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Heath Green Way, COVENTRY, CV4 8GU

Looking north towards Westwood Way.

The flags of Cyprus, the United Kingdom and Greece can be seen flying outside the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Transfiguration. The church was open to the public on a Heritage Open Day. Tours of the church building were taking place and, in St. George's Hall, the red brick building visible to the right behind the church, could be seen a display on the history of the church and the Greek Cypriot community and another on the history of the Westwood Heath area by the Westwood Heath History Group. For the website of the church see here https://greekchurchcoventry.org/index.html , for the website of the history group see here https://westwoodheathra.wixsite.com/website . According to the church display, the first Cypriot migrants arrived in Coventry in the 1930s. At that time Cyprus was a colony of the British Empire. Increasing migration in the 1950s and 1960s led to the establishment of a Greek-language supplementary school and a Greek Orthodox church, which worshipped in Church of England churches. In 1977 the community acquired a Victorian school building in Westwood Heath. This was consecrated as an Orthodox church in 1978. It has since been extended, while classrooms for the Greek school have been built along with St George's Hall as a community venue https://greekchurchcoventry.org/about-us.html . The site overlooks the Warwickshire countryside beyond the city. The church itself has the rectangular shape and rows of wooden pews of a western church building, but there is no mistaking the Orthodox character of the painted icons on the walls and on the iconostasis, the screen which divides the sanctuary with the altar from the main body of the church.

It seems quiet now, but come the rush hour it's a different story.

The church shown on the OS map is actually this Greek Orthodox church.

A charming house almost completely surrounded by greenery.

Obviously a long-established driveway, however it's not clear whether it belongs to one of the houses along Westwood Heath Road or business premises.

This pathway sits in the shade of a magnificent oak tree, and links Westwood Way with Westwood Heath Road, forming a circular route (via the roundabout at Kirby Corner) - a popular lunchtime walking route for many working on Westwood Business Park.

Progress House on Westwood Way is the Coventry base of the OCR - Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examination Board. The view of the building is from the visitor car park.