The good people at Alcester Bunting & Lighting were up early this Sunday putting the flags and bunting back up around the high street. If only they could stay up all year round!
These were taken today (22nd of April 2026), from outside the Holly Bush pub and No. 10 Coffee Shop, looking towards St Nicholas Church.
Some photographs of St Nicholas Church taken on the 23rd of July 2016.
The glorious weather has continued throughout the month of May and really gets me itching to take the drone up over the town.
I think the town looks great with the bunting out on the high street and just look at that blue/green summer backdrop. Marvellous!
All pictures taken on Tuesday the 13th of May 2025.
In late summer 2016, I enjoyed a 2.5-mile circular walk from the historic Kinwarton Dovecote, taking a clockwise route towards Alcester.
My walk began at the Dovecote, a fascinating example of a medieval dovecote. From there, I headed towards the River Alne, and following it towards the picturesque Hoo Mill. Reaching Hoo Mill, I crossed the footbridge and continued towards the Stratford Road.
As I approached Alcester, the Centenary Field came into view with St Nicholas providing a nice backdrop. Walking through the high street I managed to stop and take a few pictures. One of which you will see on this page – although the scaffolding did ruin it slightly.
I had never really stepped foot inside the church other than for a ceremony. So it was nice to explore a little – there are many things of interest in here – with the obvious one being the tomb of Sir Fulke Greville.
While the 2.5-mile route is easily manageable, it does include a short section across fields, so wearing appropriate footwear is advisable. The majority of the walk, however, follows well-maintained paths, making it a relatively easy and accessible ramble for most. This walk provides a lovely blend of history, natural beauty, and town charm, offering a wonderful glimpse into the heart of Warwickshire.
Date of walk: 29th of August 2016
To honour the achievements of British gold medallist’s at the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, a number of post boxes in their respective hometowns throughout the United Kingdom were repainted gold. And if you visit the high street you will notice Alcester has it very own golden post box – this is thanks to Alcester local Nick Skelton winning the top prize in the Team Show Jumping event. But this isn’t the only tribute to Nick’s achievement – Nicks birthplace of Bedworth also has its very own Gold painted post box after hundreds of residents there backed a Facebook campaign to mark the success.
Nick won gold on the sixth of August. The photo below was taken by me two days later which tells you the Royal Mail got to work very quickly!
The post box is a Type-C oval pillar box and was originally located just outside the Post Office at the bottom of the High Street. The Post Office has since moved and so has the box, but only a couple of metres closer to the road.
Picture taken on Tuesday the 8th of August 2012
From the summer bunting to the Christmas lights – Alcester always makes an effort with its High Street. Here are a few photo’s I took while walking around the town at night over the Christmas period – unfortunately the conditions were not right for the drone to fly up, maybe next year!
