Rugby (England) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
market town in Warwickshire, England, UK
About Rugby (England)
Rugby School is one of England's oldest and most prestigious public schools, and was the setting of Thomas Hughes's semi-autobiographical masterpieceTom Brown's Schooldays. A substantial part of the 2004 dramatisation of the novel, starring Stephen Fry, was filmed on location at Rugby School. In the 19th century, Rugby became famous for its once hugely important railway junction which was the setting for Charles Dickens's storyMugby Junction. The town also inspired Thomas Hughes, (author of Tom Brown's Schooldays) to set up a colony in America, for the younger sons of the English gentry, who couldn't inherit under the laws of primogeniture. He named the town Rugby. The town ofRugby, Tennessee, still exists today. Rugby has always been a centre for the surrounding farming communities, and a
Top Attractions in Rugby (England)
Explore the best things to see and do in Rugby (England):
- ★Coombe Country Park
- ★Draycote Water
- ★James Gilbert Rugby Football Museum
- ★Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
- ★Rugby School
- ★Ryton Pools Country Park
Where to Eat in Rugby (England)
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Brownsover Fish Bar
Where to Stay in Rugby (England)
- 🏨Brownsover Hall
- 🏨Coombe Abbey Hotel
- 🏨Draycote Hotel
- 🏨Dunchurch Park Hotel
- 🏨Grosvenor Hotel Rugby
- 🏨The Carlton Hotel
Rugby (England) Travel Guide Sections
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