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Hillfields

Hillfields is a suburb of Coventry in the West Midlands of England.

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The place

Hillfields is a suburb of Coventry in the West Midlands of England. It is situated north of Coventry city centre, and has undergone a series of name changes throughout its history originally called "Harnall" and has seen itself change from a village, to a remote suburb, to a large postwar redevelopment zone.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Hillfields

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Coventry Building Society Arena

    The Coventry Building Society Arena is a complex in Coventry, West Midlands, England. It includes a 32,609-seater stadium which is currently home to Premier League club Coventry City, along with facilities which include a 6,000 square metre exhibition hall, a hotel and a casino.

    3.9 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Coventry Cathedral

    The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England. The cathedral is located in Coventry, West Midlands, England.

    900 m · cathedral in Coventry, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Coventry University

    Coventry University is a public research university in Coventry, England. The origins of Coventry University can be linked to the Coventry School of Design in 1843.

    800 m · university in Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Caludon Castle

    Caludon Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I listed building in Coventry, in the West Midlands of England. A second moated site 190 metres to the south is a Scheduled Ancient Monument in its own right.

    3.1 km · Grade I listed castle in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

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

    900 m · Museum and art gallery in Coventry, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Diocese of Coventry

    The Diocese of Coventry is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Coventry, who sits at Coventry Cathedral in Coventry, and is assisted by one suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Warwick.

    900 m · Church of England's diocese · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Coventry Transport Museum

    Coventry Transport Museum is a transport museum, located in Coventry city centre, England. It houses the largest collection of British-made road transport held in public ownership.

    900 m · Transport museum in Coventry, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Holy Trinity Church, Coventry

    Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, is a parish church of the Church of England in Coventry, West Midlands, England. Above the chancel arch is an impressive doom wall-painting.

    900 m · Grade I listed church in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

    The Belgrade Theatre is a live performance venue in Coventry, England. It was the first civic theatre to be built in Britain after the Second World War and is now a Grade II listed building.

    1.2 km · theatre in Coventry, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Lady Godiva

    Self Sacrifice, better known as the Lady Godiva statue is an equestrian statue of Lady Godiva in Broadgate, Coventry. The statue is bronze, on a plinth of Portland stone.

    1.1 km · sculpture by William Reid Dick · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Hillfields

Airports
Birmingham (BHX), 18 km · East Midlands (EMA), 48 km · London Luton (LTN), 98 km
Stations
Coventry railway station, 1.8 km · Canley railway station, 3.8 km · Coventry Arena railway station, 3.8 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Hillfields
    64 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £7–10
  • London → Hillfields
    166 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · £17–22
  • Luton, Luton → Hillfields
    95 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £10–13
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Hillfields

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hillfields. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    192 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    258 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    425 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    445 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    460 km

If you know how people move in Hillfields – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Hillfields

Hillfields is 1 km from Coventry, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Coventrycity in the West Midlands in England, UK1.4 km
  • Allesleyvillage in Coventry, West Midlands, England3.6 km
  • Keresleyvillage in West Midlands, England, UK3.3 km
  • Coundonsuburb of Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom2.8 km
  • Wykensuburb in Coventry, West Midlands, UK2.1 km
  • Whitleysuburb of Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom2.2 km