Visit to Lake View Park
coventrysociety Twenty-four CovSoc visitors and guests were shown around Lake View Park on 17th July by Alex Jones of Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. This year the Coventry Society’s theme for the year…
Planning and Design
The Network Rail Building
The Coventry Society supports the campaign by the Westwood Heath History Group to save the Network Rail Building, formerly the Cable & Wireless College, in Westwood Heath Road. The building…
Four New Tiny Forests in Coventry
2400 trees have been planted at four new “Tiny Forests” across Coventry. The Coventry Society has previously reported on the concept of Tiny Forests. These are small densely planted tree…
Save the Bean Tree Branch!
The Coventry Society is objecting to the plan to cut a large branch off the Indian Bean Tree in New Union Street. The society does not normally get involved in…
Affordable Housing and City Centre South
Coventry Society Vice Chair, Tim Brown, tells us about a new player in the social housing sector. Tim writes….. There has been considerable coverage of the start of the demolition…
Demolition Starts for City Centre South
After a long delay, the demolition of parts of the city centre has commenced in preparation for the £450m City Centre South development. It is the biggest redevelopment project in…
Spon End Regeneration Update
Housing association Citizen is working with The Hill Group to demolish Kerry House, Milestone House and Trafalgar House, as part of the first stage of the redevelopment with building work…
Donald Gibson – Ten Things you Didn’t Know!
Ten things you didn’t know about Donald Gibson, Coventry’s City Architect and designer of the pioneering post-war Coventry Precinct. Historian and Coventry Society committee member, David Fry, tells us…. He…
Jubilee Woodland Plans Abandoned
Following a campaign by the Coventry Society and residents of Keresley, plans for building housing on the Keresley Jubilee Woods have been withdrawn by the Council. Last month, the Coventry…
500 Homes Approved in Eastern Green
The BBC has reported that planning permission has been granted for nearly 500 new homes to be built on farm fields near the A45 in Coventry. Coventry Council granted full…