THE LEAMINGTON Society is celebrating 70 years of championing the town.
Nominations open today for the Leamington Society Awards 2026 – recognising buildings or projects completed between July 2024 and this coming July.
Residents, architects, businesses and community groups are invited to nominate projects that have helped improve the buildings, streets and green spaces of Leamington.
This year’s awards are particularly significant as the society celebrates its 70th anniversary,
marking seven decades of championing the town’s distinctive character and encouraging thoughtful design, conservation and civic pride.
The Leamington Society Awards, established in 1976, recognise projects that make a positive contribution to the town’s built and landscaped environment — from sensitive restorations and imaginative renovations to new buildings, shopfront improvements, landscaping and public art.
There will be two additional awards presented. In honour of the late town historian, The Bill Gibbons Trophy will be awarded for the most outstanding improvement to the street scene, and The TAG Award for a project which is outstanding with its creativity, craftsmanship and lasting impact on the community.
Leamington Society chair Ignaty Dyakov-Richmond said:“For 70 years the Leamington Society has worked to protect what makes this town special while encouraging the best new ideas in architecture, design and landscaping.
“The awards are a wonderful way to recognise the many people who invest time, skill and imagination in improving our town, whether that’s restoring a historic building, creating a beautiful garden, or designing something new that enhances our streets.
“We hope people across Leamington will help us celebrate the very best of the town by putting forward projects they admire.”
Previous winners have spoken about the pride they felt in seeing their work recognised as part of the town’s evolving story.
Kuldeep Dhesi said: “It was a real honour to receive a Leamington Society Award. Knowing that the work we had put into improving our building had been recognised by the community made it even more
special.”
Following nominations, a panel of judges will review submissions and visit shortlisted projects before announcing the winners at a special awards event later in the year.
Visit leamingtonsociety.org/2026-awards-submission for further information and nomination details.
