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Swanshurst Park | Birmingham City Council
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Swanshurst Park

Address

Swanshurst Park, off Yardley Wood Road/Swanshurst Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham B13 0DH

Plan your journey.

How to get there and parking

Entrance to park via Yardley Wood Road and Swanshurst Lane (B4146).

Car park off Yardley Wood Road.

Bus stops on Yardley Wood Road.

About the park

Once common grazing ground, Swanhurst Park is now a well-established and much-loved green space used for a range of leisure past times and activities.

Much of the park is a natural heathland making it a nature conservation habitat for the city. There is also a popular children’s playground and the site includes Moseley New Pool, established more than 250 years ago when an earth dam was built across the valley of a tiny brook by Henry Giles to create a fish pond. It is still used by anglers but is also home to a large number of wild birds.

In the spring and summer, the park is also alive with the sights and sounds of funfairs and even a circus. On a day-to-day basis it is a haven for dog walkers and for people just looking for a stroll in the fresh air and natural open spaces and tree-lined pathways.

Woman jogging next to a lake in Swanshurst park
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Facilities at the park
  • Children’s playground
  • Basketball hoop
  • Fishing available in the New Pool
  • Multiple benches across the park
Toilets
There are no toilets on site.
Points of interest
  • Moseley New Pool
  • The park plays host to a number of active wellbeing activities and sports groups
Other features
  • Accessible paths (around the pool)
  • Bird watching
  • Cycling paths
  • Formal walking routes
  • Large variety of trees, grassland areas and marshes
  • Nature trails
  • Waterfowl
Park friends group

Friends of Swanshurst Park

For further information, or to get involved, email: swanshurstpark@gmail.com

Parks friends group activities

The aim of Swanshurst Park Friends Group is to:

  • organise and support regular litter picking activity
  • encourage physical activity and emotional wellbeing in the local community
  • work with local schools to develop an appreciation of nature
  • work with the parks’ manager, park rangers and other stakeholders to identify and reduce instances of anti-social behaviour
  • understand and help protect the park’s habitat and wildlife
  • explore funding opportunities to support improvements to the park
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