Sep 11, 2025 | Featured, Memories, News, People, Places
This year our Heritage Day was on Saturday, 13th September at All Saints’ Parish Church from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm. We had 25 different exhibitors who joined us and we thank them all for making it a very enjoyable and successful event. At least 532 people came to...
Aug 31, 2025 | Featured, Memories, News, People, Places
The Leamington Borough Police HQ was housed in what is now the Leamington Polish Centre in High Street, and until 1968 it was the original Leamington Police Station, which then moved to Hamilton Terrace before being incorporated within the Warwickshire Criminal...
Aug 21, 2025 | Featured, Memories, News, People, Places
UPDATED. Don’t forget to pop into our free Leamington History Café for coffee, nearly every Tuesday 9.30 – 11.00 a.m. Our informal talks start at 10 a.m. This is the programme until December 2025 All welcome! At The Band Factory, 13 Althorpe Street, Leamington Spa....
Jul 25, 2025 | Featured, News, People, Places
Leamington Guild of Guides Group History Walks Programme 2025 First you may find it useful to see our seven minute podcast introducing this programme – CLICK HERE Booking via Eventbrite: Leamington History Group Friday 25-Jul 2:00pm A Walk Back In Time a 2 hour...
Jul 2, 2025 | News, People, Places, Vehicles
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. Automotive Products was the major employer in Leamington for around 40...
Jun 20, 2025 | Featured, News, People
Sadly, we have to announce that Alan Griffin, long-term member and founder of the Leamington History Group, has died. All Images by Allan Jennings Margaret Rushton has kindly written this summary of his life. Alan grew up in Southam, one of three sons of a baker who...
