The Town of Rugby

• Free Wi-Fi in town centre
• Famous for Rugby School (guided tours Saturdays at 2pm)
• Town Centre and outskirts almost exclusively Victorian with some Edwardian
• Lively, pedestrianised shopping centre with many independent shops
• The “Clock Tower”, covered shopping mall (now renamed “Rugby Central”)
• Multi storey car park by Library gives access to mall
• Market on Monday, Friday and Saturday in town centre (around 34 stalls)
• Farmers Market, last Monday of the month
• Web Ellis Museum (balls still hand-made there)
• Art Gallery and Museum (displays artefacts found at Tripontium, nearby Roman settlement and a display on the social and industrial history of Rugby) plus temporary exhibits
• Elliots Field – Swanky new (2017) retail park on the approach to Rugby

• Rugby street market13 minute video shot by myself
• Find car parking in Rugby on Parkopedia
• Rugby promo video made by council
• William Ellis Museum (for rugby fans only!)
• 910 reviews of the shopping mall (was called “the Clock tower” now renamed Rugby Central) here
• 910 reviews of the shopping mall here
• Market Place (google street view)
• High Street (google street view)
• google maps showing shops in High Street
• Maia Gelato – 6/7 High street. Real Italian Ice Cream made on the premises by real Italians. In pedestrian precinct. All 5 star reviews!
• Ninja Juice Bar in Market Place -Great milkshakes!
• Regent Street (Edwardian) google street view
• Prezzo (restaurant)
• Henry Street (off Regent Street) showing shops and restaurants
• Bank street (Off Regent Street) (google street view)
• The Tanning Shop in North Street
• Lawrence Sherrif Street (end of pedestrian precinct. Rugby school one side) (google street view)
• • Elliots Field Retail Park – Own website
  • Swanky new Retail Park Elliots Field (new in 2017) Large wharehouse type stores: Nike Factory Store, Outfit, Debenhams, Next, Marks & Spencer, New Look, TK Max, Cafe Nero, Mothercare, Halfords, Superdrug, Homesense, Nandos. Tesco opposite
  • 26 reviews on Trip Advisor

Wi-Fi in Rugby

• There is free Wi-Fi in the pedestrianised shopping precinct and the Rugby Central Mall. Open your wifi settings and select "free town centre wifi". You will be asked to register with your email address and unfortunately, later, you will get spammed with “offers”. But there is no email verification. So if you misspelled your email address it wouldn't matter.
• In North Street there are several banks which all have Wi-Fi. You can log on if you are in their vicinity.
• Free Wi-Fi in the library
• Spam free Wi-Fi in:
• Bacco Lounge
• Costa Coffee
• Elliots Field: Both Costa Coffee and Cafe Nero have free Wi-Fi
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