Swanshurst Park is in Moseley and Billesley in Birmingham.
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Towards the Moseley New Pool at Swanshurst Park (November 2020). Photography by Elliott Brown
Located around Swanshurst Lane, Yardley Wood Road and Brook Lane in Moseley and Billesley.
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Swanshurst Lane entrance path at Swanshurst Park (November 2015). Photography by Elliott Brown
The park has two large pools,and are both very good sites for waterfowl. This is called Moseley New Pool.
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Moseley New Pool at Swanshurst Park (March 2020). Photography by Elliott Brown
Most of Swanshurst Park is a natural heathland, making the park an important nature conservation habitat for the city.
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Nature Reserve at Swanshurst Park (June 2020). Photography by Elliott Brown
Billesley Community Fire Station is on the Brook Lane and Yardley Wood Road corner.
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Billesley Community Fire Station from Swanshurst Park (November 2015). Photography by Elliott Brown
History of Swanshurst Park
The council bought the fields in 1922 to lay out the park. The land was used as common grazing land until the end of World War II. There used to be a 9-hole pitch and putt course in the park during the 1950s but it closed in the 1990s. Moseley New Pool has gone by many other names over the years, including Swanshurst Pool, Grove Pool, and Swanshurst Slade Pool. It was made in 1759 by Henry Giles as a fishing pond.
Winter at Swanshurst Park
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Snow and the frozen Moseley New Pool at Swanshurst Park (December 2009). Photography by Elliott Brown
Spring at Swanshurst Park
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Climbing back up the bank from the Nature Reserve in Swanshurst Park (April 2020). Photography by Elliott Brown
Summer at Swanshurst Park
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Fun Fair seen opposite Moseley New Pool from the 11C on Swanshurst Lane (June 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown
Autumn at Swanshurst Park
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Moseley New Pool in Swanshurst Park (November 2019). Photography by Karl Newton
Circuses and Fun Fairs at Swanshurst Park
Over the years there is always a circus at the park from Zippos Circus, usually taking place in the spring. While the fun fairs come along in the summer.
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Zippos Circus at Swanshurst Park (April 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown
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Giant Fun Fair at Swanshurst Park (July 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown