Club Facilities

Location

Warwick Boat Club is situated in the historic heart of a Grade 1 listed conservation area in Mill Street. The grounds, surrounded by trees on two sides, gently, slope down to the River Avon next to the magnificent Medieval Warwick Castle.

The grounds, which include a variety of trees and shrubs, comprise 11 first-class all-weather artificial grass tennis courts, two boatsheds next to the river, two squash courts, a bowling green, a modern clubhouse, and a car park for members.

Artist's impression of view to club from The Banbury Road (comments from Paul Martin- tennis captain)

This lovely watercolour painting by Yvonne Harrington was commissioned by the Tennis Committee in response to some concerns raised by Tennis Members related to the Banbury Road boundary line, near the main entrance gate. The concerns were:

The cutting back of the plants along the boundary line had resulted in a reduction in club privacy and an increase in noise from Banbury Road reaching the tennis courts;
The length of time it would take for the plants to re-form an effective boundary for both privacy and noise reduction.

To respond to these concerns in a meaningful way, the Tennis Committee commissioned the work to give a view of the boundary, as it should look in the spring of 2022, once various parts of the plant-life have had time to grow.

As Tennis Captain, I would like to highlight that throughout 2019 David Howells single-handedly transformed the Banbury Road boundary line approximately 20-30 metres either side of the main entrance gate. He removed many dead plants and cut back many overgrown plants. He planted new plants where required to ensure both an aesthetically pleasing result as well as an effective barrier would be achieved in years to come. He made a Herculean effort and we owe him our thanks. Understandably, this type of work has a short-term impact while plants need to grow. To manage costs and to improve the chance of success, David elected to plant young plants that would grow quickly. Already, in the spring of 2020 we are seeing the result of his good work, but it will be 1-2 years before the barrier reaches the point depicted in the painting. At that point, with leaf-cover, we should have an effective, pretty and interesting boundary line that does justice to our club.

Thanks to David and Yvonne for working together to produce this lovely and accurate painting.

Visitor access off the Banbury Road. Parking available in St. Nicholas Park car park. Further details available on our contact page.