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- October 19, 2026
Make Friends in Royal Leamington Spa, by the Pump Rooms
The library in Royal Leamington Spa sits inside the Royal Pump Rooms on the Parade, and over a quarter of local homes are privately rented.
53,200+
residents in the five Leamington wards: Brunswick, Clarendon, Lillington, Milverton and Willes (Census 2021, ONS)
27%
households in Royal Leamington Spa that rent privately; regional average 18% (Census 2021)
14%
Royal Leamington Spa residents between 18 and 24; West Midlands average 8.5% (ONS)
Leamington over yarn, glasshouses and Saturday runs
The Knitting and Crochet Group at the library in the Royal Pump Rooms, where people bring along their latest project, is a friendly way to make friends in Royal Leamington Spa; ask at the desk for the next date. Leamington parkrun sets off from the Newbold Comyn football pavilion every Saturday, and Jephson Gardens has an Aviary Café in a Victorian tea pavilion. Gofrendly helps Leamington women turn a hello into a plan.
Royal Leamington Spa: gardens, library and parkrun
What will you find in Jephson Gardens?
Jephson Gardens in Royal Leamington Spa has a Glasshouse with tropical plants, a goldfish pond and an observation beehive, the Aviary Café in a Victorian tea pavilion, the Czech Memorial Fountain and sculptures such as the Elephant Circle and the Unknown Refugee. It opens at 8am daily.
Where is the library in Royal Leamington Spa?
Leamington Spa Library and Information Centre is inside the Royal Pump Rooms on the Parade in Royal Leamington Spa, alongside the Art Gallery & Museum and the Larder Café. It opens seven days a week, with a late evening until 7pm on Thursdays and Sunday afternoons from noon.
Where does Leamington parkrun start?
Leamington parkrun starts and finishes at the football pavilion on Newbold Comyn, roughly 2 km from the centre of Royal Leamington Spa. Close to 600 runners and walkers finished one recent week, and Warwick Racecourse parkrun, about 4 km away, is a quieter alternative.
Royal Leamington Spa women: where to start a friendship?
Gofrendly is a women-only friendship app on which Royal Leamington Spa women browse profiles of others living locally, from Lillington to Milverton, and swap messages before arranging to meet. A loop of Jephson Gardens and a drink at the Aviary Café is a simple start.
Royal Leamington Spa, a Regency town where many rent
Royal Leamington Spa grew around its mineral springs, and the Royal Pump Rooms on the Parade now hold the library, the Art Gallery & Museum and the Larder Café under a roof re-covered by January 2026. In the five town wards 27% of households rent privately with 14% of residents in their late teens or early twenties, well ahead of the West Midlands. When you are renting, new in town and still building a circle, you will have plenty of company.
A rented flat in a new town can be lonely, but Leamington is full of shared spaces. Jephson Gardens marked a 20th consecutive Green Flag this summer, and its Glasshouse holds tropical plants and an observation beehive, the Royal Pump Room Gardens won their fifth, and Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre adds a six-lane pool, a water slide and a Clip ’n Climb arena. A Friday market launched on Holly Walk in August 2025 as a trial. Places worth a visit:
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Leamington Spa Library in the Royal Pump Rooms, Parade.
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Jephson Gardens, its Glasshouse and the Aviary Café.
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Newbold Comyn, home of Leamington parkrun.
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Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre on Newbold Terrace East.
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Holly Walk on a Friday, if the trial market is still running.
LOCAL TIP
Go to the Knitting and Crochet Group twice and your half-finished project becomes a talking point.
How to
Meeting people in Royal Leamington Spa as a newcomer
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Ask the Pump Rooms library when the Knitting and Crochet Group next meets.
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Volunteer at Leamington parkrun on Newbold Comyn, marshalling or scanning barcodes, and learn names fast.
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Try a Clip ’n Climb session at Newbold Comyn with a new friend.
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Meet a Leamington woman from Gofrendly in the Aviary Café in Jephson Gardens.
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Royal Leamington Spa: notes from our founders
Gofrendly founders Claudia Gård and Ulrika Lilja created the Royal Leamington Spa guide, working closely with our editors, for Warwickshire women who rent, have arrived for work or study, or are simply hoping to widen their circle in the Spa.
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