Should we be concerned about POPS?
coventrysociety Coventry Society founder member, Paul Maddocks, shares his concerns about Privately Owned Public Spaces. Paul writes…… When we refer to POPS we are not talking about older gentlemen or popular…
Green Space
Car Parking at the War Memorial Park
The Friends of Coventry’s War Memorial Park have objected to the ‘counterproductive’ plans to increase car parking charges at the city’s premier green space. At present people staying for less…
The Sherbourne Valley Project
For our January 2024 meeting we have a presentation about the Sherbourne Valley Project. The meeting is open to the public and we hope that you will join us. The…
Tree Equity
The Woodland Trust, in partnership with American Forests, has developed a tool to assess the tree cover in your neighbourhood. It is well known that the presence of trees in…
Re-Wilding the Wedge
A planning application has been submitted to re-route the North Brook, a tributary of the River Sherboure, as it flows through the Coundon Wedge. The stream is to be put…
More on the Coundon Wedge Planning Application
The planning application by the City Council to develop part of the Coundon Wedge has been re-advertised with more information and an Environmental Impact Assessment. Although an attractive scheme has…
Coming soon – a new place for a walk!
CovSoc member, Mary Courtney, gives us a report on a CovSoc tour of Segro Park on 12th June 2023. Mary writes….. Segro Park, a large wildlife area (miles of it)…
Celebration Trees
From the City Council website….. Nearly 40,000 trees were planted in just 18-months in Coventry as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) – a nationwide initiative created to mark…
A Walk in the Woods
CovSoc member Peter James tells us the interesting story of Derek Barrowcliff, a Warwickshire pathologist who could have starred in his own “Silent Witness”. In September 2011 Derek Barrowcliff went…
The Old Guy Goes Jogging – to Lentons Lane and Coventry’s proposed new Solar Farm
Today we start a new occasional series of articles as we follow CovSoc member Peter Hunter as he jogs around the north of the city. Peter writes…. My name is…