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Stoke House, Wyken
Stoke House was built over 200 years ago and occupies a secluded site, surrounded by mature trees. It was the birthplace of Colonel William Fitzthomas Wyley, a chemist, who became the Lord Mayor of Coventry in 1911; he bought the Charterhouse, made it his home and bequeathed it to the city. After use by a barrage balloon unit during the Second World War, Stoke House became a children's home, and later offices for social/children's services. A modern secure unit for young people was built in the grounds and was demolished in 2013. Property guardians were living in the house at that time, and there was a planning application to convert it into a care home. Behind the house was a cobbled courtyard with a stable block. https://www.coventrysociety.org.uk/news/article/planning-permission-sought-for-conversion-of-stoke-house.html
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 24 Jul 2013
0.01 miles
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Outfall to the River Sowe and a footbridge over it, near Stoke, Coventry
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 23 Apr 2016
0.12 miles
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River Sowe floodplain vegetation, Binley, Coventry
A blackthorn thicket prominently in flower. Oak, left, not yet in leaf.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 23 Apr 2016
0.12 miles
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Footbridge over the River Sowe near St Gregory's primary school, Binley, Coventry
The pair of barriers may be configured to allow people to pass on foot or with a pushchair or in a wheelchair, say, but not bikes, motor bikes and horses. The Sowe Valley footpath crosses the river here from east on the right, to west over the bridge. In the background is Vincent Wyles House in Attoxhall Road, Wyken (or is it Stoke?).
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 23 Apr 2016
0.13 miles
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Couple with a dog on the Sowe Valley footpath, Binley, Coventry
The view is roughly north from the footpath east of the footbridge over the River Sowe near St Gregory's RC primary school. The river is to the left.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 23 Apr 2016
0.15 miles
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Footpath from Binley across the River Sowe to Harry Rose Road, Stoke, Coventry
Two sorts of order – the straight lines of the path and the lighting; then the way that blackthorn grows – its phyllotaxis – to form a thicket. Access and impenetrability side by side. The route crosses the Sowe Valley footpath. This view is the reverse of
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Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 23 Apr 2016
0.16 miles
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Footpath to Bridgeacre Gardens, Binley, Coventry
The view is from the footbridge over the River Sowe near St Gregory's RC primary school. Blackthorn thickets are flowering white. This view is the reverse of
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Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 23 Apr 2016
0.16 miles
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The Sowe Valley footpath passes through a green-painted gate, Binley, Coventry
Strange to have an anti-intruder fence between two public open spaces – unless it's to stop bikes, motor bikes, monkey bikes and horses.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 23 Apr 2016
0.17 miles
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Coventry Towerblocks
At the junction of Attoxhall Road and Harry Rose Road.
Image: © Ian Rob
Taken: 24 Jun 2011
0.17 miles
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View north to Stoke from a footbridge over the River Sowe, Coventry
The footbridge is near St Gregory's RC Primary School. Caludon Castle School is on the right.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 23 Apr 2016
0.20 miles