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Birmingham has 591 parks and open spaces, [1] totalling over 3,500 hectares (14 sq mi), [2] more than any other equivalent sized European city. [3] The centrepieces of Birmingham's park system are the five Premier Parks. Fifteen parks have received the prestigious Green Flag Award. [4]
Squares in Birmingham, West Midlands (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Parks and open spaces in Birmingham, West Midlands" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
There are 571 parks within Birmingham [154] – more than any other European city [155] – totalling over 3,500 hectares (14 sq mi) of public open space. [154] The city has over six million trees, [ 155 ] and 250 miles (400 kilometres) of urban brooks and streams. [ 154 ]
Perry Park is a park in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England, at grid reference The park houses Alexander Stadium and Perry Reservoir ( 52°31′55″N 1°54′09″W / 52.5320°N 1.9024°W / 52.5320; -1.9024 ), a small canal feeder reservoir for the Tame Valley Canal , and is bounded by the canal, the M6 motorway , the A34 and local
Perry Common is an area of north Birmingham that includes parts of both Stockland Green and Kingstanding. It falls within the Birmingham Erdington parliamentary constituency. North Birmingham Academy (formerly College High School) is located in Perry Common as are the Hawthorn Shopping Centre on Hawthorn Road and Witton Lakes.
Parks and open spaces. The northern part of Woodgate Valley Country Park down to the Bourn Brook lies in Quinton. Woodland and shrubs planted in the late 1980s predominate, but there are also some smaller areas of open meadow. [15] Quinton Meadows looking north to the business park
This is a list of the constituent towns, villages and areas of Birmingham (both the city and the metropolitan borough) in England.. Between 1889 and 1995, the city boundaries were expanded to include many places which were once towns or villages in their own right, many of which still retain a distinctive character.
In 1888, the Birmingham Society for the Preservation of Open Spaces purchased Rednal Hill and handed it to the City in trust. In 1913, they also arranged for Bilberry Hill and Pinfold Wood to be leased to the city on a nominal peppercorn rent in perpetuity. Birmingham City Council finally purchased Cofton Hill, Lickey Warren and Pinfield Wood ...