Walsgrave on Sowe
Walsgrave on Sowe, or simply Walsgrave, is a suburban district situated approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of central Coventry, West Midlands, central England. Although it now experiences very little flooding, it was built on marshlands. However, due to urban growth, it is now an outer suburb of Coventry, south-west of the villages of Ansty and Shilton. Walsgrave on Sowe neighbours the Potters Green, Clifford Park, Woodway Park, Wyken, Henley Green and Mount Pleasant areas of Coventry, and is in the Henley ward of the city,[1] although Walsgrave-on-Sowe was formerly in the Wyken Ward prior to ward changes made in 2003 by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE).
Walsgrave on Sowe
Economy[edit]
Walsgrave lies south of the M6 and M69 interchange and has a growing commercial area including a Barclays bank call centre, Lloyds Pharmacy Head Office and several other companies important to Coventry. Opposite Paradise Way is the Walsgrave Triangle Retail Park and Cross Point Business Park.[1] Here there is a Premier Inn, Brewers Fayre restaurant named Cross Point, Holiday Inn, a large Tesco store, a Frankie & Benny's restaurant, a Nando's, Showcase Cinema and several more business offices and warehouses.
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Transport[edit]
The area is served by National Express Coventry bus routes 1, 3, 8, 85, 20A & 20C, Stagecoach 703, 60 & 585 and Arriva Midlands routes 74, 78 & X6. The Stagecoach and Arriva services along with National Express Coventry service 85 were operated by Travel de Courcey until the company entered administration in August 2020.
Walsgrave is the location for junction 2 of the M6 Motorway where it meets the M69 Motorway. The area is by-passed by the A46.
Sport[edit]
A short lived greyhound racing track was opened as 16 November 1929 on the Cowley Road. The racing was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the National Greyhound Racing Club) and was known as a flapping track, which was the nickname given to independent tracks.[2] The racing finished on 22 July 1937.[3]