111 Places in Coventry That You Shouldn't Miss

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"Experience the real Coventry. Behind its shining, high-rise modernity, Coventry's heritage lives on in its architecture and art, from its visionary centre to its outlying estates. With this guide in hand and a bit of know-how, you can unearth its hard-to-find origins, as a city with a major medieval influence, plus the relics of its industrial boom as a centre for making cloth and clocks, cards and bikes. Manufacturing munitions made it a target for the German Luftwaffe in World War II, flattening its centuries-old heart, and prompting the distinctive look and feel of its centre and surrounds today. And among these are countless unexpected delights: see a quirky homage to 11th-century Lady Godiva, remnants of the city walls that spawned the phrase 'sent to Coventry' during the English Civil War, the fastest car in the world and the boho FarGo village. Check out the TV home of one of British comedy's best-loved stars, a plaque quoting a poem by Coventry native Philip Larkin on his unexpected return here, plus the council estate that inspired a series of stunning Turner Prize-shortlisted paintings. Read a tribute to the UK's first [B]lack Shakespearean actor who managed a 19th-century Coventry theatre, sample real ale in the tap houses of homegrown artisan breweries, and savour a unique local delicacy, the Coventry God Cake. From the origins of the influential 2-Tone music style born here in the 1970s, to the impact of UK City of Culture 2021 status, the spirit of Coventry old and new is captured in these pages. This unusual guidebook invites the inquisitive to head off the beaten track, guided by local knowledge."-- Book jacket