Wyken
Wyken, a suburb of Coventry, in the county of the West Midlands, England, is situated between the areas of Stoke and Walsgrave, three miles east-northeast of Coventry city centre.
Wyken, a suburb of Coventry, in the county of the West Midlands, England, is situated between the areas of Stoke and Walsgrave, three miles east-northeast of Coventry city centre. The population of this Coventry Ward taken at the 2011 census was 16,818. It is a fairly large ward spreading as far as the Binley area. The majority of the houses in Wyken are terraced houses.
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Worth seeing in and around Wyken
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.
- 01Coventry 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.
2.9 km · cathedral in Coventry, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Coventry 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.
2.8 km · university in Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Caludon 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.
1 km · Grade I listed castle in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Herbert 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.
2.9 km · Museum and art gallery in Coventry, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Diocese 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.
2.9 km · Church of England's diocese · Wikipedia - 06Coombe Abbey
Coombe Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey at Combe Fields in the Borough of Rugby, in the countryside of Warwickshire, England. The abbey was converted to a country house in the 16th century and now operates as a hotel.
4 km · Grade I listed English country house in Combe Fields, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Coventry 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.
3 km · Transport museum in Coventry, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Holy 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.
3 km · Grade I listed church in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Belgrade 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.
3.3 km · theatre in Coventry, England · Wikipedia - 10Lady 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.
3.1 km · sculpture by William Reid Dick · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wyken
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 20 km · East Midlands (EMA), 47 km · London Luton (LTN), 96 km
- Stations
- Coventry railway station, 3.7 km · Coventry Arena railway station, 3.9 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Wyken63 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £7–9
- London → Wyken136 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £14–19
- Luton, Luton → Wyken93 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £9–12
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Wyken
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 Wyken. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Wyken – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Wyken
Wyken is 3 km from Coventry, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Coventrycity in the West Midlands in England, UK3.4 km
- Whitleysuburb of Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom3.2 km
- Cheylesmoresuburb in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK3.7 km
- Coventry city wallssequence of defensive structures built around the city of Coventry in England2.9 km
- Foleshillsuburb in Coventry, West Midlands, UK1.9 km
- Walsgrave on Sowesuburb in Coventry, West Midlands, UK2.3 km