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More than £1m is set to be invested to ensure the much-loved Market is a striking landmark that supports the future of the city and the City Centre South development. The Council has announced it has received £600,000 through the Government’s Pride in Place initiative as well as £200,000 from Hill, the developer with £400,000… Read more: Investment in the Market

On Saturday 18 April, the War Memorial Park will play host to a day full of hands-on-activities for the local community as part of National Day of Action for Nature. The event aims to inspire residents to take an active role in enhancing biodiversity and restoring areas of nature. Coventry City Council, in partnership with… Read more: Action for Nature at the War Memorial Park

The Coventry Society invited the Dean of Coventry Cathedral, the Very Rev. John Witcombe, to be the guest speaker at its annual general meeting last week (April 8). Peter Walters reports.…. As he prepares to leave Coventry after thirteen years as Dean of the cathedral, John Witcombe looks back with a wry smile to the… Read more: Goodbye to the Dean

As the UK closes its last coal-fired power station, conservation group Twentieth Century Society is running a campaign to preserve a set of cooling towers. Hyperboloid thermal towers, more commonly known as cooling towers, were once a common site across the UK, but after largely becoming obsolete they are rapidly being demolished. With the UK’s… Read more: Twentieth Century Society calls to save UK’s cooling towers

The Government’s Pride in Place Programme is an initiative aimed at strengthening civic pride, improving public spaces, and fostering a deeper sense of belonging within communities across the UK. Led by the UK Government, the programme focuses on enhancing the physical and social environments of towns and cities, particularly in areas that have experienced economic… Read more: Pride in Place

Coventry in 1957– Still Change, Change, Change…(and the aftermath of Suez… not unlike 2026!) (From Alfred Herbert News Vol 31 No 3 September – October 1957) Historian and CovSoc Committee member, David Fry, has been studying past editions of the Alfred Herbert Newsletter. These Newsletters are much more than just a works magazine and some… Read more: Coventry in 1957

The main theme for the Coventry Society in the coming year is the Spon Street Conservation Area. Here is some background for those who may be unfamiliar with its history. The Spon Street Townscape Scheme began in the mid-1960s, when Coventry was undergoing major reconstruction following the widespread destruction caused by the Blitz during the… Read more: Spon Street – a Graveyard of Historic Buildings?

Earlier this year the Canal and River Trust – which owns and runs the entire British canal system – quietly put the freehold of Coventry’s 18th century Canal Basin on the market, for sale by auction on 19th March. The Basin, as anyone who visits this little-known gem in the city centre will know, has… Read more: The future of Coventry Canal Basin

Coventry Society founder member Paul Maddocks spent most of his working life in the Museum Service and is concerned to hear of another round of cuts to the service. Paul writes… Recently, the CVLife Trust, which runs Coventry City Council’s Museums and Archive Service — along with its extensive collections and several historic sites —… Read more: Cultural Cutbacks

Our vice-chairperson, Tim Brown, has been investigating the state of play on our conservation areas and listed buildings which ought to be the jewel in the crown of our built environment heritage. There have been a series of recent events that paint a worrying picture including: But what is the bigger picture? We have 18… Read more: Our Conservation Areas and Listed Buildings – A Depressing Story