Accommodation for NHS staff near Southam

Southam has a history of local care: Henry Lilley Smith founded a cottage hospital, the Southam Dispensary, in the town in 1823. Today Southam's patients look west to Warwick Hospital, on the far side of Leamington Spa. Specialist services are at University Hospital Coventry.

The A423 runs north from Southam towards Coventry, which suits a nurse or a doctor whose rotation takes in both counties.

For a nurse on the Walsgrave site, Sullivan Heights is closest, about 2 miles by road. Humber Hub is the closest choice for Warwick Hospital, about 10 miles away.

Night shifts and long days call for a kitchen you can use at 3am, a washing machine for uniforms and a bed made up with fresh linen. Every house has self check-in for a late arrival; Sullivan Heights adds a tumble dryer.

For a swim or the gym on a day off, Southam's leisure centre stands beside Southam College on Welsh Road West.

The Holy Well, a Scheduled Ancient Monument in the Stowe valley, was the town's main water supply for hundreds of years. Its spring water was once said to cure eye complaints.

One of Southam's notable sons is Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Allfrey, a British Army commander who served in both world wars.