Leamington History Café

Our Leamington History Group Café meets weekly on Tuesdays 9.30 – 11 a.m. for Coffee, History and Chat. We are a friendly, sociable group and everyone is welcome.

We have informal talks on a range of local history topics, starting at 10 a.m. by volunteer speakers.

The Café is free but we ask for a small donation towards room costs and refreshments.

We meet at 13, The Band Factory, Althorpe Street, Leamington Spa. CV31 2AU.

Please email for further details: secretary@leamingtonhistory.co.uk

Summer Cafe Programme

14 Apr	A Sound of Thunder	Martin Harrison
21 April	From Small Beginnings: Local Campaign Groups	Gian Clare
28 April	Nobody Comes	Anthony Cleary
5 May	Saving St Paul’s Cathedral in WW2	David Morse
12 May	Blue Plaque Women of Leamington Spa	Margaret Rushton
19 May	Literary Leamington	Trevor Humphries
26 May	Bank holiday week closed	n/a
2 Jun	South Leamington Development	Mick Jeffs
9 Jun	A Medley of Mainly Mid-Warwickshire Musicians	Les Markham
16 Jun	Macebearers of Warwick	Terry Gardner
23 Jun	‘All Saints’ Church & Jamaican Enslavement	Ben Richardson
*29 Jun	TRIP: Monday: Binswood School Memories @Audley Binswood (no café on Tuesday 30 Jun)	Simon Lieberman
7 Jul	Our Footsteps Project Trinity Catholic School/	Debbie Hayden
14 Jul	1816 – the year without summerLeamington’s Home Guard	David Morse
21 Jul	Leamington’s Home Guard	David Morse
28 Jul	TRIP: Roman Alcester Museum *(No café at Band Factory)	Graeme Hewitt
4 Aug	Leamington Shopping of Yesteryear!	Margaret Rushton
11 Aug	Sari Fabrics of Sydenham	Nigel Briggs
18 Aug	TRIP Lillington Church*(No café at Band Factory)	Rose Herbert
25 Aug	Closed	n/a

June 2026

Leamington History Cafe: A Medley of Mainly Mid-Warwickshire Musicians

June 9, 2026

9:30 am - 11:00 am

The Band Factory

Leamington History Cafe

A Medley of Mainly Mid-Warwickshire Musicians - with Les Markham

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Leamington History Cafe Macebearers of Warwick

June 16, 2026

9:30 am - 11:00 am

The Band Factory

Leamington History Cafe

Join us for a talk about Warwick's Macebearers at our Leamington History Cafe with Terry Gardner.

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LHG Cafe 'All Saints' Church and Jamaican Enslavement: Exploring the Links'

June 23, 2026

9:30 am - 11:00 am

The Band Factory

Leamington History Cafe

A talk about the rebuilding of All Saints' church by Rev. John Craig and connections with his second wife, Jane Helena Johnstone, daughter of plantation [...]

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