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'''Parade''' is a 0.51 [[mile]] (0.825 [[kilometre]]) long street in the town of [[Royal Leamington Spa]], [[Warwickshire]], [[England]]. Running in a north-south direction, it forms part of the longer B4087 which runs from the [[A445 road|A445]] in Leamington to the B4086 in [[Wellesbourne]]. The road is the central shopping hub of the town, and upon it sit many of the town’s [[Chain store|high street stores]], as well as some of the best examples of [[Regency architecture]], for which the town is known. It is often erroneously called "The Parade", and spoken of as such, but all maps and resources such as the Royal Mail's postcode database simply have "Parade".▼
 
▲'''Parade''' is a 0.51 [[mile]] (0.82582 [[kilometre]]) long street in the town of Royal [[Royal Leamington Spa]], in [[Warwickshire]], [[England]]. Running in a north-south direction, it forms part of the longer [[B4087 road|B4087]] which runs from the [[A445 road|A445]] in Leamington to the B4086 in [[Wellesbourne]]. The road is the central shopping hub of the town, and upon it sitcontains many of the town’s [[Chain store|high street stores]], as well as some of the best examples of [[Regency architecture]], for which the town is known. It is often erroneouslycommonly called "Thethe Parade", and spoken of as such, but all maps and resources such as the Royal Mail's postcode database simply have "Parade".
 
==History==
[[File:The Parade, Leamington Spa (2).jpg|right|thumb|220px|The upper section of Parade]]
UntilIn the first part of theearly 19th century Leamington Priors, as the townit was then known, was a small village, with about three hundred inhabitants.<ref name="AJ">{{cite journal |last1=Murray |first1=Callum |title=Design Guides - Job Prospects |journal=Architects Journal |date=August 1990 |page=15}}</ref> The southern part of equalthe sizeParade withwas once part of Lillington Lane, which led to the nearby village of [[Lillington, Warwickshire|Lillington]].<ref Thename="Cave">{{cite southernbook part|last1=Cave of|first1=Lyndon whatF. is|title=Royal nowLeamington ParadeSpa: wasIts partHistory ofand LillingtonDevelopment Lane|date=1988 which|publisher=Phillimore connected|location=Chichester the|isbn=9780850335200 two settlements|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Q4hAAAAMAAJ |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|33}} Between 1808 and 1860 Leamington developed rapidly northwards away from its village origins meaning. Lillington Lane was extended to the length of the current Parade and named "Lower Union Parade" (from 1808),<ref name="Cave" />{{rp|39}} "Upper Union Parade" (from 1820)<ref name="Cave" />{{rp|55}} and "Lansdowne Place"<ref name="Cave" />{{rp|54}} in sections from south to north. In 1860 the street took on its current name.<ref name="Cave" />{{rp|33}}
 
The name Parade itself came partly from the fact that sobecause many of the facilities that made Leamington asa anotable spa town famous lined the street. The [[Royal Pump Rooms]] were opened in 1814,<ref name=PR>{{NHLE|num=1381439|desc=Royal Pump Room and Baths|accessdate=2 June 2023}}</ref> the [[Regent Hotel]] in 18181819<ref name=RH>{{NHLE|num=1381422 |desc=Regent Hotel |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref> and the [[Jephson Gardens]] in 1834.<ref>{{cite Mostbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdqEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA298 |title=The Landscape of theBritain fashionable|first=Michael housing|last=Reed in|page=298 |isbn=9780415157452 |year=2002 |publisher=Routledge}}</ref> Most of the town's fashionable housing was foundbuilt north of the river,<ref name="AJ" /> as well as the main [[library]] and the [[theatre]]. Later Victorian buildings of note include an [[obelisk]]/drinking fountain dedicated to local politician and [[philanthropist]] Henry Bright (1880)<ref name="Gardens Trust">Nicholson, Jean et al: ''The Obelisks of Warwickshire'', page 45. Brewin Books, 2013</ref> and the large [[Leamington Spa Town Hall|Towntown Hallhall]] with tower (1884).<ref name=TH>{{NHLE|desc=Town Hall|num= 1381441|accessdate=2 June 2023}}</ref>
 
In 1988 the townstown's main [[Shopping mall|shopping precinct]], the [[Royal Priors Shopping Centre]], opened.<ref Forname="LO">{{cite anews short|last1=Mingins period|first1=Philippa of|title=A timelook thereback was a second precinct,at the RegencyQueen's Arcade,visits butto thisWarwick isdistrict now|url=https://leamingtonobserver.co.uk/news/a-look-back-at-the-queens-visits-to-warwick-district/ closed|access-date=2 andJune has2023 been|work=Leamington convertedObserver into|date=14 aSeptember shop2022 and hotel.
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914143809/https://leamingtonobserver.co.uk/news/a-look-back-at-the-queens-visits-to-warwick-district/ |archive-date=14 September 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> For a short time there was a second precinct, the Regency Arcade, but it closed and has been converted into a shop and an hotel.
 
==References==
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==Further reading==
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* {{cite web |title=Leamington - Guide to conservation areas |url=https://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/downloads/file/3081/leamington_-_guide_to_conservation_areas |website=Warwick District Council}}
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