The New Pippin, Wyken, Coventry
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The New Pippin, Wyken, Coventry
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 30 Oct 2021
This roadside pub, at the corner of Ansty Road and Hipswell Highway, opened in 1933 as the Wyken Pippin, and was known by that name for most of its subsequent history until 2010. Since 2018 it has been called the New Pippin. See the guide to pubs on Rob Orland's Historic Coventry site here https://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/cph/main/pub.php?pg=wyken_pippin . The name Wyken Pippin referred to the apple variety grown locally in the 18th century. A young tree can be seen here Image and the fruit here Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.416852
Longitude
-1.459911