Flats to Rent Earlsdon Coventry

Flats to Rent Earlsdon Coventry

Are you needing a flat in Earlsdon, Coventry, England ? Well a flat in this suburb in the city could offer you the possibility of living there. You may want to stay there in accommodation because you want to work in the city, or because you want to retire to the city. You may want a work office in the area.

Earlsdon is a suburb of Coventry, England. It is the birth place of aviation pioneer Frank Whittle. There are shops and several restaurants on Earlsdon Street, the main street through Earlsdon. There is also Earlsdon Library, one of the larger branch libraries of Coventry library service. Earlsdon also hosts rugby, golf and tennis clubs.

The hub of Earlsdon is what is locally referred to as the "Earlsdon High Street", in reality Earlsdon Street. This is a strip of commercial units that includes a number of restaurants and pubs. The area surrounding Earlsdon Street consists of rows of terraced houses and a few small shops. To the south is the War Memorial Park, the north is Hearsall Common, and west is Canley Ford. Earlsdon has its own theatre, the Criterion Theatre.

In the mid 1800s Earlsdon was a hub of activity for the rising watch-making trade. Even as this industry began to decline, Earlsdon continued to grow, and was incorporated into the city of Coventry in 1890. The watch-making trade is represented by the clock on the roundabout at the bottom of the high street, where Earlsdon Avenue North and South join.

In 1897 the opening of Albany Road, named after HRH Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany, who visited Coventry in November the following year, allowed for far greater access to and from the rest of the city and development in Earlsdon quickly increased. By 1918 the area was fully developed as it is today but has seen some redevelopment in recent years. Today, Earlsdon is a large high-density suburban residential area. Many students from both Coventry University and the University of Warwick also live in the area.

Coventry is situated 95 miles (153 km) northwest of London and 19 miles (30 km) east of Birmingham.

Hearsall Common is located in Earlsdon, Coventry in the West Midlands, central England. The common consists of a large grassy area with a smaller partly tarmacadamed area on one side of Hearsall Common Road, and a wooded nature reserve on the other side. It is free to enter and open to the public 24 hrs a day; however, after several years of residents complaining about itinerant or nomadic travellers using the common, an embankment was built alongside the roads to prevent vehicles from driving onto the common.

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