NOT DOG FRIENDLY. Arrived in the car park looking forward to a pleasant dog walk around the reservoir. Parking price seemed very high but we were willing to pay to enjoy the weather and location. Sadly we're we're 'welcomed' with walking routes that all stated 'no dogs' othe than a small 'country park' area away from the reservoir. Dogs were definitely NOT welcome (even on short leads) anywhere near the water. £3.50 to park (as we were there longer than 15 minutes) for a short dog walk. Views were good and other walks might be nice if you dont want to take your furry family, but we won't be visiting again.

Went to watch the bucket moon rise, but discovered that the gates are locked early evening and there's no alternative parking. Disaster!!!! Risked parking where we shouldn't but no time to find an alternative to view a rare and spectacular moonrise. Never visited Draycote Water before. It looks like it's a great 5 mile walk. Plenty of regrets and herons. Amazing sunset over the lake. The moon was worth the parking inconvenience.

Rain or shine, snow or hail we love this walk. Nice place to refuel with a nice Breakfast or Lunch . Coffee , Tea and cake available for a snack. Canteen area has plenty of seating inside and a few places to sit outside if the weather permits. The staff always friendly and welcoming. Parking £2 for 2 hours or £5 all day. Can pay by cash or card and more than enough parking most weekends. 5 miles walk for the full circle. Bikes are welcome. Only a few small inclines. The majority of the walk is pretty flat so not too difficult for most. Perfect for Runners and walkers of all levels , or a slow stroll to take in some of the lovely scenery on and off the reservoir.

Nice enough. Advertises dog friendly but that is severely limited to a small approx 1km circular track in a field partially overlooking the reservoir making it not worth the parking charge if you're looking for a scenic dog walk.

Good place to walk bike, on the relative flat and there is a good cafe for refreshments and light meals, parking £5 a day, also has sailing club abd fishing with boat hire. Currently work on site means you cannot walk or bike the full circuit. Buy going half way and back is about the same distance

Great place for a walk/cycle. Can get a bit windy at times, but that's nature - don't complain about it. Cafe is good, but i personally don't taste the coffee. Only downside is car park is a little pricey, though for the next 6-8 months or so this is drastically reduced because of upgrade work around the reservoir. The work is closing half the walk around the reservoir for 3 months at a time, but walking the other way is still great.

Beautiful place to visit. I walked all around it and managed to get back at the entrance just as the sun was setting. You do have to pay for parking, I believe it’s £5 for the whole day and you can get an annual permit as well which is £37 as of March 2022.

This interesting and entertaining guided tour is 'a must' for all fans of rugby and history. From a look round the Museum tucked away, finding out about 'the island' and the story behind it, to stepping foot on The Close (admittedly I have been done that before many a time, but there is still something about it - rugby fans come from across the globe just to do that), to seeing the amazing Chapel and Memorial Chapel, the Quad and one of the historic classrooms; it all makes for two hours or so well-spent. Julie was the perfect tour guide being thoroughly engaging and entertaining, and she clearly loves what she does and has a passion for the School. Just quite how she remembers all that information (?) must take some doing...it all adds to the experience. Needless to say, a tour of Rugby School comes highly recommended.

Thoroughly enjoyed the rugby school tour with our guide Julie. She was informative, extremely knowledgeable, friendly, and full of interesting stories and anecdotes. I brought my family and we all really enjoyed it. The school is incredible and full of history, and getting a chance to see the chapel, classroom and museum was fabulous. I highly recommend.

TOUR......the tour was very interesting and informative. Julie, our guide was lovely. She was kind, patient and considerate to all our needs. Would recommend this tour to anyone interested in the history of Rugby (the ciry) and the school. The shop was mainly for Rugby students, although there was a few items for the public to purchase.

I have bought a number of similar items from the Rugby School shop in 2017- mainly from the 450th Anniversary range. Each time my orders have been dealt with friendliness , courtesy and efficiency by the ladies there. As an O.R I have also been also able to reflect on past times in conversations over the telephone, and those have always brought back personal memories and feelings for the Almer Mater. Thank you ladies- Floreat Rugbeia !

Great school shop

We visited to watch Aladin and the performance was simply fantastic a mix of the traditional Aladin story with modern dance and music. You definitely must go to their pantomime next year.

The performance of Come From Away was beyond expectations. I have seen three professional performances (2 in the West End and 1 in Birmingham). I have also visited Gander and met Derm, the mayor of Appleton, featured in the musical. The performance was fabulous. Well done.

Great production of Cinderella, very funny, with plenty of auctions interaction. Nice touch being able to meet the cast in the bar afterwards.

Fantastic little theatre! Have been here a few times now to see different productions, and I'm so impressed. The Christmas Carol was amazing! The cast, the costumes, the staging, the specials effects, everything felt like something you would expect in West End! Highly recommend!

What a wonderful place, an amazing experience, this delightful theatre is like all theatres should be. Its an old fashioned feeling with a modern professional twist. I have seen numerous shows here and the actors and backstage crew are consistently achieving high standards..not forgetting the wealth of wonderful directors. Thank you

Just watched 'Streetcar named Desire'. Amazing cast, powerful and heartbreaking. Everyone in it was incredible. Lovely theatre and friendly staff.

Amazing show! The cast is so good. The new bar is also so nice.

Great place to visit with children. Lots of interactive exhibitions, places for crafts, and children play area. It has far exceeded my expectations

I have been to the Gallery for a workshop on cyanotype: simply splendid

Its a nice quiet and friendly pleasant place to look at the arts created, and to talk to nice staff, Kuds area is good for the children too.

Nice environment where it is not too cold and they have free wifi and a working space where you can do some work on their computers or on your own laptop.

Volunteering at a 'witches hat' making morning in half term. Good kit, reasonable plan, and the kids seemed to have a great time, producing their own hat. The three in the photos were made by children aged 3, 4 and 6 - pretty amazing !! It's a very small museum,but reasonably sized Gallery spaces, and the collection has some good stuff.

A small free to enter museum adjacent to library. We have learnt that there was once a Roman village called Tripontium 4 miles from Rugby. **Local knowledge level up.🤗** For the size of the museum, it took us about 30minutes to view all the arts and displays. And this is us, taking our time. There are also space for crafts and drawings at the foyer.

Great place for art and artefacts. The staff that work there are friendly and helpful.

Fantastic shopping area. Loads of food places available. Although wonderful and practical, these types of places have murdered the high streets. Progress 🤔

Good chap Jon for sorting out the issue with phones not working at Homesense Rugby. Jon has visited the store in person and arranged for Homesense to call me. This has saved me a lot of time today. Jon is a get things done chap and deserves credit for his professional and efficient approach to resolving this issue. Many thanks indeed Jon 🙂

A really nice retail park to visit plenty of selection of shops. And cafes along with places to eat. Alot of top brands in one area. Plenty of parking along with disabled parking as well.

Nice decent size retail park located near Rugby city centre. Loads of free parking spaces. Good variety of shops and few places to eat. Free toilets available.

We visited here en route to Milton Keynes. It’s a modern complex with a variety of shops and restaurants. There seemed to be a lot of parking available but we walked down from our hotel in Rugby and it’s very pedestrianised. The TK Maxx is really good here.

Great location for many retail shops, plenty of parking and good options to have a quick bite to eat.

Great shop's and few good places to eat,free parking unlike Coventry city centre,and only 15 minutes from our home.

The staff are super friendly supportive and helpful. Only minus is I can never get across their number when I call them for enquiries.

Good place for Uniforms and other accessories. Staff is also courteous and helpful.

This shop is truly a nightmare in terms of space and positioning. Considering this is the only shop offering labelled school uniforms there is no space to go there with a pram. Second thing, there is only one till and two people serving one customer (no sense at all). Like a business owner you would assume before school starts you will need extra till and more people serving customer. And last things is the quality of the clothes, soooo poor and they are super overpriced!

Great, friendly service. Found everything we needed, with help.

Helpful staff after separate online purchase with delivery and click-and-collect. Good customer support via e-mail (ordered school uniform PE Skorts but received Shorts instead) and in store over the counter for item exchanges.

Have used twice in the last week and have been very impressed with the service.You have a confirmation text when you've booked your taxi,one when they've arrived saying the make of car,registration and drivers name and another saying thankyou. I dropped my phone in the taxi and the driver very kindly brought it back to my house within minutes,you can't get better service than that.I will only use this firm from now on and would highly recommend.

Friendly, fast service and so accommodating!! Got two kids in secondary school so I'm getting to know this shop and Lisa quite well. Website doesn't seem to be smart phone friendly when ordering but works fine with tablet/iPad at least. Shop has everything you need for the sport Rugby as well as school uniforms. Parking is a bit of an issue so it's best to order online or park in the town parking lot to do a bit of perusal and general shopping. Always up for supporting local businesses!❤️

We visited a few weeks ago for the "Mini Explorers" workshop. It was an okay play session for £2.50 but there wasn't much to do and my son soon got bored. The staff were very helpful, and told me about the play village on the lower floor that I wouldn't have known about otherwise! That was lovely and I couldn't believe it was free. Everywhere was clean, and the staff were lovely. The lady on reception even gave my son a sticker. It was great having free parking too. This was our first visit and we would definitely come back. Lovely morning out.

Such a wonderful and friendly place. More than one delight in a beautiful airy modern building. The Rugby Council has definitely got it right 👍🏽 This houses the library, the Rugby museum at the first floor and local Artist exhibition on the top floor. All of this is free entry. Another amazing feature is the newly opened cafeteria "Pickle and Pie 🥧" all the food is made in house by Lisa. Fell in love with the scotch eggs and potato, celery and soft blue cheese pie 🥧 so comforting and delicious. Open 10 to 3pm Monday to Saturday 👏🏽

Went to the library to get documents printed off. Very helpful staff. The library had a light and friendly atmosphere. There is a small cafe in the centre, reasonably priced and good food and strong coffee. Will definitely go again as there is still the museum to visit.

Nice and kind staff we'll be welcoming you!

Not a lot to look at lift very juddery not at all nice

Visited for rhyme time today. Lovely atmosphere and staff were great. Well worth a visit if you have a little.one between 0 and 2 years of age. It's free to attend and you do need to book. Wednesdays 9.30am and 11.00am and Fridays at 11.00am

Very informative place to visit. Plenty to look at and nicely set out.

I am a member of another centre of the Better group so visited this one as a one off. The pool is lovely. Perfect temperature, nice and big with great piped music (easy listening) The showers were hot and clean, the changing cubicles clean. The pool seemed clean but once in, it looked liked the sides need a good scrub. Parking is plentiful and free for 3 hours but you have to enter your reg details at reception. The staff were friendly and helpful. Didn't visit gym so can't comment

Decent sized softplay area. Reasonable in price too. Customer service at the desk wasn't the most hospitable. Free parking for 3 hours was a nice to have.

After 11 years member at TQDJC , Very bad experience not recommended to join . It has changed to a profitable parking business on private gym land instead of being free for members all over uk branches , unheard of parking charges for members at any gym but TQDJC . TQDJC aims to collect unjustly money from members breaching uk GDPR ( 2018 law) passing on personal data including private mobile number to the parking compony use it to reach me . The parking compony got my mobile and out of date address from the gym record . The DVLA has updated address over a year ago but not mobile number or indeed anywhere else as the office claimed. Should change name to “ worse “ QDJC not “ better “ . It is a shame the instructors who running the classes are exceptional , the office staff are worse ever to deal with very manipulative , unprofessional and dishonest practices , this matter will be escalated to ( ICO)

Took our grandchildren to a lesson on the climbing wall, all four children thoroughly enjoyed the lessons. It is such a great shame that we don't live in Rugby or we would definitely be booking lessons there !!!

Very clean, plenty of amenities, staff very friendly & helpful. Plenty of parking. Visited specifically for the children's soft play area, it's one of the best soft plays we've been too, only reason I've knocked one star off is that the under 3's bit could do with being a bit bigger but the variety of activities in it were spot on.

Very large soft play for young kids, extremely quiet the day we went.

Terrible Customer Treatment – Stay Away! I used to be a regular paying customer at Queens Diamond Jubilee Centre, but after my recent experience, I will never set foot there again. They’ve chosen to work with a predatory parking company that seems to exist solely to fine honest customers. I received a parking fine in the mail despite being a customer, and the appeal process was a joke. They asked me to send proof via post, which I did, using first-class postage. Conveniently, they claim to have never received it and are now charging me £100 instead of £60. It’s outrageous that management allows these vultures to prey on hard-working people like this. To the decision-makers: do you sleep well knowing you’re treating your customers like this? Absolute scum. Avoid this place if you value your time and money!

Love this park! Super peaceful, lots of trees and shade, and a perfect spot to chill or read. There’s a nice walking path, and lots of flower all year around. Not too crowded, even on weekends.

This is a bonus in Rugby. There are toilets on the left as you enter. The kids play park is always busy and there's tennis courts at the other side of the park. So many beautiful trees of all ages on the easy pathway. The flowers are well kept and it's such a peaceful place if you want to hear the birds or just sit and take in the beauty of the place. There's even a small cafe but it seems the people dont want to leave there 😂 so it must have some good choices.

Such a "Beautiful" park. Very clean and tidy. The Grandchildren loved the BUTTERFLY TRAIL and of course the play area. Lots of seating around. No time to visit tea & coffee shop. Next time xx Ps: the history of the park is very interesting.

Just a beautiful oasis in Rugby. Visit it. Enjoy it and leave it tidy..so much work goes into it making it as beautiful as it is. And support Hatty Bakewells whilst you are there too!

I love this park. Every time I visit I am impressed with how well it is maintained and looked after. Usually very little litter and always a lot of people visiting for different reasons. Parents with children visit the play areas and older kids play ball and socialise. The flowers are seasonal and the gardens carefully crafted. The lawns and hedges are well maintained and even the squirrels are happy. I like the statues as thry are all relevant to the history of Rugby.

Caldecott Park seems to be a fantastic destination and luckily it's near the city center. I recently had the pleasure of visiting, and it left a lasting impression. The park's charm lies in its ability to offer an enjoyable walking experience throughout the year. Whether it's spring blossoms, summer picnics, autumn colors, or winter strolls, Caldecott Park is a cool place to be in any season.

Love visiting. Footpaths take you round the park, with a varied and relaxed view. Gardens are immaculate. The wooded areas display beautiful seasonal displays of snow drops, crocuses and daffodils. A refreshing and envigorating place to take a break. Plenty of benches and little nooks among the gardens and lawns to sit and read.

Beautiful place. Only 4 stars as no toilets. Enclosed area to let dogs off if their recall isn't great. Picnic area. Woods, open fields, disused canal 1 side and wetland area the other with the park in the middle. Great to explore for kids. Xx

Lovely open space, good for the dogs too on the exercise area. Bit muddy at this time of year as you'd expect but not terrible in walking boots. Going to be lovely in the summer!! Update June 2024: it is indeed lovely in the summer! Only a few muddy spots in dips in the path - easily stepped over or around. Lots of greenery and wildlife.

I wanted to update my post as my last post was done in the summer months I have been here several times and is one of my favourite places to visit such a beautiful place lots of nature in the summer months it's the most enjoyable walk but I find as a person who has walking problems I find it a struggle pushing my walker or when or when using my mobility scooter on the paths are uneven in quite a few places and in the winter months it's so muddy and unsafe for people with disabilities to go and enjoy this it would be greatly appreciated by all that uses this to have paths put in and more bins also more benches for people to sit down the other thing I think it greatly needs is toilets maybe people could purchase a key for a small price to use them

Even though it is not too far from the M6 & you can hear some traffic in the distance, this is a beautiful little area. You do feel you are in the countryside as there are fields & woodland areas. It's lovely to hear the birds singing & enjoy a stroll.

DOGS SHOULD BE ON LEAD Swift Valley is a nice place for a stroll, many paths lead through it and around it. There is a field dedicated to Dog Exercise, but the rest of the land is grazing for cows and their calves and there is often a Bull in the filed. As with a lot in life, Swift Valley is ruined by other people. People that are either illiterate and can't read, imbeciles and can't understand or self important and they think signs don't apply to them. Walking through this morning to the large fields beyond, I saw a woman that had 3 large black dogs off lead and loose in the same field as the cows, bull and calves. She was taking photos of the dogs and letting them run all around the field completely out of control. I got beyond Swift Valley onto the bridle for half an hour and then headed back. As I walked back through Swift Valley, toward the carpark, there were 3 women all with dogs off lead and having a chat. Further in and another man, with a long haired dog off lead was leaving the field with the cows, bull and claves. As I approached the car park, Another man was heading toward the cows etc with yet another dog off lead, couldn't even be bothered to put it on lead in a car park, he had balls and toys ready to throw for the dog. Eventually, dogs will be banned altogether because the owner of the livestock has had enough. If and when they are, you'll have these moronic people, and those like them, to blame. FOLLOW THE SIGNS. KEEP YOUR DOGS ON THEIR LEAD. BE A BETTER DOG OWNER.

We walk here several times a week. Small but sufficient car park. Seperate dog field. Cows can be in any of 3 fields. Riverside too.

Swift Valley Country Park adjacent to Old Brownsover is a 59 acre (24 hectare) site managed by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust on behalf of Rugby Borough Council, set to the north of Rugby's urban area. The reserve includes lowland neutral grassland with pronounced ridge and furrow, hedgerows, woodland and wetland adjacent to River Swift and a disused canal. A very dense bird population exists especially around the pools. Birds include lapwing, snipe and song thrush. Dragonflies and damselflies are abundant and in 2004 the small red-eyed damselfly was recorded here for the first time in Warwickshire. The first moth recording night produced over 60 species along with a healthy bat population.

Disgraceful behaviour. Cancelled a show 4 days before the show, THEY did not even bother to notify anyone, had to happen across it via a video on Facebook from Katie Hopkins. Benn is owned by the Council, who dont like free speech in case theres a hurty word or something someone doesnt like, to keep their voter demographic they wont let a comedy show go on. So now I have no way of getting back non refundable train tickets and hotel rooms. I am over £100 out of pocket and they dont even have the decency to contact people who have bought tickets. Have emailed the CEO of the Council, who run this venue and the venue itself and they dont have the decency to respond.

Why cancel gigs that don't align with your woke policies. As for the CI who refused to contact someone back...... shameful behaviour. Stop cancelling gigs when they've been paid for in good faith. I hope other organisations now fully boycott Rugby and your venue.

Made arrangements in order to see the great Katie Hopkins again and to be notified it was going to be cancelled 4 days before the show is Ludacris! Lost a great deal amount of time and money in the process. Now if you have a problem with Katie that's on you but the mere fact it sold out again tells you you are the minority in cancelling her! SHAME ON RUGBY COUNTY COUNCIL

So many good events at the Benn Hall. Elo experience was fantastic. Another good tribute,Robbie Williams,he looked and sounded like him.

Nice middle of the road venue - recommended for a budget friendly doo 👍

Not very good is it cancelling a show because of politics. Would it be different if it was a left wing venue?

Appalling to accept 480 paying guests to watch Katie Hopkins on her sell out tour and then 4 days before the event you cancel . You have lost all the revenue from bar sales as well . Shame on you

Lovely museum well cared for by enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers, so many items exhibited you really need to walk round twice to take it all in, easy parking and to cap it all it's free

Lovely country museum with lots of 18th, 19th and 20th century tools and memorabilia. All the volunteers are extremely warm and friendly. Well worth a visit!

A fabulous almost hidden gem! So much to see and take in.

Great place to visit. Easy parking.

A lovely small country museum

Closed on arrival

Incredible

Lovely large soft play area. Many of the joining parts of the soft play could do with a hoover to improve cleanliness. Lots of seating and a good price for me and my 10 month old. However i have never been so cold in a children’s soft play in my life. Considering I was running round after my little one, we were both freezing. To the point where people were keeping their coats on which is ridiculous. Considering there were newborn babies there, this needs to be seriously improved. We left after 45 mins to go and get warm in a cafe.

I’ve been coming here since this was converted into a softplay and bowling alley/bar. I absolutely love it. The kids absolutely love it and it’s such a nice addition to the centre.

This is a good softplay for kids to spend couple of hours. Be pre-warned, some of the staffs are not courteous ( border rude). Do not let it spoil A good time with the kids!

A decent soft play. Good toddler areas and I especially like the suction tubes for the soft balls. Food options are fairly standard with panini's, jacket potatoes, sandwiches, kids meals etc. Annoyingly I thought chips were included with panini's so forgot to order any, when the meal came I asked if I could add these as a side order but the staff were very funny about this and charged it as a separate portion rather than a side. Bit disappointed they quibbled over 60p given I spent about £35 at the soft play. That being said i would still recommend it for the soft play itself.

Wonderful soft play area to take kids up to 12 years old. Separate areas for 0-4 years. Snacks and drinks available for purchase. Ordered a delicious cafe mocha.

We visited here with our 3 and 5 year old on route to our holiday. There's some harsh reviews on here. We found it great. Food was perfectly fine, generous portions, came out hot and no issues. It's wasn't packed but maybe because it wasn't school holidays yet? It was slightly chilly when we got there but could've just been we'd come from a hot car?! There's usual bits for the kids, I must say the ball shooter bit is good fun. Even for the adults. Toilets are a tad run down but perfectly functional. If we were local, I could see us going to this place fairly regularly. Don't be put of my some of the harsh reviews.

Sorry for the earlier review, my daughter who's 2 had grabbed my phone off me and I didn't know she had done this. We have been a few times though and love your soft play. Lots to do and especially the sensory stuff for smaller ones and the foam balls you can fire at eachother.

Rugby Open market is an amazing place on a Friday and Saturday. Fresh fruits vegetables around display from local sellers and also pet foods watches clothes and Mikes flower shop 💐🌷🌻is a fantastic place for potted plants and bouquets. My weekly staple ar ethe fruits and vegetables and this Indian Vegetarian food stall which has the best veg/ vegan food selection

Rugby Market is a bustling and vibrant indoor market located in the heart of Rugby, UK. The market offers a range of goods and services, including fresh produce, meat, fish, baked goods, clothing, and more. The market is well-designed and easy to navigate, with a variety of stalls offering a diverse range of products. The prices are reasonable, and the quality of the products is generally high. The market is also well-known for its friendly and welcoming atmosphere, with vendors often happy to chat with customers and provide recommendations. However, the market can become quite crowded during peak hours, which can make it difficult to navigate and lead to longer wait times at popular stalls. Additionally, some of the stalls may not accept card payments, so it is important to bring cash. Overall, Rugby Market is a great destination for those looking for a unique and authentic shopping experience in the heart of Rugby.

Hope this market keeps going , sells all sorts from veg and flowers to clothes

Every Friday and Saturday..I like the fruits and vegetables stall. Good price and great products.

Rugby Market blink and youll miss it lol I vegetable stall a watch man replacing watch batteries a burger van and a jacket potatoes man the charity shop and the bottom of town was busier oh sorry I forgot to mention the man selling flowers I would strongly recommend the market if you don't want to spend any money

A shadow of it's former self, since being crammed into the clock tower area. Which had a negative impact on people's attitudes to visiting the town centre. Sadly there's only a few stalls left selling not very much. It can be very crowded in the area on Market day as the market gets right in the way of anyone who wants to get by or visit other shops... Watch out for pickpocketers! There's a reasonably priced clothing stall which sells workwear that's probably the market's highlight.

Compared to the Rugby Market of Old there are very few stalls. However the ones in attendance do brisk business and there is a good selection of items on offer my favourites are. The gents clothing stall, The veg stall, and The watch repair/battery replacement stall All of which are great value and service is always with a smile and a bit of banta.

They've really tidied this place up, and now it's a lovely play area with a very bouncy floor! Could do with some more activities built in as they're quite spread out, but it's all very clean and well maintained.

This playing area contains a few outdated item but it looks always clean.

The new play area is great. Different things for different stages. Sand pit is great. Bouncy floor is fun too. Just need more benches

Brand new children's park area. The young children's area is surrounded by sand and the other pieces of equipment aren't suitable for small children apart from swings.

Kids had a great time. Rubber surface is quite something, everything works as it's quite new. Shame about beer empties and cigarette ends, people should know better.

Always been a great park for everyone, I think play area is more modern, but I'm to old for all that stuff. It's a great walk aswell 😊

Love the new play area and my 14mth old, 8yr old and 10 Yr old Grandaughters have used it since the first day it reopened!!