Rectory Park
- Address
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Broomie Close, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. B75 7SF
- How to get there and parking
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Entrances on Broomie Close off Coleshill Road and Rectory Road.
Both entrances have car parks.
- About the park
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Family-friendly Rectory Park is a green haven with fields and woodland within the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield.
A thriving community hub, the park is home to 3 sports clubs:
The Park is a safe, open green space within a residential area much appreciated by dog walkers, families, cyclists, and sportspersons.
Its name reflects its history – the parkland was established by Rector John Riland in the eighteenth century. A subsequent cricket-loving Rector set up the Sutton Coldfield Cricket Club in 1847, beginning the park’s sporting links.
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- Video introduction
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- Facilities at the park
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- Children’s play park
- Sports pitches: designated areas for the sports clubs and other pitches available for hire
- Outdoor exercise equipment
- Seating: benches and picnic tables have been installed by the Friends of Rectory Park
- Awards and status
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- Designated a Queen Elizabeth II Fields in Trust park
- Toilets
- There are no toilets on site.
- Points of interest
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- Helicopter landing zone for helicopters servicing the adjacent University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Good Hope Hospital
- A brick plinth, featuring the QE II Fields in Trust plaque, contains a time capsule created in partnership with the Friends of Rectory Park and Hollyfield School pupils
- A registered monument, a WW1 Memorial Stone, is set in a nectar bank area created to attract wildlife, including bees, butterflies, and moths
- Other features
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- Cycle route, part of the National Cycle Network (Route 534)
- The park includes Sites of Local Importance for Nature Conservation (SLINCs), with ponds and wildflower meadows
- Park friends group
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For further information, or to get involved:
- visit the group's Facebook page
- email secretary@rectorypark.org.uk
- Parks friends group activities
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The Friends of Rectory Park aim to:
- protect the heritage of the park and to preserve its natural character
- promote awareness of the Park’s treasures to the public and encourage community use
- protect the Park’s environment, by replacing dead and fallen trees
- encourage the wildlife and protect their habitat
The Friends of Rectory Park welcome volunteers keen to:
- get their hands dirty
- help protect the park’s heritage
- preserve its natural character
- promote awareness and encourage community use of the park
The Friends group hosts regular work parties, tidying up areas of the park, maintaining over 80 bird and bat boxes, and adding valuable additions to the park, including a wildflower meadow.
