Coombe Abbey Country Park (Binley)

Coombe Abbey Country Park is located on the eastern edge of Coventry. It has been open to the public since 1966, after it was purchased by Coventry City Council. The main landmark of the park is a 12th Century cistercian abbey, which is where the park gets its name. The abbey has now been converted into a hotel. The country park itself is set over 500 acres with land use ranging from open fields and woodland to a large 1km long lake. There are constructed footpaths which hug the fringe of the park, taking visitors through woodland and along the lake. There is a small wooden hide at the western edge of the park which overlooks a small woodland clearing and over ...  Read the complete review

I had the wonderful plesure of staying at the Coombe Abbey hotel during a business trip 3 years ago, I was tasked with manning a stand for my employer at a conference at the University of Warwick just outside Coventry and had to stay over night for a few days. I discovered that my manager had booked this hotel the week before the trip and was a little surprised that he hadnt booked anything closer or more convenient, at the time I was very annoyed as it dawned on me I would have to rely on taxis to get me around during the 3 days I was away for (I dont drive - yet) The second my taxi pulled up to the gates outside the estate and made its way down ...  Read the complete review

Coombe Abbey Country Park is in Binley, around 5 miles from Coventry. It is easily accessable you can get a bus from Coventry or rugby and it takes around 20 mins from Rugby on the bus. It stops outside the park and is hourly. Driving is easy there is plenty of parking and the parking costs £2.50 (good value for a family day out). There is no enterence costs to get into coombe abbey, although occasionally they close off one of the fields and charge entrance for special events. There is a hotel at Coombe Abbey and it is outstanding, you feel like you have gone back in time when you stay there! I have done a seperate review on the hotel. Coombe Abbey ...  Read the complete review

I have experienced the corperate days side of Coombe abbey twice now and both times they have been a pleasure to deal with. I organise four trips a year for our company (its what we call our '' teamtogether days'') and commbe abbey has been our venue choice for two events ..... one being a treasure hunt and the other being a medevil banquet. The treasure hunt was brilliant, i never actually realised how many beutiful things there were to see at coombe abbey and i have been going there every since i was a little girl myself, for eg. they have a lot of great tree carvings, they are absolutly gorgeous and so much work must have gone into them, there is ...  Read the complete review

Coventry has a bit of a bad reputation as a grey, concrete-based, industrial city without much colour or prettiness to boast of. But this is not necessarily true, and nothing proves this more than a trip to Coombe Abbey Country Park, which is just a few miles east of Coventry and boasts 450 beautiful acres of woodland, grassland, lakes and gardens. The park is open daily from 7.30am until dusk, and entry is free, though there is a £3 cost to use the pay and display carpark. If you have a carload of 4 people this makes it less than a pound each for the day, which is hard to complain about! The park has lots to offer. As soon as you leave the carpark ...  Read the complete review