Leamington History Group is a lively community local history group, set up in 2008 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 7,700 on our Facebook page. We welcome new members interested in local history. Find out about joining Leamington History Group here.
Our activities included Monthly History Talks and a weekly History Café 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 free Historic Town 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 latest project, Behind the Names will create an online record of the stories of WW2 serviceman commemorated on the Leamington War Memorial.
We regularly publish articles about aspects of Leamington’s history on this website and have published a series of 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 from the birth of the Spa to the present.
