Had another park visit to a park I've not been to before now. West Heath Park. It was the August Bank Holiday Monday. The park has these various portals to enter that look like Stargates. There is also a playground / play area with a basketball court. Good for walks, runs and cycles. Not far from Kings Norton.

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West Heath Park on the August Bank Holiday Monday





Had another park visit to a park I've not been to before now. West Heath Park. It was the August Bank Holiday Monday. The park has these various portals to enter that look like Stargates. There is also a playground / play area with a basketball court. Good for walks, runs and cycles. Not far from Kings Norton.


West Heath Park

West Heath Park is located between Longbridge and Kings Norton in the West Heath area of South Birmingham. Between Staple Lodge Road, Oddingley Road (at the north end of the park) down to Rednal Road (to the south). Paths criss-cross the park and there is at least two playgrounds / play areas. The first is close to the Oddingley Road and the second near the Rednal Road entrance. There is also a basketball court next to the first play area. Mostly just wide open fields with trees all around.

On this visit we walked down and around the paths from Oddingley Road towards the Rednal Road exit. Then headed up Rednal Road and Vardon Way, before re-entering the park from a cul-de-sac called Thomson Avenue (which has two paths leading in and out of the park). It was the August Bank Holiday Monday. 31st August 2020.

 

Parking on Oddingley Road, I first headed to the West Heath Park roundel / portal / gateway. There is similar portals, a bit like Stargates all around the park.

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First view of the play area / playground close to the Oddingley Road entrance.

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There didn't appear to be any children playing at this play area.

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There was also outdoor gym equipment.

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A view of distant modern houses down on Oddingley Road.

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Passing a wide open field with grass cut at different levels.

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It doesn't take long to walk around this park towards Rednal Road.

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Another view of those new houses on Oddingley Road.

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Spliting paths.

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Another path to take.

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The path to Rednal Road.

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Up ahead was the portal exit to Rednal Road.

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View of the Rednal Road portal from outside of the park. Next was the walk towards Vardon Way.

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After the walk along Rednal Road, and up Vardon Way, we got back into the park from these gates at the end of Thomson Avenue.

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View of the playground / play area near Rednal Road. There was at least one dad and his son here.

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The path back into the park from the Thomson Avenue entrance.

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Saw a squirrel.

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On the path back down towards Oddingley Road.

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The basketball court and some residential tower blocks under scaffolding.

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Over the bushes saw this wall with graffiti all over it.

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There was also this teenager hangout shelter near the basketball court and play area near Oddingley Road.

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After this we drove to Kings Norton Park for the next walk. Which will be detailed in a separate post.

 

Photos taken by Elliott Brown.

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