The archaeological programme was designed to identify, excavate and record, as far as possible, the nature of the archaeological resource disturbed by the development. The work undertaken involved the examination of early map evidence as well as records of archaeological remains in the area and local historical journals and other publications. Fieldwork involved the excavation of a 15m x 16m area which expanded on the investigation in evaluation trench 3. The area was hand cleaned to expose archaeological deposits which were then excavated and recorded in accordance with normal archaeological procedure as defined in the Archaeology Warwickshire Procedures Manual (2011). The subsequent car park and drainage excavations were the subject of a watching brief during the groundworks phase whereby an experienced archaeologist supervised the machine during ground reductions. The earliest evidence for human interaction in the areas investigated came from the recovery of a flint scraper of probable early Bronze Age date (c.2500BC - 1800BC). Such finds are not necessarily indicative of settlement, but may be taken to imply that the landscape was visited in that period. A small concentration of medieval features was exposed in the investigation area. The medieval pottery found had a date range of 13th to 14th century. These features are likely to represent part of the medieval hamlet of Longbridge and their presence on the south side of the Stratford Road suggests that the hamlet once extended along both sides of the road. A principal ditch curving across the site may have been a boundary between properties or with the open field system whilst other minor features such as a gully terminal and an L-shaped gully arrangement and an elongated pit are less easy to ascribe a function. However these and perhaps the undated postholes would be consistent with an area of short-lived occupation some distance from the settlement foci. It seems that the hamlet of Longbridge contained at least 10 houses in 1424 Longbridge Manor, Warwick (Hodgetts 2011) when it is recorded in a rental of St Mary's College (part of Warwick's parish church). By 1545 only eight houses are mentioned as paying rents. This rate of decline may imply that the hamlet was shrinking in 1424, but there are no records to prove it. It is though interesting to note that the owners of Longbridge Manor, the Staunton family, gradually increased their landholdings within the hamlet by buying up smaller properties a...