Alvecote Priory Picnic Area, near Tamworth Warwickshire Alvecote Priory Picnic Area, near Tamworth Warwickshire County Council and the Countryside Commission have created an interesting but little known picnic area three miles east of Tamworth which is sited on a bend in the Coventry Canal. In 1700, the building, which had earlier been converted into a secular residence, was demolished and the materials used to build another house. This has also since disappeared, except for a few fragments of the actual priory, including a good open doorway typical of the 14th century and a dovecote with numerous nesting holes The site has now been reclaimed for picnics and family games with some of the trees and shrubs from the old garden retained. The site is equipped with picnic tables and a small car park whilst there is also a very pleasant walk from the site to the far side of the canal bridge along a path between lakes formed as a result of mining subsidence which has now been turned into a nature reserve for the many wild birds and unusual plants which inhabit the area.
Car parking is free.