🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground
Best for
8 activities
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Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Varied Carpet Beetle, Field Grasshopper, Orange Ladybird +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
🎠
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground, parking
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
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Walking
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13 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route234 km▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named routeLength 234 kmRegional walking route
Sutton Park Archeology Walk 5: Blackroot BistroWalking route▾
Most of Sutton Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and contains archaeological remains. This trail, one of six in the park, is via an 18th-century racecourse and golf course, medieval deer park, and quarry created for an 18th-century mill pond dam.
Named routeRef AW5BBRound tripLocal walking route
Sutton Park Archeology Walk 6: Bracebridge PoolWalking route▾
Most of Sutton Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and contains archaeological remains. This trail, one of six in the park, is via a medieval fish pond, 16th-century wood, WWI military practice trenches, mysterious earthwork, and 19th-century estate.
Named routeRef AW6BPRound tripLocal walking route
The Tame Way- Canal RouteWalking route19 km▾
Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a river walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~5h
Named routeRef TW-CLength 19 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Handsworth & Lozells Places of Worship Heritage TrailWalking route2.5 km▾
Trail around Handsworth and Lozells- a culturally diverse area, where you can learn about the rich variety of religious communities who live alongside one another in a relatively small area.
Named routeRef HL PoWLength 2.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Enfield Closepublic footpath · 55 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 55 mPath type: footway
Enfield Closepublic footpath · 42 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 42 mPath type: footway
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Cycling
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155 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 533Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 533National Cycle Network
North Birmingham Walking and Cycling RouteCycling route▾
Route 535 is a small cycle route from National Cycle Route 5 in Birmingham City Centre to Gravelly Hill, which carries on for a short way along the Tame Valley Canal
