Coombe Abbey Country Park
Explore 500 acres of beautiful gardens, sculptures, woodland and lakes in this country park near Coventry. The park has a number of walking trails taking you through the Wildflower Meadow, the Formal Victorian Gardens and Arboretum, the Capability Brown landscaped deer park and peaceful woodland. There is also a lovely lakeside path with splendid views of Coombe Abbey. The park has very good facilities with a Visitor Centre and Discovery Centre with interactive exhibits.
To extend your walking in the area you could visit the nearby Brandon Marsh.
This lovely nature reserve has nice footpaths taking you around a series of lakes and lagoons.
The Warwickshire Centenary Way long distance trail also runs along the eastern edge of the park. You can pick this up to further explore the countryside surrounding the park.
Postcode
CV3 2AB - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locationsPlease click here for more information
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Pubs/Cafes
There's a good on site cafe where you can enjoy some refreshments after your walk.
Dog Walking
The parkland and woodland trails are a great place to bring your dog for a walk with on lead and off lead areas. There are water bowls provided at the visitor centre. The cafe mentioned above is also dog friendly.
Further Information and Other Local Ideas
Just to the south there's the suburban village of Binley Woods where you can enjoy some pleasant trails around Brandon Woods.
For more walking ideas in the area see the Warwickshire Walks page.
Cycle Routes and Walking Routes Nearby
Photos
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Coombe Abbey and gardens
Lake, Coombe Abbey. Topiary in the formal gardens of Coombe Abbey and brandy bottle lilies in the lake. The sculpture 'Fisherman and Nymph' is by Percy Bentham. The plaster original was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1922. It was cast in bronze and presented to the city by the Coventry Boy Foundation and installed in 1968.
Heronry. This area of Coombe Pool within the park is protected as an Heronry complete with a hide for visitors to watch at a discreet distance.
The abbey seen from the footbridge across the lake. The former Abbey has seen many uses. At one time it was a hostel for apprentices from Coventry industries, and it was also a venue for Medieval Banquets for many years. Today it is an "Hotel like no other" with large rooms furnished in some cases with four poster beds and reputedly ghostly visitations!
By the Wrautum. Coombe Park Gorse, just in bloom, and silver birch by the footpath the Park. The pines border the Wrautum, an open area of grassland.
Tree lined drive, Coombe Park. The avenues of trees flanking the main entrance into Coombe Abbey and park. The Abbey and the 150 acre park was purchased by Coventry City Council in 1964, opened to the public in 1966 and established as a country park in 1968. The Abbey buildings, representing a mixture of periods from the 12th century to the 19th, were taken over by a hotel chain in 1992 and restored, opening in 1994. The park remains open to the public.
Bird of prey sculpture. Carved from the trunk of a sycamore tree in the woodland area of the park. There is also a badger peeking out from the lower part, looking extremely worried as it's dwarfed by the bird.
A mallard hogging the bird table at Coombe Pool whilst a disgruntled chaffinch looks on (at the same time as cleverly merging into the undergrowth)