Green Belt Fight Goes to Court
coventrysociety The campaign to save the former green belt in Eastern Green from development has moved into the courts. Local Campaigners together with the Campaign to Protect Rural England Warwickshire are…
Green Space
Radford Brook Linear Park
During April a Coventry Society group were lucky enough to be given a tour of the new linear park from Naul’s Mill Park to Abbotts Lane and onto Belgrade Plaza.…
Coventry’s War Memorial Park – the Story!
As preparations continue on events to mark the centenary of Coventry’s War Memorial Park in July 2021, Peter Walters looks back at the beginnings of the park, one hundred years…
Five Parks Win Green Flag Award
Five parks in Coventry have been awarded the prestigious national Green Flag Award. The winning parks are the War Memorial Park, Coombe Country Park, Longford Park, Allesley Park and Caludon…
Beyond our own backyards – lockdown rambles
CovSoc Member, John Marshall, has been getting about….. THE coronavirus crisis has brought much gloom but one of the unexpected bright spots, for a large number of people, has been…
Piles Coppice – the WWT Response
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust has responded to our article on Monday “Conservationists Fall out over Piles Coppice”. Nick Feledziak, Dunsmore Woodlands and Brandon Marsh Officer, writes “To give you a bit…
Conservationists Fall Out over Piles Coppice!
There has been a falling out between dedicated conservationists in the city about the management of a small wood known as Piles Coppice, which is located next to the Eastern…
Proposed development at Brownshill Green
It’s hardly surprising that Brownshill Green residents are up in arms over the prospect of expanding their rural fringe hamlet with as many as 475 homes. No doubt the residents…