Pricing & demandRacing at Warwick from £20
The Jockey Club’s Warwick racecourse page, which shows no date, says the course hosts jump meetings from September to May, giving 18 fixtures a year in its text and 19 in its description. Listed 2026 events include Farmers Day on 11 November and Breeders’ Day on 19 November, both with tickets from £20.00, and Christmas at the Races on 10 December. The page gives no attendance figures or full price list.
Why might a racecourse run jump meetings only from September to May, and what would you need to know to judge whether it works? Practise this in AO2 Application.
Interpreting numbersWhat Warwick pays in council tax
Warwick District Council’s 2026/27 council tax guide gives a Band D total averaging £2,461.55 across the district: Warwickshire County Council £1,903.86, the Police and Crime Commissioner £318.71, the district council £193.21 and parish and town councils £45.77 on average. The county’s share is 77.3% by our arithmetic. Warwick’s own town council charge is £55.64, 21.6% above the parish average and 85.6% above Royal Leamington Spa’s £29.98 by our arithmetic. The guide gives no full total for individual towns or reasons for the differences.
Why might a town charge 85.6% more than its larger neighbour, and what would you want to check about the tax base? Step by step in AO3 Analysis.
Strategy & stakeholdersSt Michael’s Place and 800 years of history
Warwick District Council said on 25 June 2026 that an immersive digital interpretation of St Michael’s Place, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and made by Leamington Spa studio Fish in a Bottle, would explain a site that has evolved over about 800 years from a medieval leper hospital to almshouses and a chapel. The Grade II* listed Master’s House and St Michael’s Chapel, unused for over 50 years, are planned to become affordable rent homes. The release gives no cost for the interpretation or the conversion.
Should a heritage fund pay for digital interpretation of a site that is being turned into homes, and who gains or loses? A real judgement for AO4 Evaluation.
Warwick’s economy in the classroom
Wikipedia’s list of settlements in Warwickshire by population gives 37,267 for Warwick at the 2021 census. A racecourse’s jump season, a town council charge and a heritage site becoming homes give students real contexts for seasonal demand, interpreting council tax and judging heritage funding. We tie these themes to topics on the specification.
Sources: Wikipedia, list of settlements in Warwickshire by population; The Jockey Club, Warwick racecourse page (undated); Warwick District Council, council tax guide 2026/27 and news release of 25 June 2026. The 77.3%, 21.6% and 85.6% figures are our arithmetic. The racing page gives two fixture counts and no attendance, the guide gives no town totals, and the St Michael’s Place release gives no costs.
