page_title: Warwick
section_title: Landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Warwick / Landmarks
caption_attribution_description: Great Britain, Warwick Castle
context_page_description: Warwick is a market town and county town of Warwickshire, England. It lies near the River Avon, 11 miles south of Coventry and west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash. Its population was 31,345 in 2011. Signs of Neolithic activity precede unbroken habitation to the 6th century AD. It was a Saxon burh in the 9th century; Warwick Castle was built during the Norman conquest of England. Warwick School claims to be the country's oldest boys' school. The earldom of Warwick, created in 1088, controlled the town and built its walls, of which Eastgate and Westgate survive. The castle became a fortress, then a mansion. The Great Fire of Warwick in 1694 destroyed much of the town. Warwick missed industrialisation, but the population has grown almost sixfold since 1801.
context_section_description: Collegiate Church of St Mary
  Lord Leycester Hospital
  Lord Leycester Hotel
  Market Hall
  Guy's Cliffe House
  Market Square
  The Dream Factory
  St John's Museum
  St Michael's Leper Hospital
  St. Nicholas' Park
  Saxon Mill
  Shire Hall
  Warwick Castle
  Warwick Hospital
  Warwick Racecourse
  Warwick School
  Hill Close Gardens
caption: Warwick Castle
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