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Broadway, Worcestershire
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A guide to Broadway, Worcestershire, highlighting attractions, history, and visitor information. |
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 BroadwayBroadway has long been a favourite of the coach-tour brigade, and hordes of tourists descend upon its attractive, wide, main street every summer.
The Tower was once the home of Arts and Crafts Movement founder William Morris, and today is is the centrepiece of an extensive country park. It is said that on a clear day you can see 14 counties from the tower, and certainly the view over the surrounding countryside is superb. Of the numerous lovely buildings in the town itself, perhaps the most notable is Abbot's Grange, a 14th century manor that once belonged to the abbots of nearby Evesham Abbey. The original hall, abbot's study, and chapel can still be seen, though the building was remodeled in the Tudor period.
The town is a popular antique centre - not surprising given the number of tourists who visit every year. Broadway Tower Country Park CONTACT © David Ross and Britain Express
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Yet
for all that, Broadway is an attractive place, and if you can visit
in off-peak season you'll find a lot to recommend the town. Above Broadway
proper is Broadway Tower (sometimes called Beacon Tower or Fish Inn
Tower) a striking folly built by Lady Coventry in the 1790s. 
Also
worthy of special note is the Lygon Arms, once the local manor house,
and now an inn. The Lygon has the distinction of having hosting - at
different times - both Charles I and Oliver Cromwell. Almost opposite
is the Tudor House, an attractive gabled stone cottage.
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