Jephson Memorial – Jephson Gardens loop from Royal Leamington Spa

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Jephson Memorial – Jephson Gardens loop from Royal Leamington Spa

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Jephson Memorial – Jephson Gardens loop from Royal Leamington Spa

01:29

5.82km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.05 km

Davis Clock Tower

Highlight • Monument

The clock tower was given to the town in 1925 by the widow of William Davis, J.P. who had thrice been mayor of the town. The chimes fairly quickly fell out of use due to complaints from nearby residents.

The clock was overhauled by Smiths of Derby in 1986, at which time the bells were brought back into action but with a night silencing mechanism.
The bells are hung in two tiers, 2, 3 & 4 on top, at the level of the sound openings. The notes, in descending order, are G#, F#, E, B and A

Details of the Bells

1 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1925 1-2-15
2 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1925 2-0-14
3 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1925 2-2-16
4 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1925 5-2-13
5 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1925 8-0-27 35.50"

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1.65 km

Leam Boat Centre

Highlight (Segment) • Rest Area

2.48 km

Hitchman Fountain

Highlight • Monument

Fountain. Erected 1869. Designed by John Cundall. Millstone grit and red polished granite with sandstone ashlar and Coade stone dressings. Gothic Revival Early English style. Circular basin with low walls with cavetto moulding and roll-edged copings. Fountain base a quatrefoil with imposed square on plan, stepped. Then tooled plinths with pilasters with foliate caps to angles surmounted by pyramidal caps. From these flying buttresses abut centre, with base square on plan surmounted by cylindrical shaft, then further plinth square on plan surrounded by 4 columns with elaborate foliate capitals supporting quatrefoil basin with acroteria. 4 banded column clusters support smaller quatrefoil basin surmounted by pinnacle with finials. Inscribed: 'IN MEMORY OF JOHN HITCHMAN WHO DIED ... 1867'.

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4.71 km

Pump Room Gardens Bandstand

Highlight • Monument

The original Bandstand was manufactured in 1899 by Walter McFarlane & Co, of the Saracen Foundry, Glasgow, (item no 224 in their catalogue of iron goods.) Similar models were cast for many equally affluent towns up and down 19th century Britain. During restoration, amongst other things, ‘Lost Art’ discovered that under the 150 years’ worth of Paint, some cast iron sections were so badly corroded that the ironwork had deteriorated beyond repair. Those parts had to be copied, by casting identical sections, involving painstaking construction of replica moulds. Talking to camera, the restorers at ‘Lost Art’ expressed their enormous admiration for the men who manufactured the original pieces, and their own great pleasure in using their skills to restore and where needed, reproduce matching pieces.

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5.23 km

Jephson Memorial

Highlight • Monument

The Glasshouse, in Jephson Gardens, opened in 2003. It was built on the site of a redundant nursery as part of the Heritage Lottery funded restoration of Jephson Gardens.

The Glasshouse houses a range of beautiful tropical and temperate plants including banana, pink powder puff and bird of paradise. There is also a popular goldfish pond, observation beehive and a slate sculpture designed by David Wilson.

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5.29 km

Remember Children Dancing Monument, Jephson Gardens

Highlight • Monument

Slate Monument with the inscription "So to remember our changing garden we are linked as children in a circle dancing".

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5.37 km

Jephson Gardens

Highlight • Natural

Nice gardens with a hot house, cafe open during normal times, often busy with families being in the centre of the town...

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5.71 km

Statue of Queen Victoria, Leamington Spa

Highlight • Monument

This statue of Queen Victoria cost £1,500 to build in 1902. The front is inscribed: 'Victoria Queen Empress 1837-1901 She wrought her people lasting good'
(quotation taken from Tennyson); and on the back: 'Erected by the people of Leamington October 11th 1902 William Davis Mayor'. A plaque on the side of the pedestal records that: 'A German bomb moved this statue one inch on its plinth on the 14th November 1940'.

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5.82 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.52 km

1.98 km

320 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.24 km