This latest post on the the TfWM website from Friday 3 January is hopefully definitive. Please note that the route into Coventry city centre is confirmed as via Hearsall Common and Spon End both ways and not via Earlsdon Street and Albany Road. In the City centre, the route will be via St John’s Church …
Category: Hearsall
Church Sale Completed
The Trustees of the recently closed Hearsall Baptist Church have made the following announcement today: “…the Trustees are now in a position to announce that the sale of the premises in Queensland Avenue was finalized on Tuesday 30 April and the keys for the premises have been officially handed to the new owners. The new …
Hearsall Song and Storytime
We are looking forward to our very first nursery rhyme nativity session. We’re a part of Hearsall Baptist Church: the church with the Christmas star of hope on Queensland Avenue. We would love to see you at our special lively, immersive event aimed under-5s along with their families and older siblings. It also marks the …
Hearsall Star Petition
A petition has been raised to save the Hearsall Star and parts of the Hearsall Baptist Church buildings. https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?id=470&fbclid=IwAR0iXnSwjV7cxQNAVitWj6szR3SvdXoujCBdQf0EtzbxRR3EzZmYGBmX7Dw&TPID=21379241
Hearsall Baptist Church in the 1960s
ECHO has been given access to archive film material of Hearsall Baptist Church dating back to the 1960s. Three films exist, one covering the period of the building of the new church in 1960-61, one focusing on the Sunday School, and one looking at arts and crafts. We are uploading these to the ECHO Facebook …
BUS CHANGES FROM SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER
This is ECHO’s understanding of the imminent changes to bus services in the area but if anyone knows different please let us know. These changes affect both National Express Coventry (NX) and Stagecoach services. The Albany Road/Earlsdon Street route is currently served by a combined service 2 / service 51 half-hourly service on weekdays and …
BUTTS ROAD CLOSURES
There are more road closures affecting Butts Road over the next 9 days. Every night 8pm – 6am from Monday 16 January to Friday 20 January, there will be no access from junction 7 of the Ring Road onto Butts Road westbound. Access onto the Ring Road from the Butts Road citybound carriageway will be …
BUS SERVICE UPDATE
Following posts earlier in the week, outbound bus services to Earlsdon and Spon End have been restored, except in respect of Croft Road. The full announcement from NX is as follows: “To allow for air pollution work to be carried out, Butts Road will be closed to traffic from Croft Road. While the road is …
BUTTS ROAD CLOSURE UPDATE
After it rapidly became clear that the closure of Butts Road outbound from the Ring Road junction 7 with effect from Monday 14 November was unworkable, Coventry City Council has instructed the contractors to re-open the road and devise an alternative plan to complete the planned works. However only the left most lane is open, …
Lengthy Road Closure and Buses Rerouted
With effect from today, Monday 14th November, it will not be possible to access Butts Road from the Ring Road junction 7. This restriction will apply for around 12 weeks while the remodelling of the junction is completed. The diversion will take drivers from junction 8 via Holyhead Road and Four Pounds Avenue. However access …