Residents on a Nuneaton estate claim they have missed hospital appointments, lost bank cards, had cheques cancelled and could miss bills due to not receiving any post for three weeks. They say that they have not received post in the Barberton Grange and Cabin Hill Road areas of Galley Common …
Read More »Details emerge for new Nuneaton Royal Mail depot and sorting office
More details have emerged about the new home for Nuneaton’s Royal Mail sorting office. As we reported in our newsletter, the current sorting office in Church Street is set to move to a unit in Bermuda. This is because the land it sits on forms part of the ‘Justice Walk’ …
Read More »Nuneaton hospital issues urgent message to patients amid Royal Mail strike action
Bosses at Nuneaton’s hospital have reassured patients that they are determined to make sure that letters reach them in time amid the Royal Mail strike action. The George Eliot Hospital has said that the continued strike action may impact the time it takes for patients to receive letters from them. …
Read More »Wilko’s new home in Nuneaton town centre finally confirmed
Wilko’s new home in Nuneaton town centre has finally been confirmed. It has long been rumoured that the company is due to move into the former Woolworths store in Queens Road. Both the national company and Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, which owns 22 Queens Road, have repeatedly not publicly …
Read More »Nuneaton’s former Co-op has been transformed with a wave of colour
A wave of colour has swept across hoardings around Nuneaton’s former Co-op store – and it is all down to youngsters. They have been brightly painted to highlight artwork and poems of school children. As part of the The Transforming Nuneaton Local Schools Competition 2021, they were asked to come …
Read More »Royal Mail statement on new home for Nuneaton delivery office
Royal Mail has said land on the Bermuda estate is a ‘prospective site’ for the town’s delivery and sorting office. As we reported in our newsletter, planning applications have been submitted for Royal Mail signage on land off Hazell Way. Also within the application documents for the signage it states: …
Read More »New home revealed for Nuneaton Royal Mail delivery office
Nuneaton Royal Mail delivery office’s new home has been revealed. The current home of the delivery office in Church Street forms part of the parcel on land that will have to pave the way for a new, almost-£20m library and offices. It had been rumoured that the delivery office could …
Read More »Index and Queens Arcade : Nuneaton town centre shops in the 80s, 90s and 00s we miss
Work is about to start on the new Hilton hotel in Nuneaton as part of a new regeneration scheme. The Transforming Nuneaton project aims to make the town centre a place to visit, work and also live and will include work on the roads, including the notorious ring road, to …
Read More »Nuneaton schools Ukraine appeal: Almost 70,000 items donated and thousands of pounds raised
Almost 70,000 items will be taken from Nuneaton to the Ukraine border courtesy of the kindness of people from across the borough. As well as the phenomenal amount of donations, £4,000 has also been raised as well. Staff from the The Holy Spirit Catholic Multi Academy (MAC) joined forces with …
Read More »Milestone looming for super £20m library, office and business quarter in Nuneaton
A major milestone is looming for the new £27m library, office and business quarter in Nuneaton town centre. The new facilities are due to be housed by where the former Post Office and Powell House buildings stand in Vicarage Street and Church Street. It will also mean the demolition of …
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