The best running trails around Stoneleigh

Its different and makes think why and what for.

Worth the trip to see.

Constructed during the late 15th century, this elongated and slender bridge consists of nine arches spanning the River Avon. Its purpose was to serve the community of Stoneleigh Abbey. Crafted from red sandstone ashlar, the bridge measures 10 feet in width and features plain parapets. While the river flows beneath the three arches at its southern end, the remaining arches are designed to manage floodwaters.

The Norman Church of St Mary the Virgin across Stoneleigh Meadows was created by the villagers into a Trust for the public in 1982. The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions two priests at Stoneleigh, but nothing about the church. Any building was probably of wood and rebuilt in red sandstone during the 12th century, representing over 800 years of births, marriages and deaths. Many of the old village names are on the headstones in the churchyard and have been researched by the Stoneleigh History Society.

Kenilworth Greenway is a former railway line, now a 6.5km multi-user path, which runs between Kenilworth and Berkswell through scenic countryside. Some of the Greenway is due to be removed by HS2, but diversions are in place.

I just don't understand why 150m of hedgerows has been cut down it's not even close to the HS2 route. Thew cut it downed put up a metal fence the hedgerow was a natural fence...

The church was built in 1842. It is built from the local red stone and consists of a nave, chancel and a north porch with a brick bellcote over the west gable. It is one of the first archaeologically conscientious churches in England … an attempt at least at recreating the local village church … the attitude is unmistakably the Victorian as against the pre-Victorian. Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh, who was a scholarly poet and a member of Christ Church, Oxford, provided the site, the endowment and the stone from his nearby quarry. It was designed for 300 people, with two-thirds of the sittings being free and was completed by 1845, although a vestry was later added in 1876.

The Kenilworth to Berkswell Greenway is a linear Country Park set in the beautiful South Warwickshire countryside. The site forms a 6.5 kilometres section of former railway, with the entire park extending to some 16 hectares. History The railway branch line from Berkswell to Kenilworth Junction was opened in 1884. It effectively provided a short cut avoiding Coventry for freight trains heading south. Rumour has it that it was used in the war for the transport of munitions and the siding at Berkswell, left when the track was lifted in the 1960s, was used for ‘parking’ the Royal Train when the Queen visited the area. Later, even the siding was removed to make way for a station car park. Left to itself, the old railway became a wildlife corridor. Hawthorn, birch and other plants quickly took hold and softened the edges, animals and birds found cover for dens and nests. Warwickshire County Council took ownership of the route in the 1970′s but apart from work to clear a wider path, it was left to the walkers and the wildlife.  After the turn of the Millennium, Warwickshire County Council worked in partnership with Sustrans to develop the route.