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BBC Coventry and Warwickshire has reported that a new pond has been created within the Charterhouse Heritage Park. A stretch of the River Sherbourne running through Charterhouse Heritage Park in Coventry has been restructured to improve its flow. Warwickshire Wildlife Trust said previous modifications had left the river, which flows through the heart of the… Read more: New Pond at Charterhouse

Citizen Housing have submitted a planning application to redevelop the Spon End estate. The Spon End estate was a 1960’s former council estate which is now under the control of Citizen Housing. The redevelopment area includes parts of two Conservation Areas.     If plans are approved, Citizen will knock down almost 450 homes at the… Read more: Plans Submitted for Spon End Redevelopment

Helios, the huge sculpture of the Sun, is to be displayed at the Charterhouse in July and August this year. The famous sculpture is by Luke Jerram. The seven-metre sculpture combines solar imagery, light and sound to highlight the sun’s intricate details. Helios fuses solar imagery, sunlight and a specially created surround sound composition, including… Read more: Helios Comes to the Charterhouse

The Council has invited “Expressions of Interest” for the operational management of the Priory Visitor Centre and Undercroft. The Council is inviting businesses, community groups and organisations to take on the operational management and lease of the Priory Visitor Centre and Undercroft, Priory Row, Coventry CV1 5EX.  The successful applicant will be awarded a lease… Read more: New Operator Sought for Priory Visitor Centre

In January we reported the unauthorised demolition of two shop units in the recently declared Earlsdon Conservation Area. In February we reported that the council took the unusual step of issuing a permanent Stop notice.    It has now been reported by the BBC at the owner has appealed against this Stop Notice. The demolition… Read more: Stop Notice Appealed

With the Coventry Society’s AGM approaching this month, the Society has published an Annual Report of activities over the year from February 2024 to January 2025. You can download a full copy of the report from here. Below is a brief summary of the report. Theme for the Year This year we decided to have… Read more: Coventry Society Annual Report 2024 – 2025

Coventry Society member Peter James tells us the interesting history of Harry Ferguson. Peter writes….. Henry George Ferguson (always known as Harry) was born on 4th November 1884 at Growell near Dromore in County Down, Ireland. His father was a farmer and Harry grew up on the family farm. In 1909 while working in Belfast… Read more: Harry Ferguson 1884-1960

The BBC has reported that flats for 50 homeless families in a supported temporary housing block have been approved, despite opposition from residents. The three-storey block on Faseman Avenue, Tile Hill, Coventry, is to help the “most vulnerable” people who could be forced to stay in B&Bs or hotels, according to city council papers. The… Read more: Flats for 50 homeless families approved in Tile Hill

British Town Centres: New Trends in Layout and Distribution. Leonard Hill (Books) Ltd. 1959 British Town Centres was a book published in 1959 by Wilfred Burns, who learned his trade in Coventry during the post-war reconstruction of the city. The book was an important contribution to town planning in the post-war years. Before this book… Read more: British Shopping Centres Revisited

The City Council has abandoned a plan to open up parts of Coundon Wedge for cyclists following a petition against the scheme. The original plan for the Coundon Park cycleway was to link Coundon Park and the new housing development in Keresley with the existing Coundon cycleway. However, the part of the scheme that links… Read more: Council Abandons Coundon Wedge Cycle Route