Re-Using Water Towers
coventrysociety We recently re-printed an article from Dezeen, the architectural magazine, about the Twentieth Century Society call to retain at least one set of cooling towers in the country. This article,…
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Investment in the Market
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.…
Action for Nature at the War Memorial Park
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.…
Goodbye to the Dean
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…
Twentieth Century Society calls to save UK’s cooling towers
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…
Pride in Place
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…
Coventry in 1957
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…
Spon Street – a Graveyard of Historic Buildings?
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 future of Coventry Canal Basin
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…
Cultural Cutbacks
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…