Historic house · near Coventry · West Midlands

Coombe Abbey

Coombe Abbey is a grade I listed English country house. The site is 900 m east of Coventry. Look also at Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael, 6.7 km away, first of 47 more within 15 km.

Photo: Coombe Abbey, Richard Croft (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

900 m

east of Coventry

How well known

Top 12%

#1,023 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Historic house near Coventry

Just outside Coventry

Coombe Abbey is 900 m east of Coventry. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Coventry has 277 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

Afternoons in Coventry peak at 19–22°C, June to September.

Jan7° / 2°63 mm

Feb8° / 2°46 mm

Mar11° / 3°44 mm

Apr14° / 5°46 mm

May17° / 7°61 mm

Jun20° / 10°55 mm

Jul22° / 12°64 mm

Aug22° / 12°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°57 mm

Oct14° / 7°67 mm

Nov10° / 4°68 mm

Dec8° / 2°65 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Coventry, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Coventry. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Coventry’s full climate →

About

Coombe Abbey

8 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Coventry’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: 900 m east of Coventry

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Mapping Coombe Abbey

Spot Coombe Abbey in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

The largest of the 8 towns is Coventry, with 344,289 people. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · 900 m west of it

Coventry

344,289 people · 42 places to visit

2 · 2.2 km south of it

Binley Woods

2,569 people · 11 places to visit

3 · 2.3 km east of it

Brinklow

1,121 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 3.8 km south of it

Wolston

2,693 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Coombe Abbey is	People	Places to visit
Coventry	900 m west of it	344,289	42
Binley Woods	2.2 km south of it	2,569	11
Brinklow	2.3 km east of it	1,121	5
Wolston	3.8 km south of it	2,693	6
Shilton	4.4 km north of it	286	5
Ryton-on-Dunsmore	5.7 km south of it	1,829	8
Hawkesbury	6.7 km northwest of it	2,288	6
Stretton-on-Dunsmore	6.9 km south of it	1,176	3

Make a day of it

After Coombe Abbey

Nearby, 47 places within 15 km include 4 castles, 3 museums and a cathedral.

CathedralCoventry Cathedral Church of St Michael6.7 km away 2

MuseumHerbert Art Gallery & Museum6.7 km away · 300K visitors a year (2010)3

CastleCaludon Castle3 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageKenilworth Castle14 km away 5

CastleBrinklow Castle3.6 km away 6

CastleBrandon Castle3.8 km away 7

MuseumCoventry Transport Museum6.9 km away 8

MuseumMidland Air Museum6.6 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Coombe Abbey in questions

Where is Coombe Abbey?

Coombe Abbey is 900 m east of Coventry, West Midlands.

What is Coombe Abbey?

Grade I listed English country house in Combe Fields, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Coombe Abbey?

June to September are the warmest months in Coventry, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Coombe Abbey a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Coombe Abbey?

Within 15 km: Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael (6.7 km), Herbert Art Gallery & Museum (6.7 km), Caludon Castle (3 km) and Kenilworth Castle (14 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Coombe Abbey: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Caludon Castle: Mum's taxi (Wikipedia Takes Coventry participant), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kenilworth Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brinklow Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Brandon Castle: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coventry Transport Museum: Jim Linwood from London, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Midland Air Museum: Snowmanradio, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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