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Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply Leamington [note 1] (/ ˈ l ɛ m ɪ ŋ t ən / ⓘ), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England.Originally a small village called Leamington Priors, it grew into a spa town in the 18th century following the popularisation of its water which was reputed to have medicinal qualities. [2]
1898 map of Leamington showing the position of Milverton, Avenue and the GWR stations. The first station at the site, under the name Leamington was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on its new main line between Birmingham, Oxford and London in 1852. [2] It was later renamed Leamington Spa in 1913. [1]
Victoria Park is a public park in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. It is situated about half a mile (800 m) west of the town centre and is on the south bank of the River Leam . The total area of the park as it stands today is 18.5 acres (7.5 ha).
St. Mary's Church was built between 1838 and 1839 to designs by the architect J.G. Jackson. [1] 1897 saw a vicarage purchased at 15 St Mary's Road for £1,500 and the current vicarage (number 28) is also on the same street as the church.
The Royal Pump Rooms is a cultural centre on the Parade in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. It was the most famous of several spa baths opened in Leamington between the late-18th and mid-19th centuries. People would travel from throughout the country, and indeed Europe, to benefit from treatments using the town's healing waters.
The name Parade came partly because many of the facilities that made Leamington a notable spa town lined the street. The Royal Pump Rooms were opened in 1814, [3] the Regent Hotel in 1819 [4] and the Jephson Gardens in 1834. [5] Most of the town's fashionable housing was built north of the river, [1] as well as the library and the theatre.
Lillington is a suburb of Leamington Spa, in the civil parish of Royal Leamington Spa, in the Warwick District in the county of Warwickshire, England.Historically a village which existed before the time of the Domesday Book (1086), it was incorporated into the borough of Leamington in 1890. [1]
Leamington Spa Avenue railway station was a station serving Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. It opened in 1854, and was located immediately to the north of the current surviving Leamington Spa railway station , it offered services to Coventry , Rugby and Weedon .