As seen online:
“Jordan Davis from the Sherbourne Valley Project said the project really highlights the existence of the river within the city centre. It was not just a construction project but am opportunity for residents to find out more about the river and its history, he said. "It is said that Coventry's very existence, going as far back as 700 AD, is because of the River Sherborne. It's Coventry's foundational river. "People came and settled in Coventry because of the river itself. Coventry owes a lot of its industrial history to the river, loads of working mills, a lot of the sort of cloth dyeing which is obviously the composition of the river itself. That's where we got Coventry Blue from."”
— from River Sherbourne project nears completion in Coventry - BBC News as of 27 December 2025