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Boats on Handsworth Park pond. 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]
Ward End Park is a Green Flag awarded public park located in Ward End, Birmingham. The park covers an area of 54 acres and contains a historic mansion, the 18th century Ward End Park House. Facilities include a fishing and boating lake, a basketball court and a tennis court.
Sutton Park NNR is a large urban park located in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The park is a National Nature Reserve; large parts are also a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Sutton Park is one of the largest urban parks in the United Kingdom. The park covers more than 2,200 acres (900 ha) according to one source. [1]
Public views are being sought over plans to transform part of a popular park into a play area. Birmingham City Council is seeking residents' views on plans for Lickey Hills Country Park, which ...
Handsworth Park (originally Victoria Park) is a park in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, England.It lies 15 minutes by bus from the centre of Birmingham and comprises 63 acres (25 hectares) of landscaped grass slopes, including a large boating lake and a smaller pond fed by the Farcroft and Grove Brooks, flower beds, mature trees and shrubs with a diversity of wildlife, adjoining St. Mary's ...
The Shire Country Park (grid reference) is a country park in the south of Birmingham, England, taking its name from Tolkien's The Shire.. It consists of the Millstream Way following the course of the River Cole from Yardley Wood to Small Heath and includes the following sites: Scribers Lane SINC, Trittiford Mill Pool, The Dingles, Chinn Brook Recreation Ground, Sarehole Mill Recreation Ground ...
Perry Hall Park or Perry Hall Country Park, and previously Perry Hall Playing Fields, is a park in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England, at grid reference. It was in Staffordshire until 1928. [ 1 ] The site is protected by Fields in Trust through a legal "Deed of Dedication" safeguarding the future of the space as public recreation land for future ...
Birmingham Parks Police was founded in 1912, and went on to patrol the parks until 1962, when they were replaced by Park Rangers. After their creation, the Committee noted that criminal proceedings had been started against several people for "indecent exposure and indecent conduct with young girls in the parks".