The town of Leamington Spa in the county of Warwickshire, is named after the River Leam which flows through the town.

It was a tiny village until about 1800. The value of the mineral springs was known in the middle ages, but it was not until 1784 that the small village began rediscovering its saline springs and started building baths around some of them. The town grew with the building of the Royal Bath House which was used by the common people as well as visited by the Royalty including Queen Victoria

The picture above is of The Parade, the high street of Leamington Spa town. The large Indian presence is made quite evident by the Happy Diwali lights across the street - I found this to be a regular feature in all the places that I went to like Coventry, Warwick and London.