Leamington History Group is a lively community local history group, set up in 2007 to explore, preserve and share Royal Leamington Spa’s rich history. We gained charity status (No. 1213364) in May 2025. We now have over 130 members, and a following of 7,500 on our Facebook page.
Our activities included Monthly History Talks, a weekly Leamington History Café (Coffee, History and Chat) on Tuesday mornings. We organise an Annual Old Leamington Calendar, the Leamington History Heritage Day and a Remembrance Service for Leamington citizens who lost their lives in World War 2.
Leamington History Group volunteer Guild of Guides lead the Free Royal Leamington Spa Town Historic Walks, with over 13 different themes, from April through to December, sponsored by the Royal Leamington Spa Town Council.
We actively develop partnerships with local community organisations and schools to promote local history further through research projects and our Digital Archive Project. Our members participate in many town cultural, such as ‘Their Finest Hour World War 2’ and ‘Switched on Stories – Lights of Leamington’ projects.
We regularly publish articles for our website (www.leamingtonhistory.co.uk) and have local history books, including Royal Leamington Spa: A History in 100 Buildings (2018); Global Leamington (2023); Enterprising Leamington (2025); and Creative Leamington Spa (2026). Since 2000, we have also researched and produced 6 films which chronicle the story of Royal Leamington Spa to the present.
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