Not a Happy New Year for Piles Coppice
coventrysociety News from Ann Wilson, Coventry Tree Warden Network (courtesy of CAN Newsletter) Thanks to the intervention of our MP we managed to have a virtual meeting with the Forestry Commission…
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Support Tree Wardens’ Drive to Plant Cherry Trees in Caludon Park
Our friends the Coventry Tree Wardens have put in a grant application to plant a cherry avenue to brighten up Caludon Park. This application is dependant on public support. Covid…
CovSoc’s Response to the Council’s Proposed Destruction of the Coundon Wedge
Two weeks ago, we reported on the consultation being carried out on the City Council’s proposal to build 350 houses on the Coundon Wedge. Below is the response to the…
Part of Coundon Wedge to be Destroyed by Council
The City Council has launched a consultation on its plans to build over part of the Coundon Wedge. The Coventry Society is opposed to this untimely development. The site is…
Coventry brook flowing for the first time in over 100 years
One of Coventry’s ancient watercourses on the edge of the city centre is flowing again for the first time in over a century thanks to a major new naturalisation project.…
New Blossom Garden for Charterhouse
Last week the National Trust and Historic Coventry Trust announced plans to create a blossom garden in the city’s newly created Charterhouse Heritage Park. The initiative is part of the…
Green Belt Fight Goes to Court
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…
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…