New Hall Valley Country Park
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New Hall Valley Country Park is a country park located in New Hall Valley between Walmley and Wylde Green in the Sutton Coldfield area to the north of Birmingham. It is the first new country park in the UK for over a decade. The park is split into "phases".
It was created in 2005 by Birmingham City Council with funding raised from the release of land for the New Hall Manor Estate development and formally opened on 2005-08-29.
The park covers over 160 acres (0.6 km²) of designated green belt land to the south east of Sutton Park, including historic wetland grazing meadows, former farmland, and part of Plants Brook. It borders on a number of privately owned listed buildings including the 17th century Grade II listed New Hall Mill (website), a corn mill. This is one of only two water mills surviving in Birmingham. It has been restored and is open to the public on certain days or by prior arrangement.
The park also includes a network of cycle routes and footpaths, a plant nursery, a nature conservation site and two play areas for children.
The park is crossed by Wylde Green Road, which links Walmley and Wylde Green at either end. This road was crossed by a ford until around 1967.
