Warwickshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon and Victorian novelist George Eliot, (born Mary Ann Evans), at Nuneaton. Other significant towns include Rugby, Leamington Spa, Bedworth, Kenilworth and Atherstone. The county offers a mix of historic towns and large rural areas. It is a popular destination for international and domestic tourists to explore both medieval and more recent history.

Warwickshire is located in the heart of England, and is bordered by the counties of Northamptonshire to the north, Leicestershire to the east, Worcestershire to the south-east, Gloucestershire to the south, Oxfordshire to the south-west, and Staffordshire to the west. The county is crossed by the River Avon, which flows from the Cotswolds in the south-west to the River Severn in the north-east.