Places to visit in Coventry

A short list of notable parks, markets, museums and landmarks in Coventry.

• Blitz Museum · Culture

  war museum in Coventry, England, UK

• Coventry Toy Museum · Culture

  museum in Coventry, England, UK

• Coventry Transport Museum · Culture

  Coventry Transport Museum is a transport museum, located in Coventry city centre, England.

• Coventry Watch Museum · Culture

  museum in Coventry, England, UK

• Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital · Culture

  The Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital was a former hospital in Coventry, England, on Stoney Stanton Road on the northern edge of the city centre. The hospital was opened in 1867 and closed in 2006, to be replaced by the new University Hospital Coventry sited about 4 miles (6.4 km) north east of the centre.

• Ford's Hospital · Culture

  Ford's Hospital, Coventry, traditionally known as Grey Friars Hospital, is a grade I listed 16th century half-timbered almshouse in Greyfriars Lane, Coventry. It was founded by the merchant William Ford in 1509 to provide accommodation for six elderly people: five men and one woman. Despite the earlier name of "Grey Friars", it bears no relationship to the Franciscan Order but was so named because of its location on Greyfriars Lane.

• Hearsall Common · Parks

  Hearsall Common is located in Earlsdon, Coventry in the West Midlands, central England.

• Herbert Art Gallery and Museum · Culture

  Herbert Art Gallery & Museum is a museum, art gallery, records archive, learning centre, media studio and creative arts facility on Jordan Well, Coventry, England.

• Site of Charterhouse · Historic

  archaeological site in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK

• War Memorial Park · Parks

  The War Memorial Park is a large park of about 48.5 hectares in southern Coventry, England. The park was opened in July 1921 as a tribute to the 2,587 Coventrians who died between 1914 and 1918 fighting in the First World War. The landscaped gardens and sports areas were created in the late-1920s and 1930s, and the most prominent structure in the park is the city's war memorial, built in 1927.

• Whitefriars, Coventry · Historic

  The buildings known as Whitefriars are the surviving fragments of a Carmelite friary founded in 1342 in Coventry, England. It was initially home to a friary until the dissolution of the monasteries. During the 16th century it was owned by John Hales and served as King Henry VIII School, Coventry, before the school moved to St John's Hospital, Coventry. It was home to a workhouse during the 19th century. The buildings are currently used by Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry.