Shire Country Park

Shire Country Park
Location	Birmingham, England
Coordinates	52°26′03″N 1°51′21″W / 52.43409°N 1.85581°W / 52.43409; -1.85581Coordinates: 52°26′03″N 1°51′21″W / 52.43409°N 1.85581°W / 52.43409; -1.85581
Operated by	Birmingham City Council
Website	www.birmingham.gov.uk/shirecountrypark

The Shire Country Park (grid reference SP099818) is a country park in the south of Birmingham, England, taking its name from Tolkien's The Shire.

It consists of the Millstream Way following the course of the River Cole from Yardley Wood to Small Heath and includes the following sites: Scribers Lane SINC, Trittiford Mill Pool, The Dingles, Chinn Brook Recreation Ground, Sarehole Mill Recreation Ground, Moseley Bog LNR, Burbury Brickworks, The John Morris Jones Walkway and Cocksmoor BMX.^[1]

References

↑ "The Shire Country Park". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

Parks and open spaces in Birmingham, England

Parks & gardens	Adderley Park Aston Park Billesley Common Bleak Hill Park Brookvale Park Calthorpe Park Cannon Hill Park Cofton Park Cotteridge Park Eastside City Park Handsworth Park Highbury Highgate Park Kingfisher Country Park Kings Heath Park Lickey Hills Country Park Lightwoods Park New Hall Valley Country Park Perry Hall Park Perry Park Pype Hayes Park Queens Park Shire Country Park Short Heath Park Sutton Park Swanshurst Park Woodgate Valley Country Park

Gardens	Botanical Gardens Martineau Gardens St. Thomas' Peace Garden Winterbourne Botanic Garden

Nature reserves (not listed above)	Edgbaston Pool Harborne Reserve Moseley Bog Plantsbrook Local Nature Reserve Sandwell Valley (part)

Cemeteries	Brandwood End Handsworth Key Hill Lodge Hill Perry Barr Crematorium Warstone Lane Witton

Reservoirs	Aston Bartley Brookvale Park Lake Edgbaston Frankley Lifford Perry Barr (covered) Perry Witton Lakes

Related	Birmingham Parks Police

Category

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, February 10, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.