PICTURE GALLERY 7: Weddington Village Today
This section contains photographs of Weddington in the twenty-first century. Huge changes are threatened in the early years of this century, with thousands of new houses being built on Weddington's green fields.
You can view images of Weddington Village from the twentieth century at this link.
You can view images of Weddington Village from the twentieth century at this link.
Echoes of the Castle
2007 - 2010
Wildlife of Weddington before the Church Fields housing development (c) Steven Cheshire 2010
Local protests against housing development in Weddington in 2011 (SWORD* Group)
2011 - 2015
2016 to present day- the new development
"SWORD was a local residents group formed in 2009 to oppose plans to build thousands of new houses on Weddington's green fields. SWORD stood for 'Save Weddington: Oppose the Residential Development'. You can view the website at: www.saveweddington.org.uk
Sadly, due to Council incompetence and develop pressure, development on the estate began in 2015 by Davidsons Homes. You can download abd view a video of their Church Fields show home at this link.
Sadly, due to Council incompetence and develop pressure, development on the estate began in 2015 by Davidsons Homes. You can download abd view a video of their Church Fields show home at this link.
Weddington Jubilee Party 5th June 2012, at the Weddington Social Club
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A Glimpse of an Unseen Stretch of Weddington Walk.
In 2014 I ventured into a secret stretch of the former joint Ashby and Nuneaton railway line, of which Weddington Walk is a part. Click on the image to the right for a PDF document with a description and photographs of this trip.
*** Photographs by Lily Jones
** This was the avoiding line which was there to take freight traffic from Birmingham to Leicester and the other way round away from Trent Valley and thus not disrupt the main line, although when Abbey Street was open passenger trains also used the line as well and did not call at Trent Valley. It fell out of use in the 1980s
** This was the avoiding line which was there to take freight traffic from Birmingham to Leicester and the other way round away from Trent Valley and thus not disrupt the main line, although when Abbey Street was open passenger trains also used the line as well and did not call at Trent Valley. It fell out of use in the 1980s