Calthorpe Park

In many ways, Calthorpe Park is very much your typical English park — medium size, fairly flat, lots of grass (enough room for a football pitch that doesn’t even encroach on everyone else’s picnic space), a small children’s play area, flower beds and regularly spaced benches.
In terms of a big day out, this park is easily over shadowed by the nearby Canon Hill Park with it’s showy lake and arts centre shenanigans. However, this doesn’t mean Calthorpe Park is to be sniffed at — it’s smart and well looked after, and the fact that most evenings during fine weather there’s football or cricket games going on shows that it works well as a community space.
Like I say, not the ideal venue for a big day out with the family but a nice park none the less, and if you live in the area, you surely owe it a visit.

Calthorpe Park is a compact green space that is essentially the gateway to the Calthorpe Estate. It borders the Edgbaston and Balsall Heath areas and can be accessed via Pershore Road or Edward Road. Parking is available near the Play Centre on Edward Road.
The park is easily accessible via bus with the 45 and 47 buses going through Pershore Road, 61 and 63 going through Bristol Road and 35 through Longmere Street.
It’s well maintained with pretty flower displays and shrubbery. Generally it’s a simple layout with few facilities in comparison to the nearby Cannon Hill Park, which is comparatively much larger.
At night it can get very dark towards the inner area of the park as you move further away from the main road because there are few lampposts in the green area. Therefore, it doesn’t feel very safe to visit when it gets too dark.