During opening hours there are toilet facilities and a WRVS cafe in the City of Coventry Health Centre.
Coventry City Centre may be busy and congested with people and with traffic - take extra care when crossing roads and even on partially pedestrianized areas.
[1] Upon leaving the City of Coventry Health Centre, turn right towards the City Centre, cross over Byron St, past Swanswell Point until the road turns to the left.
[2] Cross the side road on the right with care and follow the path through a small green space with benches. Continue through the underpass and follow the path in front of you which leads up a slope to a red stone architectural wall, and then follow the 'blue' sky-walkway, over Lady Herbert's Garden and part of the medieval city wall, until you arrive close to the entrance of The Coventry Transport Museum. (A) Lady Herbert's Garden was laid out in the 1930's by Sir Alfred Herbert in memory of his wife, Florence.
(B) Coventry Transport Museum has the world's largest road transport collection. It is open between 10am and 5pm with free entry. A cafe and toilets are available.
[3] From the Coventry Transport Museum, walk across Millennium Place, with its Time Zone feature on the pavement, towards the statue of Sir Frank Whittle (towards Hales Street and the Pool Meadow Bus Station), and cross over the road with great care*, to Sainsburys supermarket. Continue up Trinity Street and enter into the Pedestrian Zone and continue until you reach Holy Trinity Church.
* Beware of buses approaching from both ways.
[4] Walk past Holy Trinity Church, and turn left. Walk up a cobbled path (with paving slabs for the use of push chairs and wheelchairs) with Holy Trinity Church on your left. When you reach the end of the Church head down St Michael's Avenue between the old Cathedral on the right and the new Cathedral on the left. You will see Coventry University directly in front of you. Before the entrance of the new Coventry Cathedral, there are toilet facilities discretely positioned on the right hand side. They are open from 9.00am to 4.45pm - tokens are available from the reception desk in the Cathedral. If you have time, enjoy a visit to the Cathedral. You may wish to descend the steps just after passing the Cathedral entrance, otherwise, take the path on the right hand side of the steps.
[5] At the bottom of the steps, opposite Coventry University, turn left onto Priory Street. Turn left when you reach Fairfax Street, and stay on the left hand side as you walk towards MiIlennium Place. Take great care crossing Hales St, and continue along until you reach Swanswell Gate.
(C) Swanswell Gate was built about 1440 as part of the fortified town wall. It was presented to the City by Sir Alfred Herbert and is a designated Scheduled Ancient Monument.
[6] Continue along Hales Street and walk through the underpass. At the left hand bend, cross Bird Street with care. Enter Swanswell Park. Follow the path with the pool on your right for a little while. Ignore the three paths going off to the left and follow the main path that goes diagonally towards Stoney Stanton Rd and exit the park a short distance from the NHS Health Centre. Cross the busy road carefully to reach the start of the walk.