Accommodation and Refreshments
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Pages index |
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This page - Introduction and guide for using these pages. |
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Accommodation |
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Table listing places on or near ACW offering overnight
accommodation. |
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Refreshments |
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Table listing Refreshment opportunities on ACW and
Circular Walks. |
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Icons Key |
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List of Icons used on Refreshments Table, with
descriptions & Notes |
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Other Links |
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Most other links in above two tables are to pages outside
this website, but in some cases small pages about a particular
establishment are created on this site, with same heading as
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This is a draft of the first
of a few new pages listing Accommodation opportunities on or
near the ACW route, and Refreshment opportunities on ACW and Circular
Walks. Below on this page is background and
help information under headings:
Why we have produced these pages
We have frequently had questions such as "Where can we get
B&B accommodation near ACW" or "Which pubs are open all day, and
do they serve food all afternoon?". These pages attempt to
collect information to help answer these sort of questions.
The list of Refreshment opportunities is based on the table in
ACW Circular Walks book, but adds those only on the 40-mile walk,
and a few extra recently identified. The table is extended by
adding columns to help answer more detail questions.
The Accommodation opportunities list is
new.
Limitations to use
The information has been gathered from the internet and the
collective knowledge of our members and users. At best, the
information was correct at the time of updating details for each
entry, BUT:
- Information changes, and some will always
be out of date,
- The summary information is just that - an
attempt to give a simple summary of what is on
offer.
Advice re using links &/or Phone Numbers to get latest
information
If you want to be sure of the facts, always try to get the latest
information from the establishments own website (if they have one)
&/or phone to check the latest facts.
The links shown are labeled as below (in descending order of
likely up to date status and completeness):
- Website - A website run by (or for)
the establishment, usually giving full details and kept up to date
- User Review - A review
by an ACW User, in many cases
likely to be more reliable that most of those below.
- Webpage - A webpage on a
collective site. Some of these are run by the group the
establishment belongs to, some by the local village, some by
commercial organisations. Sometimes the data is good, but
often incomplete and/or out of date.
- WebReview/WebRecommendation/WebPhoto/etc
- These are often to
the commercial organisations sites which list the names and
locations of almost all the pubs in the UK, then
invite users to add reviews or recommendations, and the landlord to add detailed
information. Links added are to those where (e.g.)the landlord has added
nothing, but a few interesting reviews might be worth
reading. Others are links to the village website where some information
is available.
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Note:
There are many
websites which list almost all the pubs or hotels in the
UK. These sites have a page giving the Name of the
establishment, the Address and Phone Number. On
many of these pages they have no other information except
lots of blank spaces inviting the landlord/owner to supply
information, or for users to "Rate" the establishment or to
write a "Review". A search for a pub returns all these
sites near the top of the list, often well above the one site
with useful information. These sites include beerintheevening, information-britain,
allpubs, ukpubfinder, pubsquiz, pubutopia, pubsulike,
enjoyyourmeal, mylocalservices, trustedplaces, pubinnguide, pub-restaurant, fatbadgers,
littlelegends, allaboutpubs, local, finder, (as well as lists
on sites such as CWN (Coventry & Warwickshire Network) and
Local Authority sites which are just lists).
Finding a way to avoid reading all these is a challenge!
A few however sometimes give good detail,
so need to be found - indeed those in green have been given a
link or two in my list. The list of names above will
have a .com .co.uk .biz or similar ending, and mostly www. in
front - I have left those off in order to avoid boosting their
rankings in search engines!
On the other hand some generic
sites - e.g. www.pub-explorer.com
are always worth trying if a search
finds them, and almost always give good
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"What's available when?" symbols and meaning
See Icons Key for table.
Notes about using the linked maps
The Map links are
mostly to Microsoft Live maps which I have customised to show all
the Accommodation and Refreshment places listed for a given
village. For these you will:
- Get the browser filled with a list of
marked places in the left pane, and a map in default view on the
right containing blue arrows to each place.
- You can zoom to an individual place by
clicking the place name
- If you wish, you can change the view to
Road, Aerial, Hybrid (Road names marked over Aerial view) or
Bird's Eye (where available - a more detailed late-spring-2006
view as seen by a bird flying in from the South - or
rotate W, N or E)
- Or manually zoom or pan how you wish, get directions,
etc.
The postcode links (e.g. CV12
0JB ) are given to a few places which are hard to
remember where they are, or are not on the Circular Walks
maps. They also link to a Microsoft Live map, but only to the
centre of the post code area, and with no blue labels.
Other??
Any other help or background info
needed? If so please ask.
Print Freindly Copy
See PDF File acw_accn-refreshts.pdf
(c.280KB)
for a copy of main pages in a format to print as a 12 page A5
booklet (3 A4 sheets printed double sided then folded to make A5
booklet)
Thank you for comments received - any corrections/improvements/additions gratefully received. Contact : webmaster - Subject: ACW - Accommodation and Refreshments
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