Other Events Across the County

(programmes of local groups and societies)

Although every effort is made to keep this list up to date, changes may occur which we are not made aware of. We strongly recommend double-checking with individual societies before attending one of these events, to avoid disappointment. 

Contact details for individual societies can be found on 'Other Societies' page.

Friday 6 February 2026

Lillington Local History Society, Parish Church, 4.30pm: David Morse on What we can learn from the Leamington Archive – Then and Now

Monday 9 February 2026

Kenilworth History & Archaeology Society, Senior Citizens’ Club, 7.45pm: AGM followed by Suzanne Phillips on In the orbit of the Lunar Circle: glass painter Francis Eginton of Soho

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Alcester & District LHS, Greig Hall, Alcester, 7.30pm: James Ranahan on Alcester & District reflected in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Collections

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Long Itchington History Group, Community Centre, 7.30pm: Anthony Hitchcox on A History of Radford Semele in pictures

Tuesday 17 February 2026

Stretton on Dunsmore History Society, Village Hall, 7.30pm: David Morse on A dive into the photo archive of Leamington History Society

Friday 20 February 2026

Kineton & District LHG, Kineton Village Hall, 7 for 7.30pm: Bob Booth on The Sweet Life in Bournville: the Cadbury and Bournville Story from 1878

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Lapworth LHG, Lapworth Village Hall, 7.45pm: Two Newdigate Ladies

Thursday 26 February 2026

Historical Association, Nuneaton Branch, Chilvers Coton Heritage Centre, 7.30pm: Prof. Matt Taylor on Sport and the Home Front: Wartime Britain at play, 1939-45

Friday 6 March 2026

Lillington Local History Society, Parish Church, 4.30pm: Colin Baldwin on Cartophily – Cigarette and Trade cards

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Alcester & District LHS, Greig Hall, Alcester, 7.30pm: AGM followed by Paul Wilkins on “Deeds not Words” – remembering Warwickshire’s Suffragettes

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Long Itchington History Group, Community Centre, 7.30pm: A speaker from the Midland Air Museum on Sir Frank Whittle

Friday 13 March 2026

Lighthorne History Society, Village Hall, 7.30pm: AGM followed by Dr Paul Grigsby on Prehistoric and Roman Warwickshire

Tuesday 17 March 2026

Stretton on Dunsmore History Society, Village Hall, 7.30pm: Anne Langley on ‘Treasures from the Village Archives'

Friday 20 March 2026

Kineton & District LHG, Kineton Village Hall, 7 for 7.30pm: AGM followed by John Parnell on A History of the Circus

Saturday 21 March 2026

Kineton & District LHG, Village Hall, 7.30pm: AGM followed by Martin Sinot-Smith on Daily Life in Tudor Times