Lillington itself has two main areas – the new centre based around Crown Way which contains shops,
dry cleaners and a
post office. The area was predominantly built as a
council house estate from 1950 onwards, and contains three
tower blocks. The tallest of these, the fifteen-storey
Eden Court, standing at the highest point of the estate, dominates the skyline and can be seen from south Leamington Spa,
Radford Semele and for miles outside Leamington. The second, and older area, contains the former village with the
parish church of
St. Mary Magdalene, the manor house, and some
Victorian terraced houses as well as estates of predominantly
semi-detached houses built since 1930.
Campion Hills The
Campion Hills are the highest area of Leamington, rising to an altitude of 97m (318 ft) above
OD. Situated to the north of, and above
Newbold Comyn park, they offer a view over the whole town. Sited here is Leamington's
transmission tower which relays
TV signals from
Sutton Coldfield and broadcasts local commercial
radio station,
Hits Radio Coventry & Warwickshire. Its
Severn Trent water treatment plant serves the whole Leamington area.
Warwick District Council runs a
BMX track on the hills.
Bins Brook The Bins Brook is a mainly
culverted watercourse that runs south into Leamington. Just inside Lillington, on the Leamington town centre side adjacent to the Midland Oak, is a fenced area of meadow plants in a man-made depression. This excavated area is normally dry, but fills from the Bins Brook if it overflows during
flash floods, to reduce the risk of local flooding to property.
The Midland Oak The
Midland Oak by the junction of Lillington Avenue and Lillington Road marks the supposed very
centre of England. The original oak is thought to have dated from the 16th century. Having died, it was removed in 1967, which allowed the Lillington Road to be straightened. Its successor was planted in the 1980s, from an acorn collected from the original.
Prehistoric and early remains In the 1930s
prehistoric elephant and
woolly rhinoceros remains were found in sand and gravel pits in Cubbington Road, near the site of the present Lillington Free Church. Some of these are displayed in Warwick Market Hall Museum.
Stone Age remains have also been found there. Roman artefacts and burials have been discovered in the area of Highland Road and Braemar Road.
Lillington Stud Farm Lillington was once well known as a centre for horse-breeding at the stud farm owned by Sydney McGregor (1889–1970). McGregor's best known horse was probably
April the Fifth, which won the Epsom Derby in 1932. The farm buildings and house stood at the end of Epsom Road. After 1970, the area was developed for housing, with many of the new roads having racing-related names. ==Education==