Coventry Society Revisit the Chace Hotel
coventrysociety Exactly four months earlier, a couple of members of the Coventry Society Committee were invited to see the renovation work at The Chace Hotel in Willenhall. We received a further…
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City Centre South Grants
Local projects set to benefit as Coventry City Centre South Fund opens for applications. The Hill Group is calling on registered charities, community groups and social enterprises across Coventry to…
The Battle of Pinkett’s Booth II
We reported on “the battle for Pinkett’s Booth” back in June. You will recall that on the very last day of the public inquiry into the Coventry Local Plan, developers…
Update on VLR
At our first general meeting for 2026/27, we focussed on transport in Coventry. We had two excellent presentations from Colin Knight, Director of Innovation at the Council who provided us…
Gigafactory Gets Downgrade
GreenPower Park: a change of direction for Coventry Airport! A new planning application for the former Coventry Airport site suggests that the long-promoted vision of a giant battery factory is…
Coventry’s Transport Strategy
At our first general meeting for 2026/27, Coventry Society focussed on transport in Coventry. We had two excellent presentations from Colin Knight, Director of Innovation at the Council who provided…
A Dark History of Coventry
Coventry historian and author, David McGrory, has published his 29th book about Coventry and its history. In ‘A Dark History of Coventry’, David delves into the dark and lesser known…
Visit to Vitsoe’s Leamington HQ and Production Building
A somewhat bleary-eyed group of Society members met at Viscoe’s Leamington headquarters on Friday 21 August 2026 for an early 9.00 am start. We were met by Matthew and Dan,…
Coventry Then and Now
An exhibition of rare footage and photos brings the City’s past to life. The exhibition, at the Priory Visitor Centre Undercroft, shows visual records of a city’s past and present…
Jet pioneer celebrated with new Royal Mail stamps
The pioneering work on the jet engine by Sir Frank Whittle has been celebrated with a new set of stamps from Royal Mail. Alec Blackman writes on the BBC website….…