Coventry.. place of my birth, still here 38 years later, most of my years have been happy here, but recently visited the birth place of my father. Always loved the coast always felt loved by the sea, enchanting, loving and mysterious, Should i wait for global warming to ensure Coventry is a seaside town?, sorry city, No i should not. South Shield (up North) is beuatiful, never experienced anything like it, same as Wales (North and South), or Devon, or Cornwall, or Norfolk, or many of hundreds of coastal places i have been. So Coventry.... not for me,My dreams are on the edge of this wonderful country, but for some? you could do worse, Student heaven, great pubs, good ...  Read the complete review

I wonder if Coventry's one of those places you either love it or hate it! I love it! I've lived here all my life, my mum and dad moved here for work in the 70's. One of the best things is that it's in the midlands it's so close to all the main motorways and it's within easy reach of the north, south, east & west! of course as it's the middle! Meriden is actually the middle of England hence Meriden (Meridian) it's about 2miles from the outskirts of Coventry on the West Side. Coventry is becoming more cosmopolitan and it's trying to lift it's image, we have the Transport Museum which is free and the Herbert Art Gallery which is also free they have ...  Read the complete review

Medieval Spon Street Coventry Spon Street just down from St John's church is rich in history. But how many people know that some of theses building once stood in other parts of the city. Number 14 & 15 however are a part of the original Spon street and was the Recruiting Sergeant pub in the early 19th centaury Number 16 (previously numbers 142 & 143) however built in the 1700 but on the opposite side of the road originally. until 1971 when it was then moved and rebuilt in 1975 Number 20 & 21 which today is bar 1450 used to be number 122 & 123 Much Park Street, Coventry The The courts at the rear of the Shakespeare pub are the only ...  Read the complete review

So what can Coventry offer you as a visitor? History! Those devilish Huns air-conditioned Coventry during the 1940's (sorry, some of us are still a bit bitter about that) and you can still see the after effects of that in Coventry Cathedral. Our old Cathedral that is. Yep, we've got 2 Cathedrals! Well at the football we do sing "If you want a Cathedral, We've got one to spare" and we can actually mean it! Technically we've actually got 3 Cathedrals, as Tony Robinson & the Time Team discovered the first and earliest Coventry Cathedral in the only programme where they actually dug for longer than 3 days in 1 place. You can also see the City wall ...  Read the complete review

not a pretty place - Advantages: shopping, cheap, large indoor market - Disadvantages: high crime rates, dull place, miserable people!