🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
☀️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
🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
☀️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
10 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Wren +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Wren +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🎠
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground, parking
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Harlequin Ladybird, Orange-tip +83 more · last seen 2025
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
🚶
Walking
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26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route234 km▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named routeLength 234 kmRegional walking route
Balsall Heath Tree Trail EastWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Balsall Heath Tree Trail WestWalking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
The Findings TrailWalking route▾
Tourism/ history walking route from the city centre to the Jewellery Quarter and back. Marked by pavement plates. Designed by Laura Potter
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling
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116 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jewellery Quarter Pop Up Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef Pop UpLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 533Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 533National Cycle Network
Birmingham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Birmingham Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National 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
