Daylighting Elsewhere
coventrysociety As the Palmer Lane project slowly comes to life, CovSoc founder member, Paul Maddocks, tells us about similar schemes in other towns and cities around the country. Paul writes….. I…
River Sherbourne
River Festival Coventry 2024
Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th September 2024 – 11AM – 4PM FarGo Village, Far Gosford St, Coventry CV1 5ED Join in the fun celebrating the River Sherbourne at this FREE…
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…
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…
Sherbourne Recycling
A group from Coventry Society visited the new Sherbourne Recycling centre on 13th February 2024. Here is our report.Sherbourne Recycling Ltd is a new company that has taken on the…
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…
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…
Palmer Lane Scheme Moves Forward
The City Council’s Cabinet is due to give the final go-ahead to the Palmer Lane regeneration scheme this week. Palmer Lane is the final element of the Burges High Street…