What are the coordinates of Royal Leamington Spa?
Q: What are the coordinates of Royal Leamington Spa?
A: The coordinates of Royal Leamington Spa are 52°17′29.62″N 1°32′8.57″W / 52.2915611°N 1.5357139°W / 52.2915611; -1.5357139
Q: When did Royal Leamington Spa become a town?
A: Royal Leamington Spa became a town in 1784 when two local men called Benjamin Satchwell and William Abbott discovered a spring in the village.
Q: Why did people start visiting the town?
A: People started visiting the town because they began to use the water for treatment of illnesses, which was a common practice in those times, and it quickly developed into a spa town with many rich people visiting to 'take the waters'.
Q: What caused its popularity to decline?
A: Its popularity declined when spa water stopped being fashionable and fewer people came on holiday to the town.
Q: How is it connected to other towns?
A: It is now connected to another town called Warwick and other nearby settlements include Kenilworth (about six miles away), Rugby (about sixteen miles away) and Coventry (about ten miles away).
Q: Does it still treat people with its waters?
A: In modern times Leamington does not treat many people with its waters but it is still known as a pleasant place to live.
Q: What river flows through the middle of the town?
A: The River Leam flows through the middle of the town from east to west.
