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Cannon Hill Park

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266: 807: 224: 764: 281: 31: 158:. It is the most popular park in the city, covering 250 acres (101 ha) consisting of formal, conservation, woodland and sports areas. Recreational activities at the park include boating, fishing, bowls, tennis, putting and picnic areas. 187:(1814–89) of Barford Hill House, Warwickshire, gave just over 57 acres (23 ha) of meadow land, known as Cannon Hill Fields, to the Corporation and paid for the draining of the site to create a public park. 273:
Another memorial, unveiled on 27 July 1924, commemorates Scouts who fell in the First and (by later inscription) Second World Wars. It is in concrete, and was designed by the architect
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was employed to transform the site. He constructed two large lakes, the smaller ornamental ponds and a bathing pool. 35 acres were devoted to ornamental gardens and shrub borders.
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but is now in a very poor state of repair and fenced-off. The bandstand, the bridge over the lake ('Red Carriage Bridge'), and Cannon Hill House are also Grade II Listed.
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and re-erected in the park by the Birmingham Archaeological Society, to serve as a refreshment room and cricket pavilion. Named the
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donated seeds and plants to establish the collection, this collection was used by students to enable them to study
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event for children aged between 4 and 14 takes place at 9am on Sunday mornings.
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am and usually attracts over 750 runners each week. A free 2 kilometre
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On 4 March 2019, a memorial to the British victim of the 2015
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running event is held in the park every Saturday morning at 9
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In 1911 a 16th-century timbered house was moved from
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Birmingham
England
Coordinates
52°27′11″N 1°54′04″W / 52.453°N 1.901°W / 52.453; -1.901
Birmingham City Council
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park
Birmingham
England
Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park
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Edgbaston Cricket Ground
Louisa Ann Ryland
J.T Gibson
Battersea
Kew Gardens
botany
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
River Rea
culverted

memorial
Second Boer War
Albert Toft
Grade II*
Deritend
listed building

William Haywood

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