Twin Cities of Coventry (UK)

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About Twin Cities of Coventry (UK)

This group is for pictures taken in any of Coventry's sister cities and any memorial in Coventry dedicated to one of it's 'twins'.

Town twinning began after the Second World War as a way of promoting reconciliation and friendship. Coventry has twenty six twin cities from eighteen different countries around the world many of which suffered heavily during WWII, the first being Volgograd in 1944.

Coventry UK has eighteen Peace Gardens in each of the Wards around the City. Each garden is dedicated to one of the eighteen counties with whom Coventry shares a sister City.
They are as follows:
Coventry Ward: Location: Towns and Country to whom dedicated:
1. St. Michael's: Lady Herbert's Garden: Kingston, Jamaica.
2. Lower Stoke: Copsewood Terrace: Dresden, Kiel, Germany.
3. Upper Stoke: St. Margaret's Annex: Arnhem, Netherlands.
4. Foleshill: Edgwick Park: Jinan, China.
5. Radford: Engleton Road: Dunaujvaros, Kecskemet, Hungary.
6. Sherbourne: Lakeview Park: Bologna, Italy.
7. Whoberley: Allesley Hall Park: Volgograd, Russia.
8. Earlsdon: Spencer Park: Cornwall, Granby, Windsor, Canada.
9. Cheylesmore: Daventry Road: Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina.
10. Binley & Willenhall: Langbank Avenue: Graz, Austria.
11. Wyken: Belgrave Square: Coventry CT, Coventry RI, Coventry NY, USA.
12. Henley: Stoneywood Open Space: Lidice, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
13. Longford: Foxford School: Caen, St. Etienne, France.
14. Holbrooks: Foleshill Park: Cork. Eire.
15. Bablake: Tamworth Road: Parkes, Australia.
16. Woodlands: Sutton Avenue Open Space: Belgrade, Serbia.
17. Westwood: Prior Deram Open Space: Galati, Romania.
18. Wainbody: Peveril Drive Open Space: Warsaw, Poland.

If you are from one of Coventry's twin cities and wonder what Coventry UK looks like then check out the Coventry Flickr group

Coventry's 26 Twin Cities, Dates of Twinning and links to Pool Photos:
Arnhem, Netherlands (1958) Pool Photos of Arnhem
Belgrade, Serbia (1957) Pool Photos of Belgrade
Bologna, Italy (1960) Pool Photos of Bologna
Caen, France (1957) Pool Photos of Caen
Cork, Ireland (1958) Pool Photos of Cork
Cornwall, Ontario, Canada (1972) Pool Photos of Cornwall, Ontario
Coventry, Connecticut, USA (1962) Pool Photos of Coventry, Connecticut
Coventry, New York, USA (1972) Pool Photos of Coventry, New York
Coventry, Rhode Island, USA (1971) Pool Photos of Coventry, Rhode Island
Dresden, Germany (1959) Pool Photos of Dresden
Dunaújváros, Hungary (1962) Pool Photos of Dunaújváros
Galaţi, Romania (1962) Pool Photos of Galati
Granby, Quebec, Canada (1963) Pool Photos of Granby, Quebec
Graz, Austria (1957) Pool Photos of Graz
Jinan, China (1983) Pool Photos of Jinan
Kecskemét, Hungary (1962) Pool Photos of Kecskemét
Kiel, Germany (1947) Pool Photos of Kiel
Kingston, Jamaica (1962) Pool Photos of Kingston, Jamaica
Lidice, Czech Republic (1947) Pool Photos of Lidice
Ostrava, Czech Republic (1959) Pool Photos of Ostrava
Parkes, New South Wales, Australia (1956) Pool Photos of Parkes
Saint-Étienne, France (1955) Pool Photos of Saint-Étienne
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1957) Pool Photos of Sarajevo
Volgograd, Russia (1944) Pool Photos of Volgograd
Warsaw, Poland (1957) Pool Photos of Warsaw
Windsor, Ontario, Canada (1963) Pool Photos of Windsor, Ontario

http://www.coventry.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/community-and-living/international-links/twin-cities/