Hill Close Gardens [7]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 6 Aug 2020

The greenhouse in the gardens offers plant sales. Hill Close Gardens was developed from a field in 1845 and by the mid-1860s had become 32 plots as gardens for those infill houses in the centre of town built without a garden. 13 plots were lost to development over the years. Most of the site was acquired by Warwick District Council and restoration took place in 1999. Now, complete with a visitor centre the gardens are run by a charity. The gardens are on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, grade II*, and there is much history and detail at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001285 A market town and county town of Warwickshire, Warwick lies on the River Avon, 11 miles (18 kilometres) south of Coventry. There is evidence of unbroken habitation from the 6th century AD with signs of Neolithic and Roman activity before that date. It was a Saxon burh in the 9th century and Warwick Castle was built during the Norman Conquest. Much of the town was destroyed in The Great Fire of Warwick in 1694. Warwick Racecourse is located just west of the town centre. The Grand Union Canal passes through the town and the restored Saltisford Canal Arm is close to the town centre.

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