New Food Waste Collections
coventrysociety Coventry is set to introduce food waste collections within the next year. At present Coventry Council provides a bi-weekly food waste collection and recycling service for those who pay for…
Environment
Council Stops Illegal Parking at the Britannia Hotel
Illegal parking at Brittania Square has been stopped after campaigning by Coventry Society members and reporting by the Coventry Observer. The Coventry Society congratulates the City Council for taking action…
Flagged Green!
Six parks and green spaces in Coventry which are owned by the city council have been awarded with a Green Flag Award after meeting the high standards set out by…
Lake View Park to Get Lake?
The misleadingly named Lake View Park is to get some water features at last. Perhaps not a lake, but three new ponds are proposed for the park. Plans for the…
Return to the Wedge
A group from the Coventry Society paid a return visit to the Coundon Wedge, courtesy of the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. We went to see the Stage Zero restoration project on…
The Treatment
CovSoc Chair, Trevor Cornfoot, reports back on “an interesting visit”! Trevor writes…… Well, who’d have thought that a visit to the local sewage works could be so interesting? The visit…
Another Step on the Loop
A beautiful countryside walking and cycling route near Coventry city centre is a step closer to completion after a key phase of its construction was finished. Works on Phase 2…
Looking after Coventry’s Green Heart
The John Muir Trust, a charity that looks after wild places in Britain, has announced a plan to regenerate Charterhouse Heritage Park ‘an unique wild place in the heart of…
Consultation on PlayZones
The City Council is consulting residents on a programme of Play Zones in the city. The deadline for consultation is 28th July 2024. The consultation document states…. The Council is…
Work Starts at Palmer Lane
Work has finally started on the long-delayed Palmer Lane environmental scheme. The scheme will de-culvert part of the River Sherbourne in the city centre and create an attractive landscaped space…