Favourite attractions include Warwick Castle, Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Stoneleigh Abbey with its links to Jane Austen. Horse racing, theatre, rugby and walks along the River Avon Trail are all part of the entertainment.

Then rest your head and tuck into local fare at hotels, inns, B&Bs and pubs-with-rooms at the likes of Mallory Court at Leamington Spa, The Howard Arms at Stratford-upon-Avon, Barnacle Hall in Coventry or the Fuzzy Duck in Armscote.