WARWICKSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE VIEWS

This website shows the varied features of the Warwickshire countryside. This page contains a small sample of pictures illustrating various themes. There are many more pictures on separate pages: Village Greens, Churches, Living Churchyards, Shakespeare's Warwickshire, Country Cottages, Trees and Woodlands, Leafy Lanes, Rivers, Swans, Canals, Pubs and Inns, Farmland and Farming, Panoramas. There is also a complete alphabetic thumbnail index to all the locations featured: Index of Locations. All photographs © John Webb 1998-2003.

A view across the village green at Long Itchington. This is a large green, and overshadowed by chestnut trees. More pictures of village greens in other Warwickshire villages on the Village Greens Page.

A view across ripening cornfields, near Temple Balsall.

The Church of St John The Baptist at Berkswell, is one of the finest examples of Norman and Early English architecture in the Midlands. There are more pictures of churches in Warwickshire on the Warwickshire Churches Page.

Several churchyards in Warwickshire are being managed to encourage wildlife - flowers, birds, and animals. This is called the Living Churchyard and Cemetery Project. This picture shows part of the churchyard at Offchurch. There are more pictures of living churchyards in Warwickshire, and more about the scheme, on the Living Churchyards Page.

This is a ford in Green Lane, Balsall. It was from a medieval farmhouse, just by this ford, that William Shakespeare's ancestors originated.

This map, reproduced from Michael Wood's book In Search of Shakespeare, shows a number of places in Warwickshire which played a significant role in Shakespeare's background. There are more pictures of these places, and details about them, on the Shakespeare's Warwickshire Page. Pictures on that page include: more pictures of Balsall (the ancestral origin of the Shakespeares), Knowle (the medieval Guild Chapel with its records of the Shakespeares), Snitterfield (Shakespeare's grandfather's home), Wilmcote (his grandmother's home, Mary Arden's House), Aston Cantlow (where his father and mother married), and Temple Grafton (where Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway).

A view inside Crackley Wood, Kenilworth, a mixed broadleaf woodland. There are more views of trees and woodlands on the Trees and Woodlands Page.

There are village greens, churches, and cottages throughout England. A distinctive feature of Warwickshire is its leafy lanes. There are some more pictures of Warwickshire's leafy lanes on the Leafy Lanes Page.

This is the River Avon at Stareton. The bridge in the background carries the B4113 Stoneleigh-Leamington Road. There are more pictures of rivers in Warwickshire on the Rivers Page.

Most stretches of river have their resident swans. This picture shows children feeding swans and their cygnets on the Avon at Warwick Castle. There are more pictures of Warwickshire's swans on the Swans Page.

A holiday houseboat on the Oxford Canal, near Napton on the Hill. Napton Windmill can be seen on the horizon. There are more views of canals in Warwickshire on the Canals Page.

The world's most famous cottage, Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery. There are more pictures of other thatched cottages and half-timbered buikdings in Warwickshire on the Country Cottages Page.

An attractive village pub, The Bulls Head, Wootton Wawen. There are more pictures of attractive village pubs and inns on the Pubs and Inns Page.

The wheat harvest in August. A combine harvestor and grain trucks at work in small fields, amid oak trees, on a farm at Burton Green. There are more views of farmland, and farming, on the Farming Page.

This is a view of Stratford-Upon-Avon from Loxley, a small village on a hill overlooking Stratford. The church spire in the centre of the picture is Holy Trinity Stratford. There are many more panoramic and long-distance views around Warwickshire on the Panoramas Page.

Countryside views:
Village Greens
Churches
Living Churchyards
Shakespeare's Warwickshire
Country Cottages
Trees and Woodlands
Leafy Lanes
Rivers
Swans
Canals
Pubs and Inns
Farmland and Farming
Panoramas and Long Distance Views

Index of Locations
Heart-of-England Main Page

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