Significance to the local community.I used to meet up there a lot with friends....
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Lovely country park - great for walks with the dog!
Significance (to the local community)
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Significance, Good Looking, RareI nominate St. Laurence’s Church, Old Church Road, Ansley, Nuneaton. It is mentioned in the Doomsday book. Some parts date from that period – organ is specially made....
Rare - land - climbing frames for children - walkable - husband goes fishing there - go for a walk - play.
Something happened - every Saturday I used to go there with friends and my dad took me there when | was younger and I still remember the day.
Diversity and equality.
Significance – Good looking – RareI nominate the Millennium Fountain on the corner of Roanne Ringway and Corporation Street. It was the first Significant structure I saw when I first drove into Nune...
Significance (to the local community), something happened. It has lots of history in Nuneaton. Main meeting point for Councillors in the town in the early 1900s.
Good LookingLovely architectural style, I like the way it's built. Good location.
An unusual building, clumsy in lots of ways. I used to go there as a chilld to see films, from the age of about 5 or 6. They used to have children's films on. It's a point of contact in the town. It u...
I nominate the long wooden hut on Corporation Street (opposite Halfords Car Park entrance – next to/near Cawthornes). Now a bed shop – was the Brownies + Girl Guide base in Nuneaton. Generations of yo...
Where the Wing Wah is now.Used to have good nights out with mates there. It changed into several clubs afterwards, I can't remember the names but it was best when it was Zanzibar.
Rare - if existed now. Pleasant to see and was history that should never had been destroyed. I was born opposite.
Nominated as a 'Group'. It has a great atmosphere, quite intimate, friendly people, they make time to talk. Good variety of shops.
Good looking - cheap and it looks nice. Opened in May 2010 - named after Larry Grayson (born William White)
Rare, Good Looking.It's part of the town centre's character, important heritage. I do not want to see it coverted into a gambling den.
Good LookingI love Nuneaton. It's easy to get round, very compact, very friendly.
Significance to the local communityUsed to be on the Heron Way precinct (now Abbeygate). My parents used to take me there to see shows, eg. Larry Grayson and Dagwood. They used to do a double act an...
A hole in the wall outside Abbeygate. It's absolutely brilliant. I always go there every time I'm in town. They are incredibly friendly people.
Group (collective relevance)I like it because it's easy to walk through, got character. Wheelchair accessible.
Significance
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Now the Schoolwear centre
RareI've lived here 63 years and never knew it was there. Then found out about three years ago that it used to be a glue factory.
The in crowd goes to the Felix. Good food - family friendly.
It's good looking. It reminds me of Blackpool - Blackpool tower!
many shows are put on every year. the theatre is used by students at kegs college for there drama and performing arts lessons and is ran on vulnerteers.
I like to sit down and watch the world go by. Except when they water the plants! (only joking) It is central and quiet. I like to hear the music on a Saturday.
Good looking.
Get loads of nice clothes. Keep up to date with young.
Good Looking.Like the carving, looks like the Mary Rose. Takes you on a journey.
Significance to the Local CommunityGet virtually everything you need to get at reasonable prices.
Significance to the local community - generations of people working there - still a need for this shop.
SignificanceI remember the big clock face on the front. I used to meet people, make friends, meet new people. I came to live in Bedworth in 1949 but came into Nuneaton a lot.
SignificanceI like M&S, I like all the underwear, clothes, fashion, food and that. If they take it away the town will be dead. I used to be a carer and that's what they liked, the food. I won't come...
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Lovely Art Deco, very iconic building, beautiful dancefloor. Had a gallery upstairs with a bar. All the top bands used to play; Rolling Stones, Hollies, Lulu. We went every weekend. We met there on Va...
Rare - two Merryweather steams. Horses, next to the Harcourt Pub.
Good Looking.On Mill Walk, now has a Job Centre on the site....
Good LookingLocation is good, light and airy.
Good looking - if you look at the architecture it's quite distinctive. I go to the monthly suppers and the proceeds go to updating the building. People work very hard to maintain the building.
Significance – Well made – SomethingI nominate Nuneaton Town Hall, Coton Road, Nuneaton because of its significance as the Local Government Offices. Well made – constructed from local brick with sto...
Significance – Rare – Good looking – Well made – GroupI nominate the Jail House, Coton Road, Nuneaton (next to the Ropewalk entrance). There’s nothing else in the Borough quite like it. It wouldn’t...
Friendly staff, good coffee. Place to spend time with my wife.
Significance.In the Ropewalk, only music shop in the town.
Significance to the local community. Something happened.Knocked down when Ropewalk was built, roughly where Next is now....
Significance to the local community. Really good looking.
Good - good bookshop, and HMV and TK Maxx, New Look - very useful centre.
Significance to the local community.Reference to George Eliot. List of all the fallen soldiers.
Good looking - such a pretty unique building especially with the gorgeous grounds around it.
Rare
Great presence in the park and lots to do there
Significance to the local community.I used to work fot the parks department in 1961. I remember the Parks Superintendent and the railings. Also the river and the ice-cream kiosks.
We all miss the whale!
Good for the local community. I love it - fantastic - great place, great drinks.
Significance to the local community.We used to take our son there, to the swimming baths, he's 59 now! We couldn't swim so we had to take friends with us but he loved it....
Railway bridge still in use consisting of five arches; a landmark for the town.
Architecture good - interesting approach
Significance.The bricks were huge, it was so bleak. It was turned into an old people's home and then it was knocked down ro redevelop the George Eliot Hospital but it was never built on....
It's been replaced by a newer park in the same area now, but it used to be a great place to meet friends, football training.
Rare, Good Looking.Arbury Hall is really beautiful and really old.
I like water. It's 10 locks and so interesting for all people. A friend came up from Gloucester and she was absolutely mesmerised by it.
(now Coles Furniture Centre)Significance, Rare, Something Happened...
Significance - The humanistic approach to religion.
It is one of the few remaining original buildings in Bedworth. It is of well made construction and is architecturally pleasing to the eye. It is part of our heritage and should be preserved. It could...
Good looking, Well Made, Significance, RareIt is something I remember seeing growing up thinking, wow I'd like to live there!
Significance - Well Made
Doorway is a charity helping young homeless people aged 16-25yrs with accomadation and independant living skills, they make a huge difference in young people lives and offer a very important support s...
Significance – Something happened – Group
Significance to the local community.The activities, netball, football, boxing, playschemes, sports activities, play area, the carnival, so much going on all the time to entertain all ages.
Very close to all the local amenities
Well Made, Good Looking,
Many scenes of important rugby matches (something happened), well maintained (well made). It's a place close to my heart.
Bridge over the A444. Love the deisgn and the sweep of it from one side to the other.
It's a nice building and I get to meet my friends there every day so that school is not so boring
Although this is not strictly speaking a building, there are a number of historic buildings within it - Allesley Hall, dove cote, walled garden. This is a fantastic place for the local community to wa...
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