What to see, how to get around and what is being built, researched from official and published sources, with road miles from our four houses.
Coventry City won the Championship in 2025 to 2026 and returned to the Premier League after 25 years. The title, the parade and match days.
Coventry Rugby's recent seasons, the bid for the Premiership and the Butts Park Arena's new name, the Nick Newbold Stadium.
How close Coventry is to running every bus on batteries: the 2021 plan, the 204 electric buses in service and the last diesels due to go in 2026.
Who runs Coventry's public chargers, how many there are, what the speeds mean and the pavement trials for homes without off-street parking.
Where the station is, which trains call and how it ties in with Friargate, Very Light Rail and the houses.
Coventry's nearest airport now Coventry Airport has closed: where it is, how it links to the railway and road miles to the houses.
City car park charges, weekly tickets, Blue Badge rules, the park and ride and free parking at every house.
Trains to Euston, the roads, coaches and how far the houses are from the station.
The short loop round the city centre: its numbered junctions, its history and how to use it without stress.
The £112 million scheme replacing the last A46 roundabout east of Coventry: the design, the timeline, the night closures and the Binley flyover before it.
Keresley, Kings Hill, Eastern Green, Spon End and the new streets in Stoke: where Coventry is building homes in 2026.
A contractor's map of Coventry's big sites in 2026, from Keresley to Kings Hill, with road miles from our houses.
Keresley, Holbrook Lane, Wood End and Wilsons Lane: the north side of the city in 2025 and 2026.
Pickford Interchange, Eastern Green, Cromwell Lane and Westwood Business Park: the west side of the city in 2026.
Spon End's 750 homes, the River Sherbourne works and Abbotts Park's 700 apartments: the west side of the centre in 2026.
What the battery-powered light rail is, the 800-metre city centre route under way and what comes next.
City Centre South, Friargate, the gigafactory site, UKBIC, Very Light Rail and HS2: what is being built and where.
The official figures for Coventry in 2026: average prices by type of home, private rents by bedroom and what first-time buyers paid.
Coventry's main hospital turned 20 in July 2026. What it offers, the new urology unit and where visiting families and agency staff can stay.
The Spires, The Watchmakers, Allard Way and Whitley Pumping Station: the schemes changing the streets around our houses.
Hawkesbury Junction, Waterside Gardens and Daimler Wharf: the Coventry Canal's new homes and old history.
The city in numbers, its universities and employers, its road and rail links and somewhere to live while you look.
New glazing, wider doors, lighting and public art for the listed indoor market as City Centre South rises around it.
The cathedral, the Transport Museum, the Herbert, the canal basin and FarGo Village, with road miles from the houses.
The cathedral, the War Memorial Park, the canal towpath, the city archives and the creative quarter, all without a ticket.
Theatre at the Belgrade, shows at Warwick Arts Centre, gigs at The Box and the arena, ice hockey and the city's 2 Tone story.
The Godiva Festival, Premier League football, ice hockey, rugby and theatre: the events that bring people to Coventry.
Baginton's airfield from 1936 to 11 June 2026: wartime fighters, holiday flights, a papal Mass and the GreenPower Park that replaces it.
The night of 14 November 1940, the cathedral that burned and the city that rebuilt itself around a message of reconciliation.
The real Godiva, the legend of the ride, Peeping Tom and where to see her in the city today.
The October 2025 restart, the Range Rover Electric at Solihull and what JLR's Midlands sites do now.
What the West Midlands Investment Zone means for Coventry: SEGRO Park, the tax reliefs and the industries it targets.
From Britain's first motor car in 1897 to Jaguar Land Rover, electric taxis and the Transport Museum.
UKBIC, WMG, the Greenpower Park gigafactory plan and the engineers behind them: why Coventry is the UK's battery city.
Selling before your new build is ready? How a furnished house nearby bridges the gap, with the Coventry sites selling now.
How groups and long stays keep the cost down: sharing a whole house, booking longer, cooking in and parking free.
When and where Coventry University and Warwick hold their ceremonies and how a family can stay together.
Warwick and Kenilworth castles, the British Motor Museum, Stoneleigh Park and a Roman fort, all within 20 miles.
Rugby School and the birthplace of the game, the Webb Ellis museum, the art gallery and Hillmorton locks.
The castle, a Georgian town rebuilt after the fire of 1694, the Beauchamp Chapel, museums and the racecourse.
The castle, Abbey Fields, two small theatres, the Two Castles Run and the clock tower, about 8 miles from Coventry.
The Royal Pump Rooms, Jephson Gardens, the Peace Festival, live music at The Assembly and the oldest real tennis court in the world.
4 bedrooms · 4 en-suites · sleeps 10 · Lower Stoke
Four bedrooms, each with its own en-suite, a big open-plan living room and kitchen, a private garden and free off-road parking.
Lower Stoke: four en-suite bedrooms, sleeps 10, free off-road parking.
3 bedrooms · 1 bathroom · sleeps 6 · Upper Stoke
Three bedrooms, a bright living room with a corner sofa, a garden with a table and chairs and free parking on the street.
Upper Stoke: three bedrooms, sleeps six, a private garden.
4 bedrooms · 2 bathrooms · sleeps 9 · Lower Stoke
A new-build house with four bedrooms, three king-size beds, two bathrooms, a garden through French doors and free parking on the street.
Lower Stoke: a new-build with four bedrooms and two bathrooms, sleeps nine.
4 bedrooms · 2 bathrooms · sleeps 9 · Lower Stoke
Four bedrooms with a top-floor room and its own shower, a family bathroom, a garden and free parking on the street. Sleeps 9.
Lower Stoke, next door to Stoke Lodge: the same layout, sleeps nine.
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