you will find there? |
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 http://www.360cities.net/search/Coventry/1 |
Panoramic Views at 360cities.net, mostly by Ralph Ames |
| http://www.wartsoc.co.uk |
WART (Warwickshire Amphibian & Reptile Team) website links page. A good list of links to Wildlife and Nature sites. |
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| http://www.acoventryway.org.uk/ |
Coventry Way web site. A 40-mile walk round Coventry + 21 shorter Circular Walks |
| http://www.kenilworthfootpaths.org.uk/" |
Kenilworth Footpath Preservation Group |
| http://www.coventryra.org.uk/ |
Ramblers Association - Coventry Group |
| http://www.coventrycha.co.uk:80/ (was http://covramblers.bravepages.com/) |
Coventry CHA Rambling Club. Organise regular local walks on Saturdays and walks further afield on Sundays. |
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| http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php |
Historic Coventry - Split into sections of both a historic and nostalgic nature, this site offers hundreds of pages supported by over a thousand old and new photographs, drawings and maps, in order to depict the many and varied aspects of Coventry's heritage. |
| http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=49&place=3466 |
A History of the County of Warwick: Volume VIII : 1969 - Index of entries covering Coventry |
| http://www.cdnhss.org.uk/ |
Coventry & District Natural History & Scientific Society. Particular emphasis is placed on studying and recording the natural history of sites in the Coventry district as a contribution to the assessment of the local bio-diversity, and to assist in the management and conservation of the habitat. |
| http://coventrysociety.org.uk |
Coventry Society campaigns for a quality Coventry; one that compares well with other cities of its size in the UK and Europe. Coventry Society is an independent, non-political membership organisation. It is Coventry's civic society; affiliated to the Civic Trust. |
| http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/laf |
Warwickshire, Solihull & Coventry Local Access Forum. The Local Access Forum (LAF) is a statutory body and a requirement of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 |
| http://www.coventry.gov.uk/ |
Coventry City Council Home page. |
| http://www.coventry.gov.uk/parks |
Coventry City Council Parks, Open Spaces and Woodlands site gives information on the management, development and promotion of approximately 2,800 acres of land around the city, offering a broad range of recreational experience. |
| http://www.coventry.gov.uk/healthywalks |
Coventry City Council Healthy Walks page |
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Coventry Development Plan 2001 - The City of Coventry Unitary Development Plan 1996-2011 - Published copy was on Coventry City Council website of the plan. Coventry's Core Strategy 2011-2028 - is in progresws of preparation. |
| http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on-coventry-warwickshire/days-out-midlands-uk/ |
 "Days Out"
page (Country walks page not available on new site -
Mar-2008) |
| http://www.visitcoventry.co.uk/ |
visitcoventry : The official visitor's guide to Coventry & Warwickshire. Including CV One - What is CV One? Coventry opened a new chapter in the way towns and cities are run in April 2002 with the launch of CV One, its new not-for-profit city centre management and tourism company. |
| http://www.picturesofcoventry.co.uk/ |
Pictures of Coventry from the Coventry and Warwickshire collection |
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| www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countryside |
Warwickshire Web Countryside Recreation - information about Warwickshire's country parks, picnic sites, over 1,700 miles of paths and trails, countryside events and activities, and much more. |
| http://www.solihull.gov.uk/transport/publicrightsofway_11751.htm |
Solihull MBC - Walking and Public rights of way |
| http://www.walkinginwarwickshire.co.uk/index.htm |
Walking in Warwickshire "All the information you need to get walking in the beautiful Warwickshire countryside" |
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Nuneaton and Bedworth Walks and Waterways page. Information about walks just to the north of Coventry. |
| http://www.shakespearesavonway.org/ |
Shakeapeare's Avon Way Association . An 88 mile, long distance footpath, officially opened over the weekend of 26th / 27th April 2008. |
| http://www.cprewarwickshire.org.uk/ |
CPRE Warwickshire is the branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England which covers Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull |
| http://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/ |
Walking Britain. An excellent site giving the best walks all over Britain, and indexing links to other sites. |
| http://www.go4awalk.com |
 5,750 pages of information (with over a
1000 photographs) about walking in Britain's countryside including the
best online UK route maps and directions available for walking in the Lake
District, walking in Snowdonia, walking in The Yorkshire Dales and walking
in Northumberland. |
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| Document | What you will find there? |
| Green Space Strategy for Coventry - Brochure | A good map, plus summary of management guidelines from the full report. |
| Green Space Strategy for Coventry - Full Report | Sep-1994 Guidelines for the protection, enhancement and management of the City's Open Spaces. 118 pages |
| Coventry City Centre Trail | 1993 (reprinted 2000). A guide to the 60 most important sites within the city centre. Can be bought from the Information Centre. |
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| Map | Buy map online? | What you will find there? |
| AA Street by Street Coventry Rugby | BUY MAP ONLINE |
Coventry Street Map in detail, with street index and covering Rugby, Kenilworth, Bedworth, etc. |
| Geographers' A-Z Street Atlas Coventry Rugby | BUY MAP ONLINE |
Coventry Street Map in detail, with street index and covering Rugby, Kenilworth, Bedworth, etc. |
| OS Explorer Sheet 221 | BUY MAP ONLINE |
1:25000 Coventry & Warwick |
| OS Explorer Sheet 222 | BUY MAP ONLINE |
1:25000 Rugby |
| The Coventry Development Plan 1998 | see references in Internet Links above | 1:12,500 Coventry "Main Proposals Map" annotated with actual and
proposed development plan areas 1:2,500 Coventry "City Centre Inset Map" annotated with actual and proposed development plan areas |
| Warwickshire County Council Definitive public rights of way maps | Sheets 28NE, 38NW, 38NE, 28SE, 38SW, 38SE, 27NE, 37NW, 37NE, 27SE, 37SW, 37SE - see Relationship of Grids map for details of areas covered. |
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